{"id":45858,"date":"2017-06-06T21:29:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T01:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=45858"},"modified":"2017-06-07T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T13:45:25","slug":"the-scoop-benjamin-bowman-named-concertmaster-of-metropolitan-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/06\/06\/the-scoop-benjamin-bowman-named-concertmaster-of-metropolitan-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Benjamin Bowman Named Concertmaster Of Metropolitan Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45859\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45859\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Benjamin_Bowman.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Bowman (Photo: via Bowman Media)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Benjamin_Bowman.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Benjamin_Bowman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Benjamin_Bowman-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Bowman (Photo: <span class=\"s1\">Bo Huang<\/span>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Metropolitan Opera announced violinist Benjamin Bowman as one of two concertmaster chairs through 2017\u201318. Bowman joins current MET Opera chair David Chan, who has held the position since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>A dual US\/Canadian citizen, Bowman has a long history of performing in Canada, with appearances with RCM\u2019s flagship ARC Ensemble, Amici Chamber Ensemble, and the Art Of Time Ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, he is currently the concertmaster of the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra in New York, a role he has held since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Opera\u2019s 2017-18 season opens September 25 under the baton of Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin with Bellini\u2019s Norma.<\/p>\n<h3>For more CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS, visit\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/scoop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>HERE<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Metropolitan Opera announced violinist Benjamin Bowman as one of two concertmaster chairs through 2017\u201318.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,36,39,43,68],"tags":[495,6181],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Benjamin_Bowman.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-bVE","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45864,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45858\/revisions\/45864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45858"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=45858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}