Crisis at The Symphony Orchestra only gets worse thanks to fact-free politics

by Henri Drost
9 April 201529 March 2022
7 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, MUSIC

De financiële problemen van HET Symfonieorkest zijn niet onopgemerkt gebleven. Regionaal dagblad Tubantia bracht afgelopen maandag naar buiten dat PvdA-kamerlid Jacques Monasch minister Jet Bussemaker (ook PvdA) naar de Tweede Kamer liet roepen.
Monasch passeert in dat bericht met zevenmijlslaarzen adviezen, aanvragen en besluiten die al gedaan zijn of nog komen en meldt meteen dat er ook na 2017 een symfonieorkest in Enschede moet blijven. Hij sprak daarover met orkestdirecteur Harm Mannak en d...

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Henri Drost

Henri Drost (1970) studied Dutch and American Studies in Utrecht. Sold CDs and books for years, then became a communications consultant. Writes for among others GPD magazines, Metro, LOS!, De Roskam, 8weekly, Mania, hetiskoers and Cultureel Persbureau/De Dodo about everything, but if possible about music (theatre) and sports. Other specialisms: figures, the United States and healthcare. Listens to Waits and Webern, Wagner and Dylan and pretty much everything in between.View Author posts

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