Awarded every year since 2012 by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts to promising young classical musicians, the Aydın Gün Encouragement Award 2019 was granted to the 22 year-old Azerbaijani-Turkish violinist Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev. Read More →
Italian tenor Giorgio Merighi died yesterday in Jesi at the age of 80. Born in Ferrara in 1939, Giorgio Merighi studied at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro. He made his debut at a very young age at the Teatro Sperimentale in Spoleto in Un ballo in maschera. His debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1963 as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. Read More →
Der Dirigent und ehemalige Intendant der Festspiele Erl, Gustav Kuhn, hat den ihm 1999 verliehenen Tiroler Adler-Orden zurückgegeben. Das meldete die Tiroler Landeszeitung. Damit sei der Dirigent, der der sexuellen Belästigung bezichtigt wird, einem Aberkennungsverfahren zuvorgekommen. Read More →
Jun Märkl
German conductor Jun Märkl has cancelled concerts with the Belgrade Philharmonic over contractual issues. On his Facebook page, Märkl says: « For months I had been looking forward to making my debut in Belgrade from 13 – to 17 Jan 2020. Unfortunately there were disagreements over contractual issues which could not be resolved. Read More →
Louis Langrée
(c) Benoît Limero
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has extended the contract of Music Director Louis Langrée, 59, through the 2023-24 season, the organization announced at the orchestra’s 125th anniversary gala last Saturday. Read More →
Craig Kier
Annapolis Opera (Maryland) has announced that American conductor Craig Kier will become the company’s next Artistic and Music Director. Craig Kier will succeed Ronald J. Gretz, who announced his retirement in February 2019 after serving as Artistic Director of the Annapolis Opera for 37 years. Read More →
Luis Tinoco: Archipelago + Ends Meet + Genetically Modified Fados + Mind the Gap + Short Cuts (F) + Steel Factory + Zoom In - Zoom Out; Drumming Group de Percussao, Ltg. Miquel Bernat, Quarteto de Matosinhos; 1 CD Odradek ODRCD398; Aufnahme 02/2019, Veröffentlichung 12/2019 (68'19) – Rezension von Uwe Krusch
Nach Orchesterwerken (Pizzicato-Rezension) wird der portugiesische und in England ausgebildete Komponist Luis Tinoco nunmehr mit Kompositionen für Schlagwerk vorgestellt, wobei Short Cuts (F) die Bearbeitung eines ursprünglich für Saxophonquartett entstandenen Werkes ist, deswegen der Zusatz F. Ends Meet würde für Marimba und Streichquartett komponiert. Read More →
Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Symphonie h-Moll (Polonia), op. 24; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak; 1 CD Frederick Chopin Institute NIFCCD065; Liveaufnahme 08/2018, Veröffentlichung 10/01/2020 (65') - Rezension von Remy Franck
Die Symphonie Polonia komponierte Ignacy Jan Paderewski zwischen 1903 und 1908. Bis zu seinem Tod im Jahre 1941 war sie Paderewskis vorletzte Komposition. Das Komponieren gab der Pole zugunsten einer politische Karriere auf, die ihn auf den Posten des ersten Ministerpräsidenten der unabhängigen Republik Polen führte. Read More →
Conducting the Luxembourg Philharmonic during one of the Philharmonie’s popular Ciné-Concerts with Martin Scorsese’s film Taxi Driver (1976), American-born, UK-based conductor Robert Ziegler collapsed on stage. Paramedics from an ambulance rushed on stage and reanimated the conductor who was then taken to a hospital. The concert was cancelled. Read More →
Opéra Bastille, Paris
The Opéra National de Paris has cancelled yesterday’s performance of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Opéra Bastille due to a strike by some of the Opera’s staff, according to the company’s official website. Read More →
