The last time I saw Christoph von Dohnányi was at a lovely dinner at his apartment in Munich this last June. We were celebrating a positive health report his wife Barbara had just received and the mood was easy, relaxed, and convivial. The conversation with CvD covered enormous ground, as it always did—he spoke with […]
Author Archives: Alan Gilbert
… is the chief conductor of the NDR Elphilharmonie Orchester, the music director of the Royal Opera in Stockholm and principal guest conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, among other positions. From 1995 to 1997, he worked as Christoph von Dohnányi’s assistant at the Cleveland Orchestra.