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In Reply to: RE: I have no problem with Getty. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on May 20, 2015 at 10:37:41
I read your post far too quickly. I thought you meant Gordon Getty -- he even looks like John Eliot Gardiner, and I never saw the term JEGgy before. But his wealth doesn't surprise me. Historically many top conductors, especially European ones, came from wealth. Beecham was born into it, Toscanini married into it. Nowadays, it's more about fundraising skill and contacts, i.e., access to wealth, though I'm sure being rich still helps.
However, neither Gardiner, nor Alsop, nor Schwarz, nor anyone else today, holds a candle to Valery Gergiev, who has access to Vladimir Putin's bottomless pockets. I'm lukewarm about Gergiev, though I like his take on certain repertoire, especially the romantic and modern Russians. But his continued success is a sure thing.
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. . . the conductor that Gardiner and Alsop are. ;-)
I know this is a bit off topic, but I saw something amusing about Putin's gal in the Crimea, Attorney General and Chief Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya. She's on the "wanted" list in the Ukraine, and I guess she held a press conference recently whose sole purpose seemed to be "come and get me" taunting (link below). I love babe prosecutors!
"What? Just several?"
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