Musikverein Wien
Namhafte Gäste baten im Goldenen Saal im Musikverein Wien zum Konzert. Andris Nelsons und das Gewandhausorchester Leipzig hatten die symphonische Dichtung ‘Das goldene Spinnrad’ von Antonin Dvorak und die vierte Symphonie von Gustav Mahler mitgebracht. Das Sopransolo in der Symphonie sang Nikola Hillebrand. Uwe Krusch berichtet für Pizzicato. Read More →
Italian conductor and cultural manager Nicola Colabianchi has been announced as the next Superintendent of Teatro La Fenice in Venic. Colabianchi was until now general manager of the opera house in Cagliari, where – according to Italian media reports – his management has been marked by scandals and judicial investigations.
After the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Conservatory of Music were forced by the Trump Administration to pause their joint Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP) due to what they call “pervasive and repugnant race-based preferences.” (to read as: preferences for non-white races). Read More →
Antonio Salieri
Am 7. Mai jährt sich der Todestag Antonio Salieris zum 200. Mal. Das ist für Herausgeber Markus Brönnimann und den Brill-Verlag den Anlass, sich dem Leben und Schaffen eines Komponisten zu widmen, der lange als bösartiger Gegenspieler Mozarts verunglimpft und schließlich vom Publikum weitestgehend vergessen wurde. Read More →
Music Director Sarah Ioannides has announced that she will end her then 12-year tenure with the Symphony Tacoma at the end of the 2025/26 season. Read More →
Gewandhaus Leipzig
(c) Remy Franck
80 Jahre nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs wird vielerorts mit Requiem-Aufführungen an die Opfer und Zerstörungen in Europa erinnert. Aus dem 20. Jahrhundert gehört dazu neben dem War Requiem von Benjamin Britten auch das Dresdner Requiem des legendären Dresdner Kreuzkantors Rudolf Mauersberger, soeben aufgeführt im Gewandhaus Leipzig unter der Leitung von Gregor Meyer. Michael Oehme berichtet. Read More →
Johann Sebastian Bach
Am Freitag, 21. März organisieren die Chorvereinigung INECC und die Bach Vereenegung Lëtzebuerg 58 Mini-Konzerte in Kirchen und an ungewöhnlichen Orten in Luxemburg-Stadt, dem Bahnhofsviertel und Kirchberg. Neue Spielorte sind dieses Jahr das Abrigado in Bonnevoie, das Altersheim Pescatore und das Museum Dräi Eechelen. Read More →
Schaghajegh Nosrati
(c) Irene Zandel
The German pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati is another musician who has cancelled an US, announcing via Instagram that she is not able perform there under the Trump administration. Nosrati, an internationally successful concert and recording artist is assistant to Andras Schiff at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. Read More →
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 →
