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Article: A legacy of great conductors fuels orchestra: Dohnanyi brought productive era to Cleveland.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 29, 2000
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With the music directorship of conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi winding down to a close after next season, the Cleveland Orchestra is at a crucial turning point.
Along with CD reissues and a successful renovation of its home at Severance Hall, the orchestra is the subject of a new historical study by critic Donald Rosenberg (Gray & Co. Publishers) that sheds new light on its long history.
Dohnanyi, who has led the Clevelanders since 1984, furthered a tradition that began in 1918 and reached high points with conductors like the Polish-born Artur Rodzinski, George Szell, and Lorin Maazel. Dohnanyi, an accomplished operatic as well as symphonic ...