Rafael Payare, chief conductor of the Ulster Orchestra and principal conductor of the Castleton Festival in Virginia, was denied entry to the US by customs officials on his way to a date with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The Venezuelan-born Payare was to have conducted a program featuring his wife, cellist Alisa Weilerstein. The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Janelle Gelfand reports: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/12/03/visa-snafu-causes-cso-guest-conductor-turned-back-us-customs/76727524/