‘Musik und Gender in Luxemburg’ hat der luxemburgischen Sängerin und Komponistin Béby Kohl-Thommes (1923-2016) ein neues Portal gewidmet. Für den biografischen Text und die Aufarbeitung des Archivmaterials zeichnet der Musikologe Marvin J. Deitz verantwortlich, in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Dany Kohl. Read More →
71-year-old French pianist Mikhail Rudy has just released an album with Le Palais des Dégustateurs, which includes a number of solo works as well as recordings of two concertos, the one by Grieg and Prokofiev's 2nd. Remy Franck spoke with him about these recordings and his new novel, Le Disciple. (Version française voir ci-dessous)
Mikhail Rudy
Maître, you’ve appeared on television, performed in the theater, given dance recitals, made films and written several books, including the recent novel Le Disciple, published by Presses de la Cité. Where does this desire to push back the boundaries of your artistic activity come from?
Ever since I was a child, I’ve been drawn to the world of creation in all its forms. I grew up in the Ukrainian provincial town of Donetsk, where it was difficult to access works of art, and I had to work very hard to get them. In return, I had the freedom to choose according to my own intuition. When I arrived in Moscow at the age of 16, things were much more regulated. I was surprised to find that my fellow students had been trained to be interested only in piano and classical music. I was very lucky not to be formatted. Read More →
Anja Bihlmaier
(c) Neda Navaee
German conductor Anja Bihlmaier, 45, has been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, starting September 2024. Anja Bihlmaier has been Chief Conductor of the Residentie Orkest since August 2021.
Travelogue; Philippa Schuyler: Music for Piano; Voodoo Festival + Damballa + Patagonian Triste + Wanchai Road + Khanghai + The King of France + The Poet's Love + African Suite + Carnival in Languedoc + White Nile Suite +African Rhapsody + Uganda Martyrs + Untitled; Sarah Masterson, Klavier; # Centaur CRC4102; Aufnahme 01.2024, Veröffentlichung 02.08.2024 (85') – Rezension von Norbert Tischer
Die 1931 in Haarlem, New York, geborene Philippa Duke Schuyler wurde als pianistisches Wunderkind bekannt. Als Pianistin gab sie Konzerte in über 80 Ländern. Sie betätigte sich auch als Komponistin, Journalistin und Autorin. Sie war die Tochter eines schwarzen Vaters und einer weißen Mutter. Außerhalb der USA hatte sie Erfolg, doch in den Vereinigten Staaten konnte sie keinen vergleichbaren Erfolg finden. Als Journalistin war sie Korrespondentin für den Vietnamkrieg. Sie starb am 9. Mai 1967 im Alter von 36 Jahren in der Nähe von Da Nang als ein Hubschrauber der US-Armee, in dem sie sich befand, ins Meer stürzte. Read More →
Spanish conductor and composer Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (*1949) died yesterday, 4 August 2024. At age of thirteen he got the title of piano professor at the Music Conservatory of Granada and at age of seventeen he won the ‘Extraordinary Prize’ in composition at the Music Conservatory of Madrid.[5] 1964 he moved to Madrid and he got the First Class Diploma and the Price of the Conservatory at the final course. Read More →
Fortuna - Old and New Versions of an Italian Song; Marta Redaelli, Sopran, Andrés Montilla-Acurero, Countertenor, Consort Mirabile; # Prospero Classical 0104; Aufnahme 2023, Veröffentlichung 02.08.2024 (59'44) - Rezension von Norbert Tischer
Das im fünfzehnten Jahrhundert extrem populäre Liede Fortuna Desperata diente als Inspiration für sechs Messen und mindestens achtunddreißig weitere abgeleitete Vertonungen aus dem fünfzehnten und sechzehnten Jahrhundert. Read More →
Gustavo Dudamel
After a concert with the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at Carnegie Hall in New York the Human Rights Foundation criticized Dudamel for engaging in shameless propaganda and providing cover for the Venezuelan dictator Maduro. Read More →
According to human rights activists, the imprisoned Russian pianist and war opponent Pavel Kuzhnir has died in a prison in Birobidzhan in Russia. The 39-year-old died as a result of a hunger strike, reported the civil rights portal OVD-Info. Read More →
Cellist Antonio Meneses passed away yesterday in Basel, Switzerland, at the age of 66. Born in Recife, Brazil, in 1957 to a family of musicians, Meneses began his cello studies at the age of ten. Read More →
Bayreuth, Festspielhaus
In Bayreuth hat sich Alain Steffen für Pizzicato die Produktion Der Ring des Nibelungen und Der Fliegende Holländer angesehen und angehört. Read More →
