They have signed on to orchesterretter.de, giving a huge morale boost to Duisburg, Freiburg and several other ensembles that are threatened with imminent liquidation. Here’s the screenshot:
Just in: Berlin Philharmonic joins campaign to save German orchestras
May 9, 2012 by
Great news! Hopefully many people put their signature under this petition…seems like Germany is gambling with the orchestras right now
There is hope if all the major orchestras and institutions in Germany join forces!
While a few brave individuals from the Concertgebouw orchestra have been very supportive of their colleagues, the organisation as such hasn’t seen fit to say a single word in the matter of the dismantling of the orchestral infrastructure of the Netherlands. The Berliners deserve a round of applause.
We need this kind of leadership from America’s top budget orchestras.