A very not normal life: Gianandrea Noseda, the NSOs next music director
'Gianandrea Noseda, the National Symphony Orchestras next music director, is a man easy in his own skin. Sitting in the lobby bar of a New York hotel on a weekend afternoon, incognito and unrecognized, hes direct, open, funny. Some conductors need to impress you. Noseda isnt after anything that simple.
Hes naturally impressive, of course. Hes tall and imposing, with the blond hair (thinning on top) and blue eyes of a Northern Italian. On the podium, he arcs and curves his big arms with embracing abandon. Musicians call him charismatic, demanding and inspiring. He favors fast tempos that drive the music but have a sense of lightness at the same time.
Offstage, hes less overtly dramatic. He probes, in conversation, the way he describes probing a score, looking for deeper meanings and connections.
The point is not to convince [the orchestra] your thought about the symphony is the best possible one in the world, he says. But it is a possibility. It is a possibility suggested by the score, because you spent time with the score and tried to discover the hidden meaning behind the notes what possibly the composer wanted to say. And the frustration for a conductor is even if you have this aim, you are sure you cannot get it.'>>>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/a-very-not-normal-life-gianandrea-noseda-the-nsos-next-music-director/2016/01/07/d3b44b2e-b444-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html?utm_term=.c077300c55cc
Have heard him interviewed on radio station https://weta.org/fm and thought y'all might be interested.