Remember when I wrote that Vienna Phil had actually appointed a female concertmaster? Tim Smith now reports that what we thought ain’t necessarily so:

My diligent colleague Susan Elliott of MusicalAmerica.com reported Wednesday that the story is not quite what it seems, that Albena Danailova was actually named a permanent concertmaster of Vienna Opera Orchestra –not entirely the same thing as the Vienna Philharmonic.

As Susan points out, while Philharmonic members play in the opera ensemble, it doesn’t mean that everyone in the opera plays in the Philharmonic. So it appears that Danailova has not landed the concertmaster post at the august Philharmonic after all. Bummer.

Yep. Definitely a “bummer”. (And I thought I was the only one who used that word still!)