Klarinet Archive - Posting 000784.txt from 1997/09

From: Jim Lytthans <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: CSO conductor
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 03:02:44 -0400

Nicholas Yuck Sing Yip asked:

> This is something that I probably should know, but does anybody out
> there know who is now the director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra? I
> would love to know please.

Nick,

The current director is the pianist Daniel Barenboim. Not my favorite
person/conductor, but they love him (I guess) in Chicago. As you
probably know, Goerge Solti passed away last week. Now there was a
giant!
--

Jim Lytthans "Primo Arundo Donax!"
Principal Clarinet
La Mirada (CA) Symphony Orchestra
Claremont Symphonic Winds
(http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html)
My home page:
http://home.pacbell.net/lytthans/index.html