The 10th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Borusan Sanat and Accademia Teatro alla Scala concluded with the final gala and award ceremony at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall on Friday, 27 September 2024. HuanHong Li (bass, China) won the first prize, Nazlıcan Karakaş (soprano, Türkiye) came second and Maria Knihnytska (soprano, Ukraine) won the third prize. Read More →
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced a $15 million gift from the Barrett Family Foundation, marking the largest pledge in the orchestra’s history and the most significant commitment ever made to support programming at a Canadian performing arts organization. Read More →
The George Enescu International Competition has announced the winners in all four of its divisions – Cello, Violin, Piano and Composition. This year’s competition, which received a record volume of applications, concluded yesterday evening with its Closing Concert at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. Read More →
The Kennedy Center and the union representing musicians in the National Symphony Orchestra have come to an agreement on a short-term 18-month labor contract after a short strike that threatened today’s season-opening gala. Read More →
Staatsoper Wien
Die von Kyrill Serebrennikov an der Wiener Staatsoper inszenierte Verdi-Oper Don Carlo ging laut übereinstimmenden österreichischen Medienberichten in einem Buhorkan unter. In seiner Inszenierung verlegt der Regisseur die Handlung in ein Institut für Kostümkunde, in dem Verdis Machtdrama entschlüsselt werden soll, was aber laut Berichten in ein totales Durcheinander ausartete. Read More →
Der österreichische Komponist und Klangkünstler Peter Jakober (*1977) erhält den von der Stadt Wien neu gestifteten Arnold-Schönberg-Preis für zeitgenössische Musik. Die Preisverleihung findet am 27. November 2024 im Festsaal des Wiener Rathauses statt. Read More →
On October 4, 2024, a huge tsunami wave of new album releases will flood the market. Pizzicato staff have been listening to albums coming out on that day for weeks. We have selected around thirty of them and are preparing the reviews. So there will be about four reviews every day this week.
The city of Dresden is receiving a grant of €15 million from the KulturInvest funding program of the German Government for the construction of a building for the new Richard Wagner Academy of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele. Read More →
Ophélie Gaillard
French cellist Ophélie Gaillard has launched an appeal to find her 1737 Francesco Goffriller cello (on loan from the CIC bank for almost 20 years, valued at 1.3 million euros) and her two personal bows by Nicolas Maire and Jean-Marie Persoit, which were stolen from her home in Haute-Savoie on the night of Tuesday 24 to Wednesday 25 September 2024. Read More →
Weil die ARD ihre Mittel für den ARD-Musikwettbewerb ab 2025 um 50 Prozent kürzen will, fordert die Orchestervereinigung Unisono eine Debatte über den Erhalt des Wettbewerbs. Read More →
