Romanian pianist Valentin Gheorghiu Gheorghiu died yesterday at the age of 95. Born on 21 March 1928 he was first a pupil of Constanța Erbiceanu at the Bucharest Academy of Music and then of Lazare Lévy at the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris, France. He was one of the leading Romanian pianists of the twentieth century. Read More →
Published on the Tous Citoyens blog, a press release from several associations criticizes the visit to Nice of Italian conductor Beatrice Venezi, described as « neo-fascist » and close to the head of the Italian government Giorgia Meloni. The city of Nice has invited the Italian conductor to lead its Philharmonic Orchestra, for the traditional Christmas Ballet and New Year’s Concert. Read More →
The Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney) has announced the six pianists proceeding to the Finals of the 2023 competition at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. The Finalists, in playing order, are: Yungyung Guo, Jeonghwan Kim, Uladzislau Khandohi, Yuanfan Yang, Vitaly Starikov and Wynona Yinuo Wang. Read More →
Martijn Dendievel
c) Wouter Maeckelberge
Ab der Saison 2024/25 wird der 1995 geborene Belgier Martijn Dendievel Chefdirigent der Hofer Symphoniker. Sein Vertrag wurde über zunächst vier Spielzeiten abgeschlossen. Die Position des Chefdirigenten der Hofer Symphoniker war über 20 Jahre lang nicht besetzt. Read More →
CAPE Ettelbrück
Zugänglichkeit von Kultur ermöglichen, sei es durch die Nähe zum Wohnort, durch die Sprachenvielfalt, die Preisgestaltung, aber auch durch ein abwechslungsreiches, niveauvolles Programm – so lautet seit über 20 Jahren das Credo des CAPE – Centre des Arts Pluriels Ettelbruck (Großherzogtum Luxemburg). Read More →
This week’s Karajan Community Newsletter is talking about on of Karajan’s favorite violinists, Christian Ferras, and their exploration of a similar violin repertoire. Another unimportant topic are Karajan’s performances of works by Ukrainian-born composer Sergei Prokofiev. Here is the link to this week’s Karajanist Community Letter. Read More →
The San Diego Symphony is pushing back until next year its return to Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center. The reasons for the postponement are due to unexpected construction problems that have emerged as the nearly 100-year-old hall undergoes a $125 million renovation. The orchestra now hopes to reopen the hall in early 2024. Read More →
American pianist André Watts died July 12 at the age of 77. Watts was born in Nuremberg, Germany, the son of Hungarian pianist Maria Alexandra Gusmits and U.S. officer Herman Watts. Read More →
Jonas Kaufmann
Photo: Mathias Bothor
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann has to cancel several performances due to a multi-resistant germ infection. He has written on Twitter: « For several months, I have been struggling with coughing and excessive mucus during my performances. This viscous secretion led to increased irritation when singing and to fatigue of the respiratory muscles. Read More →
Die Hochschule für Musik m baden-württembergischen Trossingen hat eine Abteilung begründet, in dem Musik mithilfe von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) geschaffen werden kann. Der ‘Latent Space’ befindet sich im Gründer– und Kreativzentrum ‘Die Halle’ in Villingen–Schwenningen. Read More →
