“On Monday, the Cleveland Institute of Music announced the appointment of Carlos Kalmar as principal conductor and director of orchestral and conducting programs,” writes Zachary Lewis in Monday’s (5/10) Plain Dealer (Cleveland). “The selection ends a three-year search for a successor to Carl Topilow, who stepped down in 2018 after 37 years…. Kalmar, whose duties as a designate commence in July … has served since 2000 as artistic director and principal conductor of [Chicago’s] Grant Park Music Festival…. He also spent 18 years as music director of the highly regarded Oregon Symphony…. He said his intent is to be a partner, to leverage the talent of his faculty peers—many of whom are members of the Cleveland Orchestra—and develop a program that becomes the ‘gold standard’ of orchestral training…. With [president and CEO Paul] Hogle’s contract recently extended to 2028, the school is actively pursuing a vision of a smaller, more selective institution…. The conductor said he plans to settle in the area soon … and play an active, prominent role in the musical life of Northeast Ohio.” Said Kalmar, “I want to be part of this community and get to know people.”
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