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Welser-Möst Out for Start of Cleveland Orchestra Summer Concerts

Ideastream Public Media | By Mark Arehart
Published July 4, 2018 at 7:01 PM EDT
The summer stage at Blossom will be without Franz Welser-Möst for at least the opening concert.
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The summer stage at Blossom will be without Franz Welser-Möst for at least the opening concert.

Correction:  This article originally misstated the start dates for the coming summer season for the Cleveland Orchestera. 

The  has announced that Music Director Franz Welser-Möst will not be leading the opening concerts of the Orchestra’s summer season.

The Orchestra says Welser-Möst has a bacterial hand infection and will not conduct the Star-Spangled Spectacular concert in Downtown Cleveland on Friday July 6 or the opening night concert at Blossom Music Center on Saturday July 7.

Assistant Conductor Vinay Parameswaran is conducting the concert July 6 at Mall B in Cleveland, which celebrates the Orchestra’s 100th season.

At Blossom July 7, Former Music Festival Director Jahja Ling will step in for the opening night concert, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Welser-Möst has been with the orchestra for 16 years. The Orchestra has not said when he will return.

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Mark Arehart
Mark has been a host, reporter and producer at several NPR member stations in Delaware, Alaska, Washington and Kansas. His reporting has taken him everywhere from remote islands in the Bering Sea to the tops of skyscrapers overlooking Puget Sound. He is a diehard college basketball fan who enjoys taking walks with his dog, Otis.
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