Following our exclusive report four months ago that both principal flutes had resigned from the Metropolitan Opera on the same day – one going to Los Angeles, the other to Chicago – the Chicago Symphony has now officially named Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson as principal flute (see below). Denis Bouriakov is already appearing as principal with the LA Phil. The Met has yet to announce replacements. Artists of this calibre are not easy to recruit. CHICAGO—Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Music Direc [...]
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