The New Power Behind the Baton

The London Philharmonic (not to be confused with the better London Symphony, which, my sources tell me, is somewhat at sea under Gergiev) has a new music director, the 35-year-old Vladimir Jurowski. New Yorkers will get a chance to hear him when he conducts Hansel und Gretel at the Met this season. The article is interesting, but leaves out an important part of the story. Jurowski, like Alan Gilbert and Franz Welser-Most, is represented by IMG Artists, the ascendant power in conductors' management now that CAMI is losing its influence.

Thanks to the Internet, just about every classical performer can be linked to his or her management--always a good way to follow why casting decisions get made.

Young, gifted and Russian - Times Online