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But those, like Lionel Bringuier, who have an uncluttered view of the art and who got to work before most musicians get their first college audition, offer a prospect of genuine renewal in the stuffiest and most change-resistant of musical occupations.

Look around and you will find that conductors are getting younger, day by day. Much younger. We are in the thick of a podium revolution, the most radical and progressive upheaval in two generations. 

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Mikko
December 3rd, 2012
1:12 PM
Tampere Philharmonic in Finland (a full-size 97-piece band) recently appointed Santtu-Matias Rouvali, 26, as principal conductor. He'll start officially at that post in autumn 2013. http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Santtu-Matias+Rouvali+appointed+Chief+C...

Steve
December 2nd, 2012
2:12 PM
"Dudamel, at 26, was the youngest ever maestro of a leading US orchestra" Zubin Mehta was 26 when he became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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