…Haimor’s sense of drama and his particular gift for strong, emphatic finishes garnered standing ovations for all three works.

Truly great music can survive mediocre performances. Beethoven symphonies make their impact to some degree no matter how unskilled the conductor and orchestra. But music that is less than great needs help from performers…

Fawzi Haimor is an American conductor, and may be familiar to audiences there as a former assistant conductor to the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has since pursued a career in Europe and was music director of the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen…