A Conversation With Long-time Arts Leader Jim Hirsch

WDCB’s Gary Zidek sits down with Chicago Sinfonietta executive director Jim Hirsch for a wide-ranging conversation about his nearly 40-year career in arts administration and what’s next as he prepares for his next challenge.

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WDCB's Gary Zidek sits down with longtime arts administrator Jim Hirsch.

Chicago Sinfonietta starts its 2019-20 season with FORCES + FATES on October 5 & 7. The program explores how the environment has influenced artists over centuries. Explore Fingal’s Cave in the British Isles though Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides, the rainmaking rituals of the Amazonian Tupi-Guarani tribes during Clarice Assad’s Nhanderú and immerse yourself in Earth’s past, present and future through a momentous three-part commission. The second half of the program will feature Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

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