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Philharmonic Cancels Tour as Financing Falls Through

By JOHN ROCKWELL

Published: July 10, 2004

The New York Philharmonic announced yesterday that it had canceled a European tour planned for early September. The orchestra, led by its former principal guest conductor, Sir Colin Davis, was to have played five concerts at the first Seville International Music Festival in Spain, scheduled for Sept. 2 to 12, with other concerts to follow in Turin and Verona, Italy.

Lorin Maazel, the music director of the Philharmonic, still plans to conduct Bizet's opera "Carmen" in historic Seville locations, which is to be the centerpiece of the festival. The Philharmonic was not scheduled to be part of those performances.

The Philharmonic said it had decided to cancel the European tour because of the Spanish festival's failure, after long negotiations, to provide adequate financial guarantees. Two other concerts in Santander and Valencia, Spain, scheduled to precede the Seville dates, were canceled several weeks ago.

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