PhotoThe Philadelphia Orchestra, which has been trying to ride a wave of recent musical success after facing the rough seas of bankruptcy earlier this decade, announced Monday evening that it had chosen a new leader: Matías Tarnopolsky, the executive and artistic director of Cal Performances, the performing arts organization at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Tarnopolsky, 48, rethought the mission of Cal Performances, working to strengthen its ties with both the campus and the Bay Area community. He has deep experience molding the artistic profiles of orchestras, having previously served as the vice president of artistic planning for the New York Philharmonic and the senior director of artistic planning for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. But in Philadelphia he will also be responsible for the orchestra’s financial fortunes, after a tumultuous decade that saw the storied ensemble become the most prominent American orchestra to seek bankruptcy protection. “It’s an organization of great resilience, and I think it’s got a foundation for an even more remarkable future,” Mr. Tarnopolsky said in a telephone interview, explaining that he hoped to build on the strong relationship that Mr. Nézet-Séguin had formed with the musicians and audiences.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2018 22:30 UTC