In 2009 Orlando Opera was closed, and Florida Opera Theatre took over rather cautiously, with small scale productions. Now, with a new music director at the Orlando Phil, Eric Jacobsen, and a new management headed by Gabriel Preisser, they seem ready to expand. Florida Opera Theatre changes its name into Opera Orlando and should soon present bigger projects.
In 2017, the Queen Elisabeth Competition will organize for the first time in its history a competition devoted to cellists. Timetable and programme are available here. For the semi-final French pianist Frank Braley will conduct the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie and at the final, Stéphane Denève will conduct the Brussels Philharmonic. In May 2016, the Queen Elisabeth Competition is holding a competition for pianists. The following sessions will be devoted to the voice (2018), violin (2019) and piano (2020).
Vorab dies: wir haben es uns als aktuelles Musikmagazin zum Prinzip gemacht, Schallplatten, die uns zu lange nach der Erstveröffentlichung erreichen, nicht mehr in Betracht zu ziehen. Hier wollen wir eine Ausnahme machen. Diese SACD wurde im März 2015 veröffentlicht, und der Herausgeber hat sie uns im Januar 2016 zugeschickt. Wenn wir die Platte dennoch rezensieren, dann, weil sie die erste Einspielung des Ersten Klavierkonzerts von Piotr Tchaikovsky in der einzigen vom Komponisten autorisierten Fassung von 1879 anbietet – das ist jene Partitur, die Tchaikovsky selber bis zu seinem Tod benutzt hat. Read More →
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, 55, announced she will step down as Music Director of the California based New Century Chamber Orchestra at the end of NCCO’s 25th anniversary season in 2016-2017. She joined the orchestra in 2008. Read More →
Michael Rische kennt seinen Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, er spielt ihn virtuos und ebenso elegant mit viel innerer Spannung. Der Vater Johann Sebastian ist vergessen, der Filius ebnet bereits den Weg für das romantische Konzert, und Michael Rische trifft genau den Puls dieses Stürmen und Drängens einerseits, aber auch die zarte, sensible Seite der Musik. Read More →
The musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra have voted to accept the pay cut that management said was necessary to save the orchestra. The management had threatened to close the orchestra.
he police has arrested five people under suspicion of corruption at the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari. Among the accused is the Administrative Director, Vito Longo. The affair focuses contracts for the supply of light and cleaning. According to the prosecutor, the theatre manager cashed money from the companies who would get the contracts.
Frank Peter who had to restitute the 1727 Lady Inchiquin Stradivarius violin to the financial liquidators of the WestLB, has finally got a new instrument. He has been offered the 1727 ex-Dupont/Grumiaux Stradivarius on interim loan for at least 2 or 3 years by a Chinese-German art dealer. Zimmermann expects to be able to use his former instrument again in a few years.
Two performing arts education actors in the US, Berklee and The Boston Conservatory, have formally agreed to merge, creating a comprehensive and dynamic training ground for music, dance, theater, and related professions. Read More →
Am 20. Januar wird in der baskischen Küstenstadt San Sebastian das Kulturhauptstadtjahr 2016 nicht eingeläutet, sondern eingetrommelt. Am Tag des Heiligen Sebastian, dem Namensgeber der Stadt, treffen sich traditionsgemäß Tausende von Trommlern ab Mitternacht in der Altstadt. Read More →