Jobs round: Baltimore boss heads for the rapids Orchestrasnorman lebrecht August 07, 2026The Grand Rapids Symphony has appointed Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev (pic) as its president and CEO. She arrives from the Baltimore Symphony, where she was senior vice president and chief operating officer. Born in Poland and raised in Turkey, Agnieszka is fluent in five languages. Meanwhile in upstate New York, Jennifer Barbee has been named president of the excellent Buffalo Philharmonic.