Felix Haddad
Felix Haddad joined The Orchestra Observer after Felix's classical music apprenticeship. As The Orchestra Observer's repair bench editor, Felix Haddad follows classical music claims into their logged results.
Articles by Felix Haddad
Backstage Tuning Room Descends Into Anarchy as Seven Instruments Warm Up Simultaneously
The resulting sound was described by the stage manager as 'what I imagine the inside of a tornado sounds like, but with more Paganini.'
Principal Cellist's Chair Squeak Identified as Source of Mysterious Note in Recordings
Audio engineers spent three months isolating a recurring B-flat in the orchestra's recordings before discovering it was the principal cellist's chair, which she refuses to replace because it is 'lucky.'
French Horn Section Unanimously Agrees That Passage Is Impossible, Performs It Anyway
The Strauss tone poem's horn writing, which requires a range spanning nearly four octaves and what the principal described as 'the lung capacity of a blue whale,' was executed flawlessly after three weeks of what the section called 'grief counseling disguised as rehearsal.'