Written on January 5th, 2011 | Posted by Jeff Bagley
Utah Hosts Thierry Fischer at Alta for a Day of Skiing
When you take someone like Thierry Fischer skiing (he is from Switzerland), you hope that Utah can deliver. One of our famed resorts, Alta, lived up to all of its glory. It was a blue-bird day with plenty of snow, stunning scenery and great skiing that even Maestro Fischer and his family could appreciate. In fact, they ate it up. And this is a family that can ski, particularly Thierry. The maestro is a maestro on skis as well. He carved up runs all over the mountain showing us that he didn’t spend all of his time growing up in Switzerland playing music–he must have spent some serious time on the slopes as well.
Thierry is quick to remind you, however, that his passion is music. That he came to Utah because of its tremendous symphony and the opportunity to take it to new heights. I rode up the chair with a few of the musicians in the symphony and they gushed about his passion, his drive and his ability to inspire them to be better at their art. The fact that we were all skiing at Alta on one of the most spectacular days of the year was just an added bonus. And I could detect a sparkle in Thierry’s eyes. This was a great day to be the Music Director for the Utah Symphony.
This post originally appeared on the Utah Symphony blog.
Thierry Fischer is the new music director of the Utah Symphony. The symphony and Alta are RIESTER clients.
When you take someone like Thierry Fischer skiing (he is from Switzerland), you hope that Utah can deliver. One of our famed resorts, Alta, lived up to all of its glory. It was a blue-bird day with plenty of snow, stunning scenery and great skiing that even Maestro Fischer and his family could appreciate. In fact, they ate it up. And this is a family that can ski, particularly Thierry. The maestro is a maestro on skis as well. He carved up runs all over the mountain showing us that he didn’t spend all of his time growing up in Switzerland playing music–he must have spent some serious time on the slopes as well.
Thierry is quick to remind you, however, that his passion is music. That he came to Utah because of its tremendous symphony and the opportunity to take it to new heights. I rode up the chair with a few of the musicians in the symphony and they gushed about his passion, his drive and his ability to inspire them to be better at their art. The fact that we were all skiing at Alta on one of the most spectacular days of the year was just an added bonus. And I could detect a sparkle in Thierry’s eyes. This was a great day to be the Music Director for the Utah Symphony.
This post originally appeared on the Utah Symphony blog. Photos by Jeff Bagley.
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