Utah Symphony hires new music director - Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13410800 FRIDAY, September 25, 2009 Search This Site Web - powered by YAHOO! SEARCH Home News Sports Features Entertainment Business Opinion Close-Up Obituaries Classifieds Legals Help Desk More Utah News Tribtowns.com: Enter your Zip code to find news and events in your area GO» Most Viewed TSA employees union (From the last 12 hours) fires back at Chaffetz Print Email Font Resize 1. Judge rips attorney Suicide is likely ruling in for portraying Utah Symphony hires new music director accused kidnapper Cedar City death as the victim Kidnap trial goes to Music » Thierry Fischer replaces Keith Lockhart, who served as head for 11 years. 2. All eyes are on the closing arguments without Jazz's lame duck By David Burger Bell saying a word 3. Tooele man, 44, held And Catherine Reese Newton in shooting of his Mitchell lawyer The Salt Lake Tribune wife agreeable to Elizabeth 4. Can I buy drugs? Smart testimony Updated: 09/25/2009 06:22:31 AM MDT Sure, police say Can I buy drugs? Sure, 5. BYU football: True freshman learns on police say Utah Symphony | Utah Opera on Thursday named Click photo to enlarge job On auction block: Utah Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer as the seventh music Capitol's 4 carved lions director in the 70-year history of the orchestra. The Syracuse High girl hurt completion of the search marks a new chapter for the in float accident state's largest performing-arts organization, which Officer saves critically used the announcement to introduce its new slogan: " wounded Ibapah man Musique d'energie. " Campaign donation cap "His vision ... matches seamlessly with our goals of service and relevancy to the community," US | UO BREAKING: Mom dying Loses 52 Lbs In One Living History: At one president and CEO Melia Tourangeau said at the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera president Month! and CEO Melia... 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He replaces Keith Lockhart, world of symphony orchestras, [Fischer] Convention hotel whose 11-year Utah Symphony music is a gold mine," said Craig Jessop, head of backers pledge no tax hike directorship ended in May. (Leah Hogsten / The the Utah State University music Salt Lake City confirms Salt Lake Tribune) department and a member of the search new fire chief committee. "Not only were we impressed Rolly: Was senator with his formidable talent as a conductor, we were impressed with the character above the rules? of his soul." Doc goes to jail Fischer, who turns 52 on Monday, began his tenure Sept. 1. He replaces Survey shows gangs Keith Lockhart, whose 11-year Utah Symphony music directorship ended in pervasive; Magna most May. Fischer's infested Advertisement initial contract is for four years, with Capitol's concrete cats the option to renew for an additional herded onto eBay three. Supporters rally to save Tourangeau refused to name Gepetto's in Holladay Fischer's salary. (A public records TSA reviewing Chaffetz request was filed with US | UO.) incident at SLC airport Lockhart's salary in 2006 was $285,000. 1 of 4 9/25/2009 2:33 PM Utah Symphony hires new music director - Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13410800 Fischer currently is principal Utah FBI leader taking conductor of the BBC National similar job in Alabama Orchestra of Wales and intends to Police identify man continue there; his contract as chief found in river conductor of the Nagoya State moves to dismiss Philharmonic in Japan ends in suit against USU February 2011. He will conduct only BREAKING: Mom one pair of concerts in Abravanel Loses 52 Lbs In One Hall this season -- an Month! I Cut Down 52 lbs of already-scheduled program of Stomach Fat In A Month Brahms and Shostakovich in January By Obeying This 1 Old -- and five in 2010-11; he will Rule conduct a minimum of 12 classical Masterworks programs in each subsequent season of his contract. At Thursday's news conference, he said he wants to be "a normal Salt Lake City citizen," buying a house, hiking, skiing, checking out the city's other arts organizations and visiting the Saturday Smoking Can Be Healthy? farmer's market. He plans to reside in Salt Lake City about four months out of Read the Report on New the year and said each visit will last at least three or four weeks, "whether I'm Cigarettes That Don't Kill. conducting or not." His wife, Catherine Orange Fischer, will accompany him Now Smoke… whenever he's in town; he also expects their three adult sons to tag along frequently for the skiing. The main reason he sought out and accepted the job, Fischer said, was the warm people, including the musicians, whom he has met each time he has visited. "When I come to Salt Lake, I want to feel like it's home, sweet home," he said. DON’T Pay for White Fischer will immediately begin programming responsibilities for the 2010-11 Teeth season, and he said he loves French music, as well as classical masterworks by Learn the trick discovered Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms. by a mom to turn teeth Lockhart announced in November 2006 that he would not renew his contract white w/ under $5 after the conclusion of the 2008-09 season. A search committee -- three members of the board of trustees, one community representative, two representatives of the organization's management and six members of the orchestra -- operated with a "secrecy the CIA would envy," US | UO board Related Topic Pages chairwoman Pat Richards said, before unanimously selecting Fischer. Iraq Richards said Fischer's first appearance with the Utah Symphony -- when he Iran led the orchestra in Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" in October 2007 -- won Afghanistan rave reviews from orchestra and audience members, so he was invited back to conduct a program of Schubert, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn in January 2009. "The second time, it was so overwhelmingly obvious; the orchestra responded so well to him. At that point, we started to talk a little bit," Richards said. She and two other search-committee members flew to Geneva in May to visit with Fischer; he and his wife came to Utah in June. "The rapport we built in those visits was just wonderful," Richards said. "We all felt totally in tune with one another." Jerry Fenn, head of the search committee, said Fischer met all four symbolic legs of a chair he was looking for: great ability and talent as a conductor; the ability to lead the organization; a commitment to the community with enthusiasm; and ability to "pass the newspaper test," in that he was a person of integrity who wouldn't some morning appear on the front page in a scandal. Members of the orchestra were pleased to be so well-represented on the search committee; during the last music-director search, the committee included only two musicians versus six this time. "He's a good guy, and that goes a long way [with] me," said principal trumpeter Nick Norton, a member of the committee. "He seems really right for the community." Principal clarinetist Tad Calcara said Fischer's experience as an orchestra musician is another big point in his favor. Musicians milling backstage after Thursday morning's rehearsal buzzed with enthusiasm. "He's the right guy for this moment in time," said principal violist and search-committee member Brant Bayless, who beamed throughout the half-hour news conference. "He's a consummate artist. He has great honesty as a person, as a boss and as a musician. ... We're all excited." Lockhart e-mailed The Tribune with his response to his replacement: "I congratulate Maestro Thierry Fischer and join with my colleagues and our audience in welcoming him to the Utah Symphony family.