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Slatkin has a heart attack at the podiumNews: Leonard Slatkin suffered a heart attack on Sunday while conducting a concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.
I just heard this on the radio. Here's the Washington Post story by Anne Midgette Tuesday, November 3, 2009 7:01 PM
Leonard Slatkin, the music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and former music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, suffered a heart attack on Sunday while conducting a concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. He is recovering in a hospital in the Netherlands after an operation to insert two stents. Slatkin, 65, was aware of chest pains during the afternoon performance, but was able to finish the concert -- Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, with Lars Vogt, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 -- before going to the hospital. "Maestro Slatkin feels great," his manager said, according to a posting on the Rotterdam Philharmonic Web site, adding, "he is getting the best of care." A spokeswoman for the Detroit Symphony said hopefully Slatkin can return to the United States by the end of the week. "The trick is keeping him off e-mail," she said; the conductor is evidently eager to get back to work. Slatkin has canceled upcoming performances with the Czech Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh Symphony, but would like to appear in his scheduled concerts with the DSO starting Nov 19. Slatkin took over in Detroit after a 12-year tenure with the National Symphony Orchestra, which ended in June 2008. He is scheduled to return to the NSO in January, leading a program of Elgar and Holst, in his first appearances since he stepped down. "We wish him a speedy recovery and send good thoughts his way," an NSO spokesman said.
From Pauline Lerner
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:31 AM Thank you so much for posting this. I was privileged to hear Leonard Sladkin conduct the NSO many times during his 12 years with the NSO. I believe that he is a fantastic composer. I'm concerned about his health, and I wish him a speedy recovery. Does anyone know where I can mail or email him my get well wishes? From Terez Mertes
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 05:02 PM Whoa. That's major. Thanks for posting. From Andy Kim
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 01:57 PM Thanks for posting. |
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