Conductor Thierry Fischer will extend his Utah Symphony contract until 2023

Thierry Fischer will take the podium at the Utah Symphony for longer than he once anticipated.Fischer, the symphony’s principal conductor and music director since 2009, has extended his contract one more year, to August 2023.Negotiations began earlier this year between the conductor and Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s then-interim president, Patricia Richards, said USUO’s current president Steven Brosvik, who arrived at the job in August.Part of the reason is, yes, the COVID-19 pa