THE MONTH IN NUMBERS

20

…years after first wielding the baton as music director, Robert Spano (above) is to leave the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The conductor says the 2020/1 season will be the last of his successful, if not always easy, tenure.

24

…hours of music. A day-long concert at St John’s Smith Square to mark conductor Stephen Montague’s 75th birthday will begin at noon, 9 March.

5

…of the 100 conductors with the most engagements in 2017 were female, says a survey. In 2013 the total was just one, so progress is being made, of sorts.

50,000,000

…dollars raised so far for the New York Philharmonic’s ‘Launch Fund’, set up to give its new music director Jaap van Zweden the best possible start.