Thomas Zanderling will be headed by the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra instead of Rinkevichus

The Minister of Culture of the Novosibirsk Region Igor Reshetnikov said that Thomas Zanderling will be headed by the symphony orchestra of the Philharmonic after Gintaras Rinkyavichus, which works as the main conductor of the collective last season. Regular change of conductor is a normal world practice, said Vladimir Kaluzhsky, artistic director of Philharmonic.

The son of the German conductor Kurt Zanderling, 74-year-old Thomas Zanderling will become the chief conductor of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic from the next season, after Gintaras Rinkevichus departed from this post. The Minister of Culture of the Novosibirsk Region announced this when he talked about plans to celebrate the anniversary of the region.

“In September, we will celebrate [the 80th anniversary of the Novosibirsk region]. One of the events will be an open -air concert in front of the Opera and Ballet Theater, there is an agreement with it with the symphony orchestra of the Philharmonic. There will be two symphonic orchestra and two choirs: a choir chapel and a choir of the opera theater. Thomas Zanderling will be behind the conductor’s remote control, from the new concert season - the new main conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Philharmonic, ”Reshetnikov said. - This decision was made at the artistic council of the orchestra. Gintaras Rinkevichus I want to say huge words of gratitude, he came to the orchestra in the most difficult times. ”

The artistic director of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Vladimir Kaluzhsky agrees with him. “We are very grateful to the maestro in the 10 years that he headed the orchestra. He led the team in difficult times - when attention was focused on how the team would live and develop after the departure of its creator, maestro Katz, ”he told Taiga.info. - During the years of the leadership of Maestro Rinkyavichus, a period came when the orchestra worked without its own hall - rehearsed in the Palace of Builder, and performed on the stage of the DCS. There were many large, iconic events, there were large and successful touring tours, there was success and - most importantly - it was development. ”

The world practice was this, Kaluga emphasized that conductors in orchestras are changing, and the case when Katz led the team for fifty years - unique. “Of course, it was possible at a slightly different time, not today,” the Philharmonic Artist said. - Now everyone - both the orchestra and the conductor - immediately know how long the contract is concluded. Everyone understands that it will expire and after that a new page will be open for each of them. This is absolutely normal. "

The contract has been concluded with Zanderling for three years, for the last ten years he worked with the orchestra in the status of the main invited conductor and spent many foreign tour with him.

“Thomas Kurtovich is a representative of a real conducting dynasty. We are sure that Maestro Zanderling in a new status will bring new professional and creative sensations to the orchestra. It is also extremely important that the conductor is ready to abandon all kinds of foreign offers and spend a considerable time in Novosibirsk, working tightly with the team, ”said Taiga.info Kaluzhsky.

On the intention of Zanderling, a lot of work with the orchestra in Novosibirsk was also focused on the Minister of Culture. “Many say that he is also age -related, but Thomas was born in the Novosibirsk region, he has Russian citizenship, and he really wants to spend a lot of time with the orchestra, that is, to engage in them. In addition, he has very young brains, and I think the orchestra was lucky because the previous tours that the orchestra had was organized by Thomas, ”Reshetnikov said.

According to the minister, Zanderling does not pretend to constantly stand behind the remote control, and wants to attract young conductors to cooperation, and has already begun to form a new orchestra repertoire.