LIKE FOOTBALL CLUBS, symphony orchestras enter the transfer market in the close season — and I have never known a busier one than the summer of 2022.
Just look at the gaps on the map. New York and Chicago are hunting a music director, as are Munich, Amsterdam and Covent Garden. One league down, there are vacancies at the Vienna Symphony, in Toulouse, Seattle, Minnesota, Seoul, Manchester, Moscow (several) and more.
It used to be easy to select a music director. Line up half a dozen guest conductors over one season and see which, if any, impress.
