He didn't want a
"party repertoire"
, he was fired.
Ira Levin, musical director of the Teatro Municipal in Rio, was dismissed from his post on Monday, following a petition from his own musicians.
In question, the programming of the concert given on Saturday December 18.
"
O
n would have preferred a festive repertoire to attract a large audience, but it was not heard and it is, as always, the leader who imposed the program,"
pleaded the musicians, as explained Classic Radio.
Works by Schonberg, Schubert, Beethoven and Mahler were scheduled.
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Repetition in distance
In addition to this bickering with his training, the conductor is also questioned for his recent decisions, in particular those forcing the musicians to repeat last Saturday's concert from home, at a distance for a whole month.
Ira Levin defended himself, without the argument of the health crisis.
"If I demanded that they study at home, it was out of respect for the music, out of respect for Beethoven,"
he explained.
Clara Paulino, director of the Theater, finally decided to fire the conductor.
“
We favored the path of dialogue, without thinking of the possibility of a definitive break.
But after listening to the orchestra, we came to this conclusion.
No one can deny that Ira is an excellent professional, who has brought a lot to the theater with his experience.
But the relationship with the orchestra ended up becoming impossible, ”
she declared in the columns of the daily
O Globo
.
Passed by the direction of the orchestras of Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, Ira Levin has, since his beginnings in the 80s as an assistant at the opera in Frankfurt, produced on the most prestigious stages of the world, from Taiwan in New York via Geneva.
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