The European Union Youth Orchestra(EUYO) and Sistema Europe today announced a partnership agreement in order to share practice between the orchestra and the network of Europe’s recently formed Sistema projects. Read More →
Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell is currently leading negotiations between the management and the locked out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra. This week, the mediator made a proposal to soften the potential downside for musicians to engage in bargaining, according to the musicians’ negotiating committee. Musicians agreed to the terms but management declined. However, both sides are asking Mitchell to continue his work. Read More →
An der Mannheimer Hochschule für Musik sollen aufgrund der Sparpläne der Landesregierung 540 Studienplätze gestrichen werden. Der Hochschulrat hat in einem offenen Brief an die zuständige Ministerin vehement protestiert, will aber gegebenenfalls auf einen neuen Konzertsaal verzichten, um die Studienplätze zu retten. Read More →
Philip Glass
91 composers sent an open letter to the Minnesota Orchestra’s musicians, administrators, board and politicians, to call for an end of the longest labor dispute in U.S. orchestral history. Among the signatories are John Corigliano, Philip Glass, David Lang, Nico Muhly, Mark Adamo, Bright Sheng and Kevin Puts. Read More →
Das Maß aller Bühnenwerke in den deutschen und deutschsprachigen Theatern bleibt Mozarts ‘Zauberflöte’, die nicht nur in der Oper alle Listen (Aufführungszahlen, Inszenierungszahlen, Besucherzahlen) anführt, sondern insgesamt das Werk mit den höchsten Inszenierungszahlen ist. Unter den 20 meistgespielten Opern findet sich das gängige und beliebte Repertoire, neben drei anderen Mozartopern unter anderem fünf Werke von Wagner, vier Opern von Puccini, zwei von Verdi sowie Humperdincks ‘Hänsel und Gretel’, die in der Klassifizieung den zweiten Platz belegt. Read More →
Die Bayerische Staatsoper macht seit dem 1. August sechs Wochen lang Theaterferien. Und doch bleiben in dieser Zeit « einige unserer Kolleginnen unermüdlich an ihrem Arbeitsplatz », heißt es im Blog der Staatsoper. Etwa 40.000 sind es, die Bienen in der Imkerei der Bayerischen Staatsoper! Hier ist der Link zu dem kuriosen Beitrag: blog.staatsoper
Joshua Bell
Photo: Bill Phelps
Violinist Joshua Bell will be a judge for the Miss America Contest 2014. The show will be organized in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 15. Bell will be one of seven judges who vote to crown Miss America 2014. Read More →
Russian viola player Dmitry Shebalin has died at the age of 83. He is expeically known as a member of the Borodin Quartet. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1953 he became a member of the Borodin Quartet (then still called Moscow Philharmonic Quartet). Shebalin retired from the quartet in 1996, but continued to teach at the Moscow Conservatory, where he had been a professor since 1969.
The IMZ International Music + Media Centre invites young talents in media production to interactive production workshops in Prague. The 1st edition of the IMZ Academy is a Multi-Camera Perfomance Capture Workshop, to be held from 13 – 15 October 2013, under the directorship of Peter Maniura from BBC Television.
The Academy, a cooperation of the IMZ, Czech Television and ITF Golden Prague, is a highly practical, immersive and detailed master class in the multi-camera capture of classical music for television focusing on orchestral, chamber and instrumental music.
Find the detailed schedule and further information on submissions here or contact the IMZ office office@imz.at.
The new Emerson Quartet
Photo: Lisa Mazzucco
After the Emerson String Quartet’s long time cellist David Finckel stepped down in May, the American Quartet is joined by British cellist and conductor Paul Watkins, 43. Read More →
