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PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH Andreas Delfs has been named the 13th music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Andreas Delfs, the seasoned maestro who the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra named Tuesday as its new music director, is a conventional choice to lead the organization into its centennial year. But there will be something unconventional waiting in the wings of each concert. “After a long performance, a beer very much revitalizes and re-energizes me,” he said. “I normally have a deal with the stagehand to have one ready for me right when I come offstage. I haven’t established that rapport here yet.”
A “Look Back” – Dan Gross
This might surprise you… But Dan had a lot to say for this. But we’re going to do our best to streamline, especially since “Dan” is one of his favorite topics.
Dan grew up with a mom and dad who loved listening to all kinds of music. Some of the first albums he ever owned were Nat King Cole’s “Jumpin’ at Capitol,” the Brian Setzer Orchestra albums, Keb’ Mo’, and Blossom Dearie’s Verve compilation, to name a few.
This inspired a true love of music, and an appreciation for it.
Dan started playing trombone in elementary school. The love of the low end took him to bass trombone (including a couple appearances with his high school for the RIJF), and then eventually double bass. Despite wanting to go to school for sports broadcasting, he picked up a second major in upright bass performance.
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Giselle. Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov, choreography: Elena Tschernischova after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. With Nina Poláková, Masayu Kimoto, Rebecca Horner, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Alice Firenze, Leonardo Basílio, and Soloists and Corps de ballet des Wiener Staatsballetts. Production from September 2017. Register for free and view here.
2:30 pm ET: Philharmonie de Paris presents Casadesus conducts Debussy, Ravel, Schumann & Beethoven. Jean-Claude Casadesus conducts the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris in a Franco-German program of Debussy’s
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Ravel’s
Pavane pour une infante défunte Schumann’s Piano Concerto with soloist David Kadouch, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. View here. LIVE
CORRECTION 1.7.21: This article has been updated from its original version to reflect that Rochester has an ordinance that established a percent for art program. That program, however, has been dormant since its adoption in 2007. CITY had initially reported that no such ordinance was on the books. Every year for as long as anyone can remember, and for as long as available records show, Monroe County adopts a budget that offers crumbs in the way of funding to arts and cultural organizations. It happened again in December, when legislators approved a $1.2 billion spending plan for 2021 that set aside about one-tenth of a percent roughly $1.4 million for the arts.