BOSTON (AP) – Music director James Levine has been forced to withdraw from the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2006 American tour, which starts this week, because of the lingering effects of a fall, the orchestra announced Saturday.
Levine fell and injured his shoulder during ovations Wednesday and missed performance the next two days. Doctors told Levine he didn’t break bones but have ordered him to continue resting to relieve pain. He will miss what would have been his inaugural tour with the orchestra as music director, according to a news release.
Marek Janowski will lead the symphony in the tour opener Monday at Carnegie Hall in New York. American conductor David Robertson will lead the orchestra on the rest of its tour, which includes dates in Chicago, Newark, N.J., and Philadelphia before wrapping up in Washington, D.C.
Levine’s next scheduled performance is March 20 with the New York Metropolitan Opera. He is not scheduled to appear with the Boston orchestra again until July 7.
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