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Gary Ginstling, the orchestra’s president and CEO, is leaving his position after one year on the job.
By Javier C. Hernández
Gary Ginstling, president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic, resigned Thursday after just one year on the job, leaving the orchestra in limbo as it deals with demanding situations, as well as hard work, negotiations, heated arguments and a investigation into the culture of his paintings after the accusation of two musicians. of misconduct.
Behind the scenes, tensions arose between Ginstling and the Philharmonic’s board of directors, staff and musicians, according to a user familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to describe conversations between users. The user said that Ginstling also had disagreements with star conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who in the Philharmonic’s next musical and artistic director was chosen for the first time.
Some Philharmonic workers found Ginstling opaque, the individual said, and complained about his absence from New York at critical times, adding that management was facing an outcry among musicians over musicians accused of misconduct. Ginstling, 58, former executive director of the Washington National Symphony Orchestra, lived near the capital, where his circle of relatives lives, and commuted between there and New York, where he rented an apartment. (A friend said he only spent weekends outside of New York and worked long hours for the orchestra. )
The latest blast occurred during an orchestral excursion to China this summer, the individual said, with some musicians blaming Ginstling for several logistical problems. The orchestra struggled to get all of its musicians to measure up to a Guangzhou opera. The global address through the United States ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, was scrapped. (He later spoke at a reception for the orchestra. )In the end, giant parts of the opera, which seats more than 1,800 people, were left empty, an embarrassment for an ensemble of the Philharmonic’s calibre.
In a statement released through the Philharmonic, Ginstling said: “The New York Philharmonic is an ordinary institution and it has been an honor to be a member. However, I realized that the establishment needed another type of leadership and I resigned. ”
He declined to comment in a message Thursday.
The Philharmonic said it would convene a “transitional leadership team” that would consist of Philharmonic board chairmen Peter W. May and Oscar L. Tang, as well as Ginstling’s predecessor, Deborah Borda, who held this position from 2017 until last year.
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