The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Earl Lee as Music Director. He becomes the orchestra’s fourteenth director since its founding in 1928. Read More →
The Concertgebouw Orchestra has announced the start of a long-term collaboration with Klaus Mäkelä, who joins as Artistic Partner with effect from the 2022-23 season and will become the orchestra’s eighth Chief Conductor in 2027. Read More →
This week the Karajan Community Letter is starting a new chapter. With ‘archive discoveries’ it is presenting documents from the archives that are significant for a specific decade in Karajan’s life. Read More →
The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) – the official non‐partisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more, of which there are over 1,400 such cities in the country – adopted a resolution urging Congress to provide continued arts and culture relief funding in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This action, the press release says, would ensure urgent relief for artists, who are drivers of wellbeing in their communities and essential arts and culture organizational partners. Read More →
Der ukrainische Komponist Boris Lyatoshynsky (1895-1968) war einer der vielen Komponisten, die von den Sowjets wegen ‘Formalismus’ boykottiert wurde. Das trug wesentlich dazu bei, dass er auch heute noch nicht wirklich gut bekannt ist. Read More →
Diese Produktion des Pittsburgh Symphony auf Reference Recordings beginnt mit einer klangvollen und extrem farbigen Interpretation von Beethovens Pastorale. Manfred Honeck spürt dem Programmatischen und Beschreibenden der Symphonie nach und gibt dabei einigen Instrumenten, vor allem den Holzbläsern und ganz besonders den Flöten eine prominente Rolle. Read More →
Von Tan Dun (*1957) sind vor allem Orchesterwerke bekannt geworden. Bei Naxos ist nun aber eine ganze CD mit Klavierwerken herausgekommen. Die Eight Memories in Watercolor sind, mit Ausnahme des virtuosen Schlussstücks Sunrain, ruhige Tonbilder in zart schimmernden Farben, die Ralph van Raat sehr stimmungsvoll spielt. Read More →
The Monterey Symphony, California, has appointed Jayce Ogren, 43, as Music Director. Along with his tenure with the Monterey Symphony, this fall Ogren will be part of the College of Michigan’s prestigious Faculty of Music, Theater & Dance as an assistant professor within the conducting division and affiliate director of orchestras. Read More →
Die Internationale Musikakademie in Liechtenstein teilt mit, dass sich unter den Preisträgern des Reine Elisabeth Wettbewerbs in Brüssel mehrere aktuelle und ehemalige Stipendiaten befinden. Dazu zählen die Erste Preisträgerin Hayoung Choi, sowie Marcel Johannes Kits (3. Preis), Petar Pejčić (5. Preis) und Bryan Cheng (6. Preis). Read More →
The Basque National Orchestra has extended the contract of its Music Director Robert Trevino, 38, indefinitely. The official announcement says, « With the end of the 21/22 Season, Robert Trevino completes his fifth and last season as the chief conductor. However, the great artistic results that the orchestra is achieving in recent years, and which has received widespread backing from critics, have led to the decision to continue and extend his tenure without specifying an end date. »