Michael Tilson Thomas
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Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas’ brain tumor has returned, and the 80-year-old musician intends to lead his final performance in April. On his website he published the following message. Read More →
Japanese violinist Yuki Hirano (*2004) has won First Prize at the 7th International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists in Vilnius. Read More →
After AH Trump, whom writer Stephen King called so rightly ‘a traitorous, Putin-loving dipsh*t!’, took over the direction of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, ticket sales dropped by roughly 50 percent, The Washington Post said.
Pierre Boulez
Das SWR Experimentalstudio soll auch in Zukunft in Freiburg beheimatet bleiben. Das teilte die Geschäftsleitung des SWR mit. Das Experimentalstudio soll zwischen 2027 und 2028 in die Räumlichkeiten der Freiburger Musikhochschule umziehen, die dem Studio zur exklusiven Nutzung zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Read More →
Roberto Forés Veses
The Orquesta de Extremadura in Badajoz, Spanien, has named Roberto Forés Veses as Artistic Director. Read More →
Die Berliner Kulturszene muss auch 2026/27 mit Einsparungen bei der Unterstützung durch den Berliner Senat rechnen. Laut Medienberichten, müssen im 2026 ganze 149 Millionen Euro und 2027 nochmals 164 Millionen Euro im Kultur-Etat eingespart werden. Bereits 2025 reduzierte sich der Berliner Haushalt um 131 Millionen Euro.
Markus L. Franck
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Der 56-jährige deutsche Dirigent Markus L. Frank bleibt weitere zwei Jahre Generalmusikdirektor der Anhaltischen Philharmonie. Das hat das Anhaltische Theater bekannt gegeben. Read More →
Theater organizations and concert organizers in the US have received orders from the National Endowment for the Arts to stop promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or be denied federal funding. Read More →
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (Alberta, Canada) announced its ninth Music Director, the Canadian conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Read More →
In a letter to colleges (among them music schools) with state funding, the Trumpism aids have clarified what is important: It’s not desirable to achieve « nebulous goals such as diversity, racial balancing, social justice, or equity ». Schools doing that risk to lose the state funding. Read More →
