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Jaap van Zweden (personally) has taken a new name: David Geffen

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bruckner9

And as they say, it's not even April 1st yet! lol
(We'd better call in Mulder and Scully for this one....)
http://www.submediant.com/2016/02/01/new-ny-phil-maestro-jaa (Open in New Window)

Edits: 02/03/16

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As a native of Geffen City ... - rbolaw 08:24:34 02/04/16 (0)
I don't see a problem with this. I think David Geffen was the ideal choice to conduct the Geffen Philharmonic. And once Geffen Hall is done, they can start work on the Statue of Geffen out in the harbor.
And to make matters worse Jaap has a twin brother... - genungo 08:10:16 02/04/16 (0)
.., a Czech conceptual artist who goes by the name of Jan Poope.
- Jan Poope (Open in New Window)
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Unbelievable! This should have been a scene in the film "The Magic Christian" - Chris from Lafayette 00:13:29 02/04/16 (0)
How crass - on both ends!

During the heyday of the Charles Finley years (as owner of the Oakland A's), Finley offered pitcher Vida Blue tens of thousands of extra dollars (i.e., beyond his contract) if he would change his first name to "True". At least Vida had the gumption to tell Finley that he'd would be happy to do so if Finley would also change his first name to "True". Needless to say, Finley didn't take up Vida's offer!
EDIT: Looks as if I've been had. I checked the rest of the site (which I should have done originally) and it's a humor site - a kind of Onion of classical music. I took it seriously. As Governor Perry once said, "Oops!". ;-)

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RE: Jaap van Zweden (personally) has taken a new name: David Geffen - TGR 16:07:54 02/03/16 (3)
I was going to write WTF until I read the article....funny.

Now when that doesn't actually happen, Geffen will probably call van Zweden a malcontent.
- And Trump will call him a LOSER! - John Marks 17:55:45 02/03/16 (2)
  Just like Trump lost Iowa--because the more people saw of him, the less they liked him.
  
  John
  - RE: And Trump will call him a LOSER! - bruckner9 18:14:11 02/03/16 (1)
    i swear, i can't go ANYWHERE online these days without having to read politics!
    - Or a sellout!!! - John Marks 21:10:03 02/03/16 (0)
      Funny, wasn't Alan Gilbert a violinist in the Harvard Orchestra?
      
      Far better than having an ex-tympanist for a conductor, IMHO!
      
      JM

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