German conductor Alexander Liebreich, 56, has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and will officially take up his position in the 2026 season, in parallel with his duties as Music Director of the Orchestra de Valencia in Spain, which he has held since 2022. Read More →
Christian Tetzlaff
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In the New York Times, 58-year-old German violinist Christian Tetzlaff has announced that he is canceling his planned US tour this spring due to Trump’s policies. Among other things, the cancellation concerns a performance by the Tetzlaff Quartet at Carnegie Hall in New York. Read More →
Konzerthaus Wien,
(c) Victoria Coeln
Uwe Krusch hörte viele Konzerte des Orchestre Philharmonic du Luxembourg in dessen Heimatsaal, der Philharmonie Luxembourg. Nach der Umbenennung in Luxembourg Philharmonic erlebte er nun das erste Konzert des Ensembles außerhalb, nämlich im Wiener Konzerthaus. Mit der Solistin Vivi Vassileva, Perkussion, und dem noch amtierenden Chef Gustavo Gimeno boten sie ein nur auf den ersten Blick normales Programm an. Read More →
The American conductor Daniel Lipton is dead. He died on February 18 at the age of 84 in the US state of Florida, as the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, where Lipton was General Music Director from 1992-1995, has now announced. Read More →
Belgian composer and pedagogue Frederik Van Rossum has died at the age of 85. Born in Brussels in 1939, he trained at the conservatory of his native cityWhile he drew inspiration from Stravinsky, Berg and Varèse in his early works, he was also interested in the research, a little further east, of Lutosławski, Ligeti and Górecki. His music, characterized by a “romantic expressionist tradition” enriched with contemporary and avant-garde elements, has been widely performed and celebrated internationally. Read More →
The Catch Music Festival 2025 in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie is scheduled for March 14-16, 2025, with 2 concerts a day and a musical matinee for families on Sunday. Bringing together established local musicians and emerging young talent, this initiative by pianist Cathy Krier and violinist Laurence Koch is presented on www.catchmusic.lu.
Am Samstag, 14. Juni findet sich Berlins größtes Spontanorchester zum 11. Symphonic Mob des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin (DSO) erneut auf der Piazza der Mall of Berlin zusammen, um gemeinsam zu musizieren. Read More →
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
(c) Felix Broede
68-year-old Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, who assumed the role of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO) in 2023, will continue in this position until the summer of 2029. His three-year contract extension begins in autumn 2026, during which he will lead the orchestra for a minimum of eight concert weeks each season. Read More →
King Donald I of America
Die amerikanische Umweltschutzbehörde, die jetzt unter einem AL Trump- Loyalisten steht, will die sogenannte Gefährdungsfeststellung von 2009 aufheben, die besagt, dass Treibhausgase eine Gefahr für die öffentliche Gesundheit und das Wohlergehen darstellen. Sollte dies geschehen, wäre dies einer der folgenreichsten Schritte, die bisher unternommen wurden, um die Bemühungen zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels zum Scheitern zu bringen. Read More →
King Donald I of America
The International Pride Orchestra, based in San Francisco, has been dismissed from AH Trump’s Kennedy Center where it was scheduled to play a concert on June 4, 2025. The orchestra has announced that it will move the event to the Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on June 5. Read More →
