Current Affairs Zdenek Macal: a whirlwind about to hit the Czech Philharmonic
Zdenek Macal is one of the most celebrated Czech conductors, and for the next three seasons he will be succeeding Vladimir Ashkenazy as chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. During a long career, much of it spent in the United States, the 66-year-old Zdenek Macal has conducted many of the world's great orchestras, and his achievements with the Milwaukee and New Jersey Symphony Orchestras have been a classic American success story. So how will he bring his legendary energy and enthusiasm to bear on one of Central Europe's most renowned cultural institutions? It certainly will not be an easy job. He will be under close scrutiny at a time when a number of musicians and critics are claiming that the Czech Philharmonic is beginning to lose some of its shine. He spoke with David Vaughan, who began by asking him how he felt to be back in the city he left after the Soviet invasion of 1968.
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