【速報】Juilliard String QuartetのFirst Violinist 辞任

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra の Concertmaster から1946年創設のJuilliard String Quartet の First Violinist に転じて1年も経たない　Nick Eanet が，消化器系の疾患から辞任したそうです．アメリカの多くの Quartet が最近やっている Tour から Tour への厳しい移動に耐えられないという判断からだといいます．

彼の前任者Joel Smirnoff は，president of the Cleveland Institute of Music に転任して辞任していたのです．

2010-10年シーズンに一応名前を残すようですが，適任者が現れ次第交替するということです．

 

First Violinist Resigns From the Juilliard String Quartet

By DANIEL J. WAKIN

Nick Eanet, who joined the Juilliard String Quartet less than a year ago as first violinist, is resigning for health reasons, the group said on Tuesday. Mr. Eanet has “an acute digestive ailment” that makes it difficult for him to take part in the quartet’s extensive touring, according to a statement. The condition is not life-threatening, it said. Mr. Eanet will spend next season with the quartet while a replacement is sought. Mr. Eanet had left a position as a concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera to join the Juilliard, which was founded in 1946. He replaced Joel Smirnoff, who was named president of the Cleveland Institute of Music.