Lintu the Groove

Montecito’s Music Academy wrapped up its 76th Summer Festival in splendid style when Hannu Lintu conducted the Academy Festival Orchestra at the Granada.

The entertaining show featured Richard Strauss’ 1898 “Ein Heldenleben” and Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” with Lintu, 55, conductor of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, at the top of his game.

The conclusion of the eight-week-long festival with nearly 200 performances of one kind or another on the Miraflores campus and the Lobero also marked the end of president Scott Reed’s tenure after 14 years.

I wish him well…