A very not normal life: Gianandrea Noseda, the NSOs next music director
'Gianandrea Noseda, the National Symphony Orchestra’s 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, he’s direct, open, funny. Some conductors need to impress you. Noseda isn’t after anything that simple.
He’s naturally impressive, of course. He’s 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, he’s less overtly dramatic. He probes, in conversation, the way he describes probing a score, looking for deeper meanings and connections.'>>>
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