Marin Alsop
Photo: Grant Leighton

London’s Philharmonia Orchestra announces that it is appointing Marin Alsop as Principal Guest Conductor. Marin Alsop said: “This appointment as Principal Guest Conductor with the Philharmonia Orchestra is a fantastic opportunity to deepen my relationship with these wonderful musicians and audiences. Read More →

Krystian Zimerman
Photo: Kasskara / DG

Wenn ein Musiker unter dem Titel ‘…& Friends’ auftritt, so ist damit meistens eine musikalische Session unter gleichwertigen Musikern gemeint, bei denen Kommunikation, Improvisation und Lebendigkeit groß geschrieben werden. Das war leider bei dem Konzert Krystian Zimerman & Friends am vergangenen Sonntag in der Luxemburger Philharmonie nicht der Fall, meint unser Mitarbeiter Alain Steffen. Read More →

The 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition has announced the Grand Finals Winners. They are Anthony León, tenor, Natalie Lewis, mezzo-soprano, Teresa Perrotta, soprano, Sarah Saturnino, mezzo-soprano, Christian Simmons, bass-baritone, and Meredith Wohlgemuth, soprano.

NFM Wroclaw Phiharmonic
(c) Karol Sokolowski

Nach der diesjährigen Preisverleihungszeremonie der ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) folgte am Abend das Galakonzert im ausverkauften großen Saal des Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wroclaw, Polen. Beide Veranstaltungen stellten den höchstverdienten Abschluss für im vergangenen Jahr begutachtete musikalische Leistungen im klassischen Sektor dar, die von den Mitgliedern des ICMA-Verbundes begleitet und beurteilt wurden. Uwe Krusch fasst die Eindrücke vom Konzert zusammen. Read More →

Christian Reif

33-year-old German conductor Christian Reif has been appointed Chief Conductor of Gävle Symphony Orchestra, beginning in the 2023/24 season. In July 2019, Reif completed a three-year post as Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Lorenzo Viotti

Lorenzo Viotti will quit the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Dutch National Opera at the end of the 24/25 season. “I have decided to prioritize my personal life and development in the future in which I am the master of my own time,” said Viotti. Read More →

18-year-old pianist Roman Fediurko, a scholarship holder at the International Music Academy in Lichtenstein, has won First Prize and and five of the six Special Prizes at the International Horowitz Competition in Geneva, the Vere Music Fund for the best Ukrainian Artist, WFIMC Prize awarded for the best performance of a work written by a Ukrainian composer, the Audience Prize, the Prix Fondation Thiébaud-Frey and the Chopin Prize of the Fryderyk Chopin Society of Geneva. He was also offered some concerts.

Hans Abrahamsen
(c) Lars Skaaning

From the list of their 16 winning audio and video productions, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has chosen the overall winner of the Recording of the Year Award. The award goes to the Video Opera category. Read More →

ICMA and the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland, present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala tonight, Friday 21 April at 19:00. The concert will be available for free to wider audiences by livestream on Deutsche Welle’s YouTube Channel. Read More →

Der Dirigent Adam Fischer, Principal Conductor der Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, und die Tonhalle  Düsseldorf zeichnen dieses Jahr die iranische Autorin und Aktivistin Sanaz Azimipour mit dem Menschenrechtspreis aus. Read More →