Falletta to Belfast

JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Virginia Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic, has been named principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra. Alf McCreary reports in the Belfast Telegraph:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/joann-falletta-becomes-orchestrarsquos-first-female-conductor-15153130.html

Falletta, who will be the first female conductor of the principal orchestra of Northern Ireland, has signed up for three years, beginning in September, Gramophone reports:

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/joann-falletta-to-head-ulster-orchestra

The conductor also has renewed her contract with the Virginia Symphony for three more seasons, with an option for two further years, Teresa Annas of The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) reports:

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/falletta-signs-lead-orchestra-3-more-years