MILAN— South Oriental conductor Myung-whun Chung was called on Monday the brand-new music supervisor of the well known Milan music hall, Teatro alla Scala, the very first Eastern to hold the setting.
Chung, 72, will certainly change Riccardo Chailly at the end of following year, and will certainly continue to be in the duty up until basic supervisor and imaginative supervisor Fortunato Ortombina’s term finishes in February 2030, La Scala stated in a declaration.
Chung, that is likewise a distinguished pianist, has actually carried out much of the globe’s most popular bands, and is an imposing social number in South Korea.
La Scala noted his “close and efficient” connection with La Scala’s band, choir and philharmonic, and attributed him with doing greater than any type of various other any type of non-musical supervisor to elevate La Scala’s worldwide account.
Since 1989, Chung has actually carried out 9 operas in 84 efficiencies, and 141 shows at La Scala– one of the most of any type of conductor that was not a music supervisor. He likewise has actually carried out La Scala’s Philharmonic on excursions throughout Italy and abroad, consisting of in Germany, China, Japan and South Korea.
Amongst his countless articles, Chung has actually formerly been songs supervisor of the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris and the Oriental Broadcasting System, in addition to imaginative supervisor of the Busan Opera and Music Hall in South Korea.
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