NEW YORK (AP) — Matías Tarnopolsky will develop into president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic on Jan. 1 after six years heading the Philadelphia Orchestra, a hiring boosted by his lengthy friendship with incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel.
Tarnopolsky’s appointment was introduced Monday. The 54-year-old, who has American, British and Argentine citizenship, fills a void created when Gary Ginstling give up in July only one season into the job.
“He’s done a really wonderful job with Philadelphia, and one of the most important issues was that he has a very close relationship with Gustavo Dudamel,” philharmonic co-chairman Peter W. Could stated. “That was really the most important factor for us.”
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tarnopolsky performed clarinet and acquired bachelor’s and grasp’s levels in music and musicology from King’s Faculty, London. A efficiency of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony by Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic on the 1987 BBC Proms had an particularly memorable impression.
He was the New York Philharmonic’s vp of inventive planning from December 2005 till August 2009, then spent 9 years as government director of Cal Performances at Berkeley till shifting to Philadelphia in 2018. Cal hosted Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra in a number of residencies.
He known as his return to the New York Philharmonic together with Dudamel a “full circle moment,” recalling hitting it off with the conductor throughout a piece go to to Caracas. “I watched him work with the kids of the Simón Bolivar and was just blown away, and so we invited him to conduct the New York Philharmonic. So this is a story almost two decades in the making,” Tarnopolsky stated in an interview.
Ginstling joined the New York Philharmonic as government director from Washington’s Nationwide Symphony Orchestra.
“Frankly, it just wasn’t a good fit from both Gary’s perspective and our perspective,” May told The Associated Press. “Matías clearly had significantly more experience than Gary has had in terms of leading one of the top orchestras in the country and we’re quite confident that this is the right guy for the job.”
Philharmonic co-chairman Oscar L. Tang stated Tarnopolsky is aligned with the imaginative and prescient held by Dudamel and the board.
“Gustavo says that he feels classical music is a human right and he wants to view classical music as a force for social development, social good,” Tang stated. “These are some of the aspirations that Peter and I have for the New York Phil in terms of extending its role in the cultural and civic life of New York City and really the country and the world.”
The New York Philharmonic returned to a renovated Geffen Corridor in October 2022, introduced Dudamel’s hiring 4 months later.
Borda stated visitor conductors have been engaged and a tour has been organized for Dudamel’s first season, together with his approval, however a lot of the 2026-27 programming stays open.
“Here’s a chance that comes along maybe once in a lifetime to author a completely new chapter for a great musical institution,” Tarnopolsky stated. “The commitment here is to rededicate ourselves to ensuring the philharmonic’s place in the civic, cultural, musical, educational life of contemporary New York.”
Ryan Fleur, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s government director, will develop into its interim president on Jan. 1, a task he held for eight months in 2018 between Allison Vulgamore’s departure and Tarnopolsky’s arrival.
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This story corrects that Matías Tarnopolsky headed Philadelphia Orchestra six years.
