Kennedy Center, Washington
AH Trump has appointed two female presenters on his favorite Fox channel, Maria Bartiromo, Laura Ingraham to the Kennedy Center board Kulturkommentator Roger Friedman said » It’s clear now that Donald Trump wants to kill off the Kennedy Center. (…) They are each Trump sycophants, extremely right wing, and have no business being there. Read More →
Jean-Guihen Queyras
Photo: Marco Borggreve
In response to the Trump policy French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will be donating the proceeds from his American concerts to Ukraine . “After last week’s horrific spectacle at the White House – staged to humiliate Ukraine President Zelensky – and the U.S.’s rapid shift away from the fundamental freedoms and democratic ideals that Europe and the West have long defended, and after Christian Tetzlaff’s strong decision to cancel his upcoming US appearances, I have been considering what to do with my five US dates this year,” Queyras explained on Facebook. Read More →
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music have ‘paused’ their commn Emerging Black Composers Project, due to instructions from the AH Trumps Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that directed schools to eliminate diversity efforts or risk losing federal funding. Read More →
We have been shown the things that go on in a brain hijacked and influenced by Trump. Richard Grenell, the Trump puppet at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is upset that the successful musical Hamilton will not be performed in the center now occupied by Trump. The producers have objected because under Trump’s leadership the Center has lost its nonpartisan character and became partisan, i.e. Republican. Read More →
Die 1974 in Giessen geborenen deutsche Kulturmanagerin Daniela Martin wurde zur Generaldirektorin der Cité musicale-Metz ernannt. die Cité musicale-Metz betreut das Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est sowie Metz en Scènes, das die drei Veranstaltungssäle der ostfranzösischen Stadt verwaltet (Arsenal, BAM und Trinitaires) mit fast 300 Veranstaltungen pro Jahr. Read More →
When AH Trump took control of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, this action could not be seen as an isolated action. It was part of a whole submission system which has not only turned a traditionally nonpartisan institution into a stage for ideological influence but threatens the integrity and future of American arts and culture, with dangerous consequences for local communities, music education and the broader creative landscape. Read More →
Kennedy Center, Washington
The producers of Hamilton, the internationally popular musical about the birth of American democracy, have announced that they were canceling their planned performances at the Kennedy Center in March and April 2026. This happens in response to the administrative takeover by AH Trump. Read More →
Innenhof des Bach-Archivs
(c) Bach-Archiv Leipzig
Der 1937 in London geborene Reeder und Musikforscher Elias N. Kulukundis hat seit den 1950er Jahren die weltweit größte Privatsammlung zur Bach-Familie zusammengetragen. Den wertvollsten Teil der Kollektion schenkte er nun dem Leipziger Bach-Archiv ‒ im Jahr des 75-jährigen Jubiläums der Leipziger Institution. Read More →
Wegen kritischer Ausgerungen über die Salzburger Festspiele und deren Intendanten Markus Hinterhäuser hatten diese Parteien Klage gegen den deutschen Kulturjournalisten Axel Brüggemann erhoben. Diese Klage wurde nun in erster Instanz von einem Hamburger Gericht abgewiesen. Die Kläger wollen das nicht akzeptieren und haben beim Oberlandesgericht Beschwerde eingereicht.
The Paris Mozart Orchestra and the Philharmonie de Paris announce the 4th edition of the La Maestra International Competition for Women Conductors, which will be held between 23-28 February 2026 at the Philharmonie de Paris. Read More →
