Valery Gergiev has not served the London Symphony Orchestra well as their chief conductor,nor has he lived up to the brilliance his earlier career promisedOver the next 10 days Valery Gergiev will be conducting his final concerts as the London Symphony Orchestra’s principal conductor. It promises to be a distinctly low-key leave-taking; tributes to what he has achieved during his eight years at the helm absorb been conspicuous by their absence so far, and it seems unlikely that there will be the kind of fond farewell that many conductors receive when their tenures with an orchestra approach to an terminate. It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the LSO itself, or as much as many of its regular audience,will be mightily relieved when Gergiev steps down from the Barbican podium for the last time.
Over the past decade Gergiev has consistently spread his considerable talent far too thinlyContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com