Another interesting article, this one about the Music Director of the Toronto Symphony.

I like this paragraph.
“Peter had music in his bones,” Mr. Shaw said in an interview at the orchestra’s offices in a stately building across King Street from its performance home, Roy Thomson Hall. “He had the highest standards. All this requires a little bit of gray hair, but he also had an enthusiasm to grow. He wasn’t in a position to say, ‘Oh, another music directorship.’ He wants to grow as a music director.”

Peter Oundjian, Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director - NYTimes.com

On a somewhat related note, New York Times are going to be changing their online viewing policy starting March 28th. Readers will be limited to 15 articles a month which really sucks. So far the only way around this that I've found is if click on the link via twitter which will be a mess. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, and I predict that it will be messy and not all that favorable for most folks.