Klarinet Archive - Posting 000163.txt from 1998/01

From: "Robert E. Winston" <rewinston@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Wiener Philharmoniker
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:17:28 -0500

At 3:35 PM -0500 1/4/98, Fred wrote:

> Many Asian musicians study at the music conservatory in
> >Vienna, but none may join or audition for the Opera (and thus the
> Philharmonic
> >as well).
> >
> Did James Galway play in this orchestra before he went solo? If so, could
> this comment be incorrect?

Mr. Galway is Irish, not Asian, tho to the Austrians that may not matter much
;-)

He was principal flute in Berlin in the early '70's.

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