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How LACO’s New Maestro Jaime Martín Was Influenced by Sir Neville Marriner

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Jaime Martín | Photo by Ben Gibbs

Recently the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concluded its season with its newly-minted Music Director, Maestro Jaime Martín. Martín is a celebrated flutist and conductor and his recent appointment represents a long arc that began with another former conductor of the LACO, Sir Neville Marriner, who was a huge influence on Maestro Martín.

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How LACO’s New Maestro Jaime Martín Was Influenced by Sir Neville Marriner
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In John’s long radio career, he’s been an on-air host, arts editor, VP of Programming & Operations, and even a station manager. He’s produced and conducted thousands of interviews, and over 500 live to air studio performances from Lang Lang to Sondra Radvanovsky to Tafelmusik. In his previous life, he was VP of Programming for Toronto’s commercial classical music station, now he programs much of the music you hear on-air and online and hosts several overnight show. The one thing John wishes everyone knew about classical music is that because the genre is so vast and varied, there really is something for everyone.
John Van Driel
Published on 05.24.2019

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