Carlos Izcaray, a Venezuelan conductor
with an active career based in Europe, will be the next music director of the
Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He takes over in September, replacing Justin Brown,
who stepped down from the Birmingham-based ensemble in 2012. The 37-year-old
Izcaray has built a wide-ranging conducting career but it comes after some
difficult experiences growing up in Caracas, Venezuela. Last year, he told
WQXR's Conducting Business about a time in 2004 in which he was arrested and
tortured while watching an anti-Hugo Chávez protest near his home. More… 
Friday, January 23, 2015
New Conductor of Alabama Symphony Asserts He Was Tortured in Venezuela
Carlos Izcaray, a Venezuelan conductor
with an active career based in Europe, will be the next music director of the
Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He takes over in September, replacing Justin Brown,
who stepped down from the Birmingham-based ensemble in 2012. The 37-year-old
Izcaray has built a wide-ranging conducting career but it comes after some
difficult experiences growing up in Caracas, Venezuela. Last year, he told
WQXR's Conducting Business about a time in 2004 in which he was arrested and
tortured while watching an anti-Hugo Chávez protest near his home. More… 
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