Jacot appointed to San Francisco
According to a report in the online magazine Slipped Disc, the Swiss principal flutist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is moving to the San Francisco Symphony, where he will take up the post of principal flutist.
Sébastian Jacot from Geneva studied at the Geneva School of Music. He won 1st prize at the Swiss Youth Music Competition in 2002 and 2004. In 2005, he was named Soloist of the Year by the Jmanuel and Evamaria Schenk Foundation. In 2015, he also won the International ARD Music Competition in Munich.
Prior to his engagement in Leipzig, he had already worked in the same capacity for the Ensemble Contrechamps in Geneva, the Saito Kinen Festival Orchetsra in Japan and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
The San Francisco Symphony is considered one of the most important orchestras in the USA. It has been conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen since 2020.
Original article:
https://slippedisc.com/2022/04/san-francisco-swoops-for-leipzigs-principal-flute/
