Honeck tells students: your first concert ticket is on me

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ピッツバーグ交響楽団の音楽監督マンフレッド・ホーネックは、初めてコンサートを聴く学生に対し、自身のポケットマネーでチケット代を負担する取り組みを開始した。2回目以降のチケットは15ドルとなる。ホーネックは2033年まで同楽団の音楽監督を務める契約を締結している。

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Interesting initiative by Manfred Honeck, the Pittsburgh Symphony music director. He’s paying from his own pocket for any student who wants to hear a concert for the first time. The second ticket (and after) costs $15. He says: “When I re-signed my contract as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony,” said Manfred Honeck, “I thought carefully about a special initiative, and decided that getting students to come to programs was of utmost importance. A young person who has never heard an orchestra live cannot know yet whether this music is for them. My hope is to help them simply walk through the door. If the price of that fir st ticket is what stands in the way, then let it be my gift, and I will let our music do the rest.” Honeck has signed on to Pittsburgh until 2033. &

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