Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Berlin Philharmonic may vote out conductor

|
|
 
  
Published: April 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM

BERLIN, April 24 (UPI) -- English conductor Simon Rattle may end his contract with the Berlin Philharmonic amid rumors of turbulence between him and his musicians, a spokesman said.

Rumors of conflict arose after Rattle, 53, announced the philharmonic's program for the 2008 season, the Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.

It is reported the musicians are to have a vote in upcoming days on whether they want Rattle to be their conductor. Rattle's contract with the Berlin Philharmonic reportedly is supposed to last from 2002 to 2012.

"The orchestra has a very democratic tradition. It's often called the orchestra republic -- the musicians decide their chief conductor themselves," Philharmonic spokesman Stefan Stahnke told the Daily Telegraph.

"The musicians like an autocratic approach but he's very collegial. The fact that he's English and not Teutonic can't help," James Jolly, the editor of Gramophone magazine, told the newspaper.

Rattle said his contract negotiations were "a perfectly normal process."

© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 20
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
View Caption
Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic
fark
Photoshop this swooping cyclist
For sale: Fixer upper. 48 bedrooms, no bath. $4 million. No HOA
Woman recognizes image of God in mixing bowl -- probably because it resembles all the pictures she...
Online petition for Diane Tran has reached 20,000 signatures and almost $30,000 has been raised...
Brain surgeon hides engagement ring in the sand at the beach for his girlfriend to find, then can't...
Submitter needs suggestions for a House Fly home remedy - anyone got something better than this?...