The first round of this year’s Queen Elisabeth Competition will take place in Brussels Sunday 21 and Monday 22 May, at 2 pm and 8 pm. As some of the 68 candidates had to withdraw, 55 singers will participate in the first round. Read More →
Italian composer Francesco Filidei, 50, has been commissioned by Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera to write a new opera based on Umberto Eco’s novel ‘The Name of the Rose,’ both opera houses announced. Read More →
Dmytro Choni
(c) Andreas Domjanic
Ganz zu Recht gab es großen Applaus für das Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein, den Dirigenten Dawid Runtz und den Pianisten Dmytro Choni beim rezenten Abonnementkonzert in Schaan. Guy Engels berichtet. Read More →
Salzburger Festspielpavillon
(c) Architekturbüro Marte Marte
Die Salzburger Festspiele bauen ein Besucherzentrum, das 2026 eröffnet werden soll. Das Projekt nach einem Entwurf des Vorarlberger Architekturbüros Marte Marte umfasst einen Glaspavillon sowie einen unterirdischen Veranstaltungssaal für rund 250 Besucher. Read More →
Carlo Kalmar
(c) Michael Jones
Austrian-Uruguayan conductor Carlos Kalmar, 65, currently the principal conductor for the Cleveland Institute of Music, has been accused of “inappropriate behavior.” Carlos Kalmar, who served as music director of the Oregon Symphony for 18 years, has been in the Cleveland position since 2021 (he’s also the institute’s director of orchestral studies). The inquiry was launched by the Cleveland Institute of Music. Read More →
Natalie Dessay
Photo: Simon Fowler
The French soprano Natalie Dessay announced the end of her career on France Musique. She wants to retire from the stage in 2025, when she will celebrate her 60th birthday. For the occasion, she will make a farewell tour with the pianist Philippe Cassard.
Jordan de Souza
(c) Neda Navee
The 34-year-old Canadian conductor Jordan de Souza is to become General Music Director in Dortmund from 2025, the newspaper Ruhrnachrichten said. Born in Toronto, de Souza studied conducting at McGill University, Montreal and made his conducting debut aged 20 with Bach St John Passion. Read More →
Kloster Ochsenhausen
Die Musikfestspiele Schwäbischer Frühling in Ochsenhausen starten heute ihre Edition 2023, die noch bis 21. Mai in barocken Räumlichkeiten im Herzen Oberschwabens stattfinden wird. Read More →
The 2023 Birgit Nilsson Stipendium is awarded to Swedish mezzo-soprano Ida Ränzlöv, who receives 200.000 Swedish Crowns (c. 18.000 Euro). Ida Ränzlöv studied at the Malmö Academy of Music and Royal College of Music Opera Studio in London, graduating in 2018. She joined the Staatsoper Stuttgart as an ensemble member in 2019. Read More →
Cellist Aleksandr Khramouchin died May 13, following a septic shock. Aleksandr Khramoushin was born in 1979 in Minsk into a family of musicians. In 1992 he moved to Belgium and studied at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with Hans Mannes. During his training, he also benefited from the advice of musicians Janos Starker, Natalia Schakhovskaya, Dmitri Ferschtman and Boris Pergamenschikow. Read More →
