Gary Ginstling was employed Friday as CEO of the Houston Symphony, six months following his shock departure from the New York Philharmonic after only one 12 months in cost.
Ginstling will begin Feb. 3 and exchange John Mangum, who had been Houston’s CEO since 2018 and left in September to succeed Anthony Freud as normal director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“The Houston Symphony has a really strong track record and my goal is to continue to appeal to the greatest conductors and greatest artists of the day that Houston is a place that you want to be,” Ginstling stated.
Ginstling, 58, grew to become New York’s CEO on July 1, 2023, and give up final July 11. His predecessor, Deborah Borda, had remained as govt adviser to Ginstling and the board of administrators.
Ginstling has not detailed the circumstances of his departure.
“It wasn’t a good fit for him culturally. It wasn’t a good fit for him, from his style. He did a lot of good things there,” Houston Symphony board president Barbara J. Burger stated. “He started, from day one with us, how important culture was and I understand that completely. No one wants to work in an environment where they feel like they either can’t be successful, or they’re not trusted or they’ve got somebody looking over their shoulder.”
New York changed Ginstling with Philadelphia Orchestra CEO Matías Tarnopolsky, who began Jan. 1. He was boosted by his lengthy friendship with Gustavo Dudamel, who turns into New York’s music director within the 2026-27 season.
Ginstling labored for the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony earlier than changing into normal supervisor of the Cleveland Orchestra (2008-13), CEO of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (2013-17) and govt director of the Nationwide Symphony Orchestra (2017-22).
Juraj Valčuha began as Houston’s music director for the 2022-23 season and is signed by means of 2025-26. The orchestra provides 130 concert events yearly, has an working finances of $40.7 million and contains 90 full-time musicians and 74 administrative employees.
Jones Corridor, the orchestra’s residence, has been present process a renovation over three summers that’s scheduled to be completed this 12 months forward of its sixtieth anniversary in 2026.
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Publish date : 2025-01-11 07:14:45
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