He's Goin' Back to Cali

Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow to step down.
by Paul Pelkonen

Glenn Dicterow will leave the New York Philharmonic in 2014.
Photo by Chris Lee © 2012 The New York Philharmonic.

Violinist Glenn Dicterow is leaving his position as concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. He will step down at the end of the 2013-2014 season.

In a statement issued by the New York Philharmonic press department, Mr. Dicterow, who is currently in the midst of a series of concerts as soloist in Bartók's First Violin Concerto, announced today that he is leaving the position that he has held at the orchestra for the past 34 years.

Concert Review: Dancing With the Decadence Dance

Daniel Harding conducts Mahler's Fourth; Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1.

Daniel Harding. Photo by Eisuke Miyoshi © 2010 DanielHarding.com

Daniel Harding made an auspicious New York Philharmonic debut this week, conducting a program that glittered with that peculiar decadence that defines the late Romantic works written in the early 20th century. Friday's afternoon concert featured Karol Szymanowski's one-movement First Violin Concerto, paired with Mahler's Fourth Symphony.