Selected Events 2007

A Fond Farewell to Arthur Fagan

June 20, 2007.
On June 20, classical music lovers from the Ruhr area treated Arthur Fagan to a rousing farewell after five years as General Music Director of the Dortmund Symphony. The American conductor led a brilliant performance of Arnold Schönberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw” and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Until his departure for future challenges, Arthur was one of several American musicians/artists playing leading roles in the music world in North Rhine-Westphalia. Arthur, we will miss you and your lovely wife, Paulette. We wish you all the best and look forward to your return to NRW in a guest conductor capacity!


A fond farewell to Arthur Fagan: Mayor of Dortmund Gerhard Langemeyer (left), Arthur Fagan (middle)