The year 2023 marks the birth of a new collective artistic direction for French Orchestre Ostinato. Pianist and conductor François Heisser, conductor Chloé Dufresne, conductor Julien Leroy, cellist Anne Gastinel and violinist Pierre Fouchenneret are now at the helm. Read More →
Mit einem Abschlusskonzert des bisherigen Intendanten Alessandro De Marchi endeten die Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik sehr erfolgreich mit einer Auslastung von 96%. Im Zeitraum vom 11. Juli bis zum 29. August besuchten über 20.000 Gäste aus aller Welt die insgesamt 56 Festwochen-Veranstaltungen (23 davon waren kostenfrei). Read More →
Am 2. September um 19 Uhr geht mit dem Gewandhausorchester Leipzig unter der Leitung von Herbert Blomstedt die 36. Saison des Rheingau Musik Festivals zu Ende. Read More →
The ‘Roche Young Commissions 2025 has been awarded to the Catalan composer Guillem Palomar and the German Jakob Raab. This award will thus enable both of them to write an orchestral work to be premiered by the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) at the 2025 edition of the Lucerne Summer Festival. Read More →
Kodaly Philharmonic and Kodaly Choir
© Peter Biri Photo
The Award Ceremony and Gala concert of the Second International Kodaly competition took place in Debrecen and honored the winners of the Conducting Competition 2023. Read More →
Am gestrigen Montag begann der 72. Internationale Musikwettbewerb der ARD in München. Er wird überschattet durch die Ankündigung gravierender Sparmaßnahmen und unsicherer Zukunftsprognosen für den Wettbewerb. Read More →
Leonhard Baumgartner
(c) Karol Sokolowski
The 16-year-old Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner, Discovery Award winner of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), has received the Zoltan Kodaly Prize at the International Summer Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Read More →
American contralto Jasmin White (b. 1993) is the winner of this year’s Queen Sonja Singing Competition. Aksel Daveyan (baritone) from Armenia took second place, while Nils Wanderer (countertenor) from Germany secured the third place. Read More →
The Kodaly Philharmonic
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The Jury has announced the winners of the 2nd Zoltán Kodály International Music Competition, during which young conductors competed. No Furst Prize was awarded. Instead, there are two Second Prizes which went to Alexander Sinan Binder (Germany) and Mateusz Gwizdalla (Australia/Poland). Read More →
Nicholas Hersh
The Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association has announced that the Board of Directors has named Nicholas Hersh as Music Director! He will be the ninth music director in the Californian orchestra’s 93-year history. Read More →
