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MPR News: Who Will Replace Vanska?

The Minnesota Orchestra is on a hunt for a new music director. Osmo Vanska announced last week that he'll step down in 2022. Under Vanska's baton, the Minnesota Orchestra drew international attention. The group won a Grammy in 2014, and performed in both Cuba and South Africa in addition to multiple European tours. Vanska is also credited with rebuilding the ensemble after a bruising contract dispute and musician lockout that threatened the organization's future.

Guests: Brian Newhouse, managing director of Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media's classical programming; Bill Eddins, music director emeritus of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and a frequent guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world; was an associate conductor with the Minnesota Orchestra in the '90s.

Listen as they discuss the orchestra's search with MPR News' Angela Davis.

Bob Collins writes the News Cut blog for MPR News.  He joined MPR in 1992. He served as broadcast editor and coordinated MPR's political coverage until 1999, when he was asked to direct MPR's foray into online journalism.

He previously was vice president of programming for Berkshire Broadcasting Company in Massachusetts, and national desk editor at the RKO Radio Network in New York. He also was editor at WHDH in Boston, where he received the Edward R. Murrow Award for his investigation into the Boston mob scene.

Bob is a private pilot and is building his own airplane.


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The Minnesota Orchestra is on a hunt for a new music director after Osmo Vanska announced last week that he'll step down in 2022. Listen as Classical MPR director Brian Newhouse and conductor Bill Eddins discuss the orchestra's search with MPR News' Angela Davis.


Osmo Vanska conducts at the 2018 BBC Proms

Who will replace Osmo Vanska as conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra?

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