The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Kluger Years

What was Philadelphia Orchestra president Joe Kluger’s impact on his orchestra in 16 years at the helm? “He leaves behind an orchestra that for several years was worse for his presence, and in more recent years, better off. A lot went wrong at Philadelphia’s most important cultural institution in his 16 years – an awful 64-day strike that took the mayor to settle, an impotent response to the orchestra’s losing its national and international presence in radio and recordings, and the hiring of a music director whose name, when announced to musicians, was greeted with a distinct lack of enthusiasm. How much of what went wrong was Kluger’s fault? How much the board’s? The musicians’?”