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 →
Miles Walter
American composer Miles Walter (*1994) is the Winner of an Open Application position to the Classeek Ambassador Program, Season 2024-2025. He is currently based in London where he is studying with George Benjamin. He is one of the five composers selected for this year’s edition of the Venice Biennale College Musica. He is preparing for his world-première concert at the Venice Biennale. Read More →
The musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington have requested a pay increase of 25%, which the Kennedy Center and the orchestra’s management say is « not financially viable ». Now the NSO musicians have voted to strike after negotiations proceeding for months. Read More →
Die Berliner Opern- und Konzerthäuser, Orchester und Chöre sowie das Staatsballett fordern die Berliner Politik auf, die geplanten Einsparziele im Haushalt nicht auf den Kulturbereich anzuwenden. Das geht aus einer Stellungnahme hervor, die heute veröffentlicht wurde. Read More →
Für den Internationalen Musikwettbewerb der ARD stehen ab dem kommenden Jahr gravierende Änderungen an, denn die ARD-Anstalten werden künftig – und zunächst befristet bis 2029 – den renommierten Wettbewerb nur noch mit einem Grundbetrag von 50 % der bisherigen Mittel finanzieren. Das teilte heute der Deutsche Musikrat mit. Read More →
The board of Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen says in a press release that they have to cancel several of this year’s concerts due to insufficient funding. This is part of a final attempt to secure the ensemble’s future operations. Most of the planned activities will be maintained in the first half of 2025. Read More →
Riccardo Muti
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Riccardo Muti received the Honorary Citizenship by the Municipality of Andria today in a ceremony in the Council Chamber. The Maestro is attached to Apulia, its landscapes, its traditions, and in particular to Castel del Monte, an octagonal castle built in the 13th century by Emperor Frederick II on a hill outside of Andria. Read More →
