In Switzerland, a trial explores the dubious origin of ten million euros that passed through the account of Sergei Goldugin, a musician very close to the Kremlin. Four employees of the Swiss bank Gazprombank had to appear today in front of the Swiss justice for having accepted to manage doubtful assets of cellist Sergueï Roldouguine, a close friend of Vladimir Putin. Read More →
Daniel Barenboim has canceled a piano recital at the Opera de Monte-Carlo due to the effects of a serious neurological condition, the opera house announced on Wednesday. He expressed his regret in a message, saying that “despite my best efforts, I have not yet built up the muscular strength to perform piano recital programs.” Read More →
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Photo: Borggreve/Warner
Sieben Jahre nach dem Tod des am 5. März 2016 verstorbenen Dirigenten Nikolaus Harnoncourt ist es gelungen, den künstlerischen Nachlass des herausragenden Musikers Nikolaus Harnoncourt nachhaltig zu sichern: die in Linz beheimatete Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität des Landes Oberösterreich und die Familie Harnoncourt haben die Gründung eines Nikolaus Harnoncourt gewidmeten Zentrums vereinbart, das garantieren soll, dass Leben und Werk Nikolaus Harnoncourts weiter wirken. Read More →
The winner of ICMA's 2023 Discovery Award is 16-year-old Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner, a scholar of the International Music Academy Liechtenstein. He already won prizes like 1st Prize at Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, 1st Prize and Grand Prix at Stockholm International Music Competition. He also was Wiener Symphoniker Talent and made his debut as soloist in Vieuxtemps' Concerto No 5 with the Wiener Symphoniker at Wiener Konzerthaus in 2022. His studies took him at Universities for Music Graz, Vienna and Munich. His main teachers there are Regina Brandstätter since 2019, since October 2022 Dora Schwarzberg and Ingolf Turban. He answered questions of ICMA Jury members.
Leonhard Baumgartner
(c) Andrej Grilc
How did it come that you play the violin?
When I was two years old, I listened to my father practicing the viola. Several times he laid the instrument down and I tried to do some pizzicato and also arco, which my father did not really appreciate. But when I asked to get a violin, he bought me one for my third birthday. Then I started my first violin lessons with a teacher who was specializing on kindergardeners, Szilvay method. At that time, playing the violin was just for fun. Read More →
Nicolas Pasquet
The study offer of the Reina Sofía School of Music will expand from the 2024-2025 academic year with a new Chair in Orchestra Conducting, led by Nicolas Pasquet. This new Zubin Mehta will give way to an advanced Postgraduate Diploma. Jordi Frances and Miguel Angel Canamero have been appointed as associate professors. Read More →
Klaus Mäkelä
(c) Sébastien Grébille
Nicht alles ist Gold, was glänzt. Unser Mitarbeiter Alain Steffen ist generell vorsichtig, wenn plötzliche Shooting Stars von allen in den Himmel gelobt werden. So auch bei Klaus Mäkelä, der geradezu als neuer Heilsbringer in der Klassikszene gesehen und gefeiert wird. Read More →
Bela Bartok: Der holzgeschnitzte Prinz op. 13 Sz. 60 + Tanzsuite Sz. 77; WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Cristian Macelaru; 1 CD Linn CKD 714; 2022 Veröffentlichung 03.03.2023 (74'14) - Rezension von Remy Franck
Bela Bartok hat nur drei Bühnenwerke geschrieben: die einaktige Oper A Keksakallu herceg varo, das Ballett Der wunderbare Mandarin und die Pantomime Der holzgeschnitzte Prinz. Dieses Tanzspiel wurde 1917 in Budapest uraufgeführt. Die Figur des Holzprinzen verhilft ihrem Schöpfer, dem Prinzen, zu seinem Ziel, nämlich die Liebe der Prinzessin zu gewinnen. Read More →
Monologues; Niccolo Zingarelli: Ero; Gaetano Donizetti: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Giovanna d'Arco; Richard Wagner: Adieux de Marie Stuart; Pauline Viardot: Scène d'Hermione; Mel Bonis: Salomé op. 100; Ottorino Respighi: Aretusa; Anna Bonitatibus, Mezoosopran, Adele d'Aronzo, Klavier; 1 CD Prospero PROSP0068; Aufnahme 2021/2022, Veröffentlichung 03.03.2023 (82') - Rezension von Norbert Tischer
Die Mezzosopranistin Anna Bonitatibus singt Monologe von Donizetti, Respighi, Rossini, Zingarelli, Viardot und Wagner, die zwischen 1804 und etwa 1911 entstanden sind und ein breites Spektrum von Gefühlen beinhalten. Die Gesamtauswahl macht deutlich, dass Anna Bonitatibus mit diesem Album in wenig bekannte Bereiche der Gesangskunst vorstößt, immer neugierig und offen. Read More →
The BBC has announced the closure of its choir BBC Singers, one of the media institution’s six performing groups and the UK’s only full-time professional chamber choir. 20 people lose their jobs. Read More →
From the initially registered 412 singers aged 18 to 33 years, the Jury of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels selected 68 candidates to participate in the first public round of this session. Read More →
