American pianist Joseph Banowetz died on 3 July at the age of 87, the University of North Texas announced. Banowetz was teaching at this University. Banowetz studied first in New York City with Carl Friedberg, a pupil of Clara Schumann. He continued his studies at the Vienna Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. He played as recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. He published several books and made a lot of recordings.
Von Anfang Juli bis Mitte August nutzt die Hamburgische Staatsoper die spielfreie Zeit für Sanierungs- und Modernisierungsarbeiten, teilte die Hamburger Baubehörde mit. Read More →
Das XX. Jahrhundert und auch das XXI. haben für viele Instrumente, die vorher wenig beachtet wurden, eine ansehnliche Literatur geschaffen. Das zeigt diese SACD, die mit Jean Françaix’ größtenteils lustigem Trio beginnt. Read More →
German bass René Pape has now published a new statement on his Facebook page, following the one with homophobe comments over the Met participation at New York’s Gay Pride. He says that he is sorry, of course, and that his comments can be explained by his education in the GDR/DDR and his alcoholism. His statement is, in a way, terribly honest and courageous. It shows that he definitely needs help. But it can’t let forget what he said. Read More →
Israeli-Brazilian conductor Debora Waldman’s contract as Music Director of the Orchestre National Avignon-Provence has been extended until 2026. The first woman to head a permanent French national orchestra, she took up her position on September 1, 2020 for an initial period of three years.
The homophobe comments by René Pape (see underneath) have engendered many negative reactions. Now, the Berlin State Opera is reacting too. On their Facebook page they qualified the Pape comments as ‘intolerable’. Read More →
The Aria Borealis Bodø Early Music Singing Competition has announced the winners of the competition’s first edition, which took place in the Norwegian city Bodø just north of the Arctic Circle. Austrian soprano Johanna Rosa Falkinger won no less than five prizes. Read More →
This August sees the launch of a multi-year project from Sydney Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with Spanish pianist Javier Perianes. Beginning with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, Perianes, Artist of the Year at the 2019 International Classical Music Awards, will perform all five of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos across a multi-season engagement. Read More →
Die im Jahre 2000 geborene französische Komponistin und Violinistin Elise Bertrand hat für diese monographische CD sechs Werke aus dem Korpus ihrer ersten zehn Kompositionen ausgewählt. Das Programm beginnt mit einem nachdenklichen, manchmal durch heftigere Gedanken geprägten Klavierstück, Quasi Variazoni. Die sehr lyrische und im 2. Satz leicht bewegte und feingliedrige Sonate für Violine und Cello zeichnet sich durch eine besonders schön gelungene Fusion beider Instrumente aus. Read More →
Eine CD-Produktion sollte einen roten Faden, eine Idee haben, damit sie Interessenten zunächst vordergründig anspricht. In diesem Fall ist es das Instrument, eine Orgel aus dem Atelier von Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost, der von Johann Sebastian Bach sehr geschätzt wurde. Read More →