TORONTO – Jorn Weisbrodt has been named artistic director for the Toronto cultural festival known as Luminato.
The German-born arts administrator has collaborated on projects at La Scala di Milano, the Spoleto Festival and the Lincoln Centre Festival.
He’s also engaged to singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright; the pair welcomed a daughter earlier this year.
“My partner and I are looking forward to making a home in Toronto, collaborating with the incredible artists and institutions that work here and becoming a part of the city and its cultural life,” Weisbrodt said in a statement posted on the Luminato website.
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Early this year, Wainwright – the son of acclaimed folksinger Kate McGarrigle – announced the birth of Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, offspring of Wainwright and Lorca Cohen, who is the daughter of Canadian music legend Leonard Cohen.
Wainwright referred to as Weisbrodt “deputy dad.”
Wainwright is no stranger to Luminato himself. His opera, “Bella Donna,” was mounted at the 2010 edition of the festival.
Tony Gagliano, chair of the board for Luminato, said the arts festival was “very impressed by Jorn’s vision for Luminato’s future and his dedication to making arts an essential part of the community here in Toronto.”
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