It's basically like hiring the Bears for an exhibition game to prove you can play QB. Love this. I debuted in 1982 myself! ππ€π
His debut came in 1982 at Avery Fisher Hall (now David Geffen Hall), where he hired the American Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Symphonic Choir, and soloists for a self-funded performance. To ensure an audience, he invited international financiers attending an IMF meeting in New York. The event was a success, marking the start of what Kaplan called his "amateur" conducting careerβin the original sense of the word, meaning "lover" of the art.
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