From the Radio Prague news service: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- News MARCH 13th, 2002 By: Pavla Horakova * The Czech-born American Zdenek Macal will become the new chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The Czech-born American Zdenek Macal will become the new chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr Macal will replace Vladimir Ashkenazy in the post, beginning in 2003. The 66-year old Zdenek Macal has worked with a number of orchestras abroad including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic and the current 2001-2002 season marks his final season as Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in the United States. Copyright (c) 2002 Radio Prague (Vysilani do zahranici CRo) Live in peace [log in to unmask] endeavour2 project <http://www.geocities.com/robtclements/endeavour2.html>