Franz Schubert: Symphonie Nr. 5, Konzertstück für Violine und Orchester D. 345, Rondo D. 438, Polonaise D. 580; Capella Savaria, Zsolt Kallo, Violine, Nicholas McGegan; 1 CD Hungaroton HCD 3279; Aufnahme 01/2016, Veröffentlichung 09/20916 (58'19) – Rezension von Remy Franck
Für jemanden, der mit Lorin Maazels von Eleganz und Charme geprägter Einspielung mit den Berliner Philharmonikern (frühe Sechzigerjahre) aufgewachsen ist, kommt Nicholas McGegans kräftig akzentuierte Einspielung der 5. Symphonie von Franz Schubert auf historischen Instrumenten wie ein Schock. Read More →
'Cité de la musique' at Ile Seguin
(c) Shigeru Ban & Jean de Gastines
The new Musical City at Ile Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, a Western suburb of Paris, which is supposed to become a tough competitor for the new Philharmonic Hall in the East, has been renamed and is called now La Seine Musicale, acoustically combining the name of the river Seine and the French word scène, stage. It is due to open in 2017. The € 170 million project, designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines will be equipped with a concert hall, an auditorium, rehearsal studios, a music school and shops.
Markus Stenz
(c) Catrin Moritz
After Myung Whun-Chung stepped down in December 2015, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra has now announced two major new appointments: Thierry Fischer has been named Principal Guest Conductor and Markus Stenz Conductor-in-Residence, with effect from the start of the 2017 season. Read More →
Seit Mai 2015 besuchen musikinteressierte Internetuser die Online-Opernplattform ‘The Opera Platform‘. Sie basiert auf der Partnerschaft zwischen dem Dachverband für Opernhäuser und -festivals in Europa Opera Europa, dem Kultursender ARTE und 15 europäischen Opernhäusern und wird vom Programm ‘Kreatives Europa’ der EU-Kommission unterstützt. Seit Bestehen der Plattform nutzten 1.092.609 Opernliebhaber das Angebot, die Videos wurden inzwischen 1.601.059 Mal gestreamt. Read More →
Carl Ph. E. Bach: Cello Concertos; Julian Steckel (Cello), Stuttgarter Kammerorchester; 1 CD Hänssler Classic HC 15045; Aufnahme 05/2015, Veröffentlichung 04/2016 (60’46) - Rezension von Guy Engels
Eine Stunde lebhaftes und munteres Musizieren – mehr bräuchte man eigentlich nicht über diese Aufnahme zu sagen. Man hört Julian Steckel und dem Stuttgarter Kammerorchester gerne zu, weil ihr Spiel unterhaltsam, ja auch vergnüglich ist. Um einen solchen Grat an Leichtigkeit zu erreichen, muss man mit dem nötigen Ernst und Gewissenhaftigkeit an die Werke herangehen. Read More →
Aaron Copland: Hear Ye! Hear Ye!, Appalachian Spring; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin; 1 CD Naxos 8559806; Aufnahme 2013/2014, Veröffentlichung 09/09/2016 (72') – Rezension von Remy Franck
‘Hear Ye! Hear Ye’ ist ein 1934 entstandenes Ballett in einem Akt und 18 Nummern, die zwischen 17 Sekunden und 3 Minuten 51 Sekunden lang sind. Musikalisch ist es ein Patchwork mit sehr verschiedenen musikalischen Ausdrucksformen, zwischen romantisch-sentimental und jazzig-frech, Gewehrschüssen und Nationalhymne inklusive. Leonard Slatkin kostet jede Sekunde dieser abwechslungsreichen Musik aus, und das ‘Detroit Symphony’ folgt ihm mit spannungs- und kunstvollen Spiel. Read More →
French city Le Havre (Normandy) has launched a vast project boosting musical experiences. Baptized ‘Vibrate in Le Havre’, the plan will support practice of music, creation and listening. According to the mayor of the city, Édouard Philippe, Le Havre has a very good musical infrastructure, yet the population does not use it sufficiently. Read More →
ICMA Jury members Nicola Catto (Musica) and Andrea Meuli (Musik + Theater) met ICMA’s Artist of the Year 2016 for an interview. Read this amazing piece…
Christian Lindberg
Christian Lindberg, You once said that the trombone is the instrument of the last century. Do you still think that it’s the instrument of the current one?
I don’t think so. I’m a little bit disappointed. You see, I have done my work with the trombone and I’m going now into different areas. Of course, I will continue premiering trombone concertos. In 2017, I will premiere my concerto No. 100 by Per Egland, the Swedish composer. But generally things are not going like I would have hoped. I had some masterclasses with really talented young trombone players. And I encouraged them very strongly to follow and try making solo careers. But everyone goes to orchestras (he laughs). Read More →
Lukasz Krupinski
Twenty-four-year-old Polish pianist Lukasz Krupinski has been awarded First Prize at the San Marino Piano Competition. In addition to the first prize, he received the critics’ prize, the audience prize and a special award from the San Marino Symphony Orchestra. Ukrainian-born Dmytro Choni from Austria, won Second Prize and Meng-Sheng Shen (Taiwan) was third. Thirty pianists took part in the contest.
Chaired by Pierre Amoyal the Jury of the 2016 George Enescu International Violin Competition (Bucharest) has awarded First Prize to 23 year old Gyehee Kim from South Korea. Gyehee Kim is a graduate of the Seoul National University, and she acquired renown as a former prize winner at the Isang Yun International Violin Competition and the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Violinists. 2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded to Donghyun Kim, 16, from South Korea and Erzhan Kulibaev, 29, from Kazakhstan.
