Conductor's stand
Orchestra conductor's workstation (photo by Mirette)

I have not been writing for a while and I apologize for that! Now it is time to catch up with all my projects, so I promise more writings in the coming days and weeks. But first The Big News:

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst has appointed me as the next Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra!

I have known this since the end of January, but since the orchestra did not want me to publish it before they are ready, I had to wait all this time! But now you can read the official press release on their site. I am so happy and honored to join one of the greatest orchestras in the world!

After my trip to Cleveland I did projects in Manchester, Zurich and Joensuu, and I will write about those very soon. In the meantime join my fan site on Facebook!