​"Everyone in the orchestra business is concerned not only about reaching new audiences, but also re-engaging the ones they already have. Didi Balle's well-attended Symphonic Plays address both goals quite effectively."
Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun

"Didi Balle’s intelligently conceived dramatic biography of Maurice Ravel ... premiered with the acclaimed Conductor and French-Music expert, Stéphane Denève, and the New World Symphony ... is a nearly flawless fusion of musical biography and theater."
Lawrence Budmen, Classical Review
 

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"The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has had its share of resident composers over the years, but it appears to be the first orchestra in the country to merge these two [music and theater] hallowed traditions by engaging a Playwright-in-Residence - Didi Balle." Baltimore local NPR station interview. Listen HERE

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"Didi Balle adds another winner to her catalog of "Symphonic Plays" with one about Tchaikovsky and his Fifth."
Tim Smith for The Baltimore Sun  Full Article

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Baltimore, Md. _ Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announce the appointment of Didi Balle as the organization's first-ever Playwright-in-Residence. Full Press Release

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"Don’t even try to tell me that there’s a cooler job in the whole wide world than the one created for Didi Balle at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She may be the first and only “playwright-in-residence” appointed for a major symphony orchestra  ... Read More

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