Matías Tarnopolsky will become president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic on Jan. 1 after six years heading the Philadelphia Orchestra. Read More →
On 1 May 2025, Axel Hiller will succeed Florian Wiegand as the director of the Concert and Media department. Read More →
English composer Christian Mason, 40, will receive the 2025 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, the University of Louisville announced today. Read More →
William Boughton
(c) Harold Shapiro
After a five-year term, British conductor William Boughton, 75, conductor of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, or YSO, will bid farewell to the symphony at the end of the 2024-25 academic year. Read More →
Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque + Estampes + Children's Corner + Berceuse héroïque + La plus que lent; Francois Dumont, Klavier; # La Musica, LMU 035; Aufnahme 03.2024, Veröffentlichung 29.11.2024 (o.A.) - Rezension von Remy Franck ** (For English please scroll down)
Der französische Pianist François Dumont spielt Debussy auf einem Blüthner-Flügel, der einst dem Komponisten selber gehörte und dessen Klang Debussys Musik sehr zugute kommt. Read More →
Edouard Lalo: Cellokonzert d-Moll - Charles-Marie Widor: Cellokonzert e-Moll op. 41; Graham du Plessis, Cello, Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin, Maris Kupcs; # Solaire Records SOL1019; Aufnahme 11.2023; Veröffentlichung 29.11.2024 (59'42) - Rezension von Uwe Krusch ** (For English please scroll down)
Wem die Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Frankreich und vielleicht zusätzlich der Celloton gefällt, der wird auf dieser Aufnahme neben dem bekannten Werk von Lalo in d-Moll das Konzert von Charles-Marie Widor in e-Moll entdecken. Read More →
In three rounds, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has chosen the releases competing in the finals for the awards 2025. The initial list with a total of 374 nominations has been reduced to three releases per category, the finalists for 2025. The winner is chosen from this list of three finalists. Read More →
Konzerthaus Wien,
(c) Victoria Coeln
Im Gastkonzert des Orchestre symphonique de Montréal unter Leitung des Musikdirektors Rafael Payare konnte Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato zwei naturbezogene Kompositionen erleben. Dazwischen spielte als Solist Daniil Trifonov das erste Klavierkonzert von Ludwig van Beethoven. Read More →
The French label Le Palais des Dégustateurs has released an album with works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Valentin Silvestrov, among them first recordings. One of these compositions, Triptych, has been commissioned by the label. Remy Franck spoke with the composer and the pianist Boris Berman.
Valentin Silvestrov
Valentin Silvestrov, when I listen to your piece Triptych, I hear a lot of beauty and comforting, even kind of hope. Is that your way to compensate and to contrast with what is happening around us?
« When cannons speak, the muses fall silent »- this well-known aphorism holds true. But their silence stands as a condemnation of the vile and despicable acts that ‘geopolitical’ leaders have committed over millennia (and still commit today), destroying lives in the name of so-called higher goals. Yet nothing is higher than life itself. Read More →
Andrea Battistoni
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced the appointment of Andrea Battistoni (*1987) as Music Director. He will officially take office on 1st January 2025, with a mandate that will span the next two seasons. Read More →
