Jean-Luc Choplin, the former General Manager of the Châtelet in Paris and more recently of La Seine Musicale, could be the next General Manager of Théâtre Marigny, the newspaper Les Echos reports. Located on the Champs Elysées, opposite to the Grand Palais, Marigny has undergone a total renovation since 2013 and should reopen in September 2018. Read More →
Der österreichische-schweizerische Komponist Beat Furrer (*1954) erhält den Ernst von Siemens-Musikpreis 2018. Die Preisverleihung findet am 3. Mai im Münchner Prinzregententheater statt. Read More →
Music&Arts Networks, a company run by François Dru and Pierre-Jean Tribot, has announced the creation of 21 Music, a new 100 % digital label. « The music market is evolving: we must anticipate changes and look ahead. 21 Music is a flexible and borderless label, from Classical to Electro and Contemporary music », the label says. Read More →
Arend Herold succeeds Camille Kerger as General Manager of the European Institute for Choir Singing in Luxembourg (INECC). Arend Herold worked during nine years in the education department of the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the Philharmonie. Then he became the orchestra manager of L’Estro Armonico. Read More →
Das Problem ist bekannt: Wenn Künstler, die einen mehrmals unendlich begeistert haben, eine Einspielung präsentieren, die zwar gut ist, aber eben nicht außergewöhnlich, ist man leicht enttäuscht. Read More →
Bei den Zusammenstellungen von Zugaben für Violine und Klavier geht die Erwartung in zwei Richtungen. Welche Kompositionen haben die Interpreten aus der riesigen Zahl von Möglichkeiten, ggf. unter welchem Aspekt, ausgewählt? Und wie werden die Werke dargestellt, steht das Zirzensisch-Virtuose im Vordergrund oder gelingt auch eine darüber hinausgehende musikalisch inhaltliche Gestaltung? Read More →
Gaetano Donizettis selten aufgeführte ‘Messa da Requiem’ wird in diesem Videofilm in einer Aufnahme aus der Basilika des Heiligen Kreuzes in Warschau gezeigt. Das opernhaft dramatische Requiem ist Donizettis Freund Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) gewidmet, wurde aber nicht fertig gestellt. Es geht nur bis zum ‘Libera me’. ‘Sanctus’, ‘Benedictus’ und ‘Agnus Dei’ fehlen. Read More →
According to a news release of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Laurent Petitgirard, its Lifetime Secretary, will end his contract as Music Director of the Paris based Orchestre Colonne this year already. The contract was signed for two more years, until 2020. Petitgirard who is at the helm of this French orchestra since 2004, wants to devote himself to composition and guest conducting.
Not officially confirmed news that the upcoming renovation of the Auditorium of Oviedo could lead to the complete closure of the building are worrying the concert organizers of the Spanish city. They believe their annual series could be heavily be affected. The building hosts some of the most important musical cycles of the city, including the season of the Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias. Possible alternatives in other spaces have not yet been presented.
Hungarian conductor Gabor Kali, 35, has won Hong Kong’s first International Conducting Competition. Kali scored the highest mark from an international jury headed by Yip Wing-sie, Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and Christoph Poppen, its principal guest conductor. The competition, hosted by the Sinfonietta, drew 310 applications from 49 countries and regions. Read More →