“Once again, to the delight of her many fans, JoAnn Falletta has jumped the gun,” writes Mary Kunz Goldman in Sunday’s (5/31) Buffalo News. “At Saturday’s Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concert, the audience learned that Falletta’s contract as the BPO’s music director has been extended for five more years. And just like the last time she renewed her contract, in February 2011, she renewed it a year in advance.…’It’s so good because now I can really plan for the future,’ she said. ‘We’re starting, very soon, the public phase of a large endowment campaign. And recordings, touring, all of that has to be planned two or three years in advance. If we’re going to grow and be ambassadors for Buffalo everywhere, we need to plan for that.’ Dan Hart, the BPO’s executive director, said that such enthusiasm is part of what makes Falletta ‘a good fit for this town.’ … Falletta has been with the orchestra 15 years, beginning in 1999. She is now by far the BPO’s longest-tenured music director…. She is also the music director for the Virginia Symphony, and conducts frequently around the world.” Falletta is also artistic adviser at the Hawai’i Symphony.
Posted June 1, 2015
