Davidson on the Vienna Philharmonic’s Suppressed Nazi Past
"The orchestra was methodical in purging its Jewish members; thirteen were expelled, and five of them were murdered."
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"The orchestra was methodical in purging its Jewish members; thirteen were expelled, and five of them were murdered."
"At 90, she was still writing circles around the rest of us."
And four other equally pertinent questions.
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"Gelb has only his own judgment to fall back on, and nobody to tell him when it’s flawed."
The company has four chances to save itself.
The current of conviction flowing from him has flickered.
Whoever succeeds Zarin Mehta as executive director will have to work to continue breaking down the idea that the Philharmonic is forbidding and elitist.