The Guadalajara Reporter

Orchestra in a pickle but some see sweeter times ahead

With the abrupt exit of Alondra de La Parra after only 10 months as artistic director of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, and the imminent installation of new state politicians to control the orchestra, changes are whizzing around as fast as the jet that took the acclaimed young director to Europe the day after she stepped down last week.

Of course, De La Parra’s fetching image was quickly retired from atop the orchestra’s Web page. And, although the orchestra administration had announced that she would still direct two concerts this season, her name has now been replaced with that of Leslie Dunner.
Dunner is the well-liked, Chicago-based director who was a contender in the long and fruitless three-way selection process in 2010 and 2011 that preceded De La Parra’s naming. (Ironically, that process lasted longer than the short time De La Parra was at the orchestra’s helm.)

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