From the initially registered 412 singers aged 18 to 33 years, the Jury of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels selected 68 candidates to participate in the first public round of this session. Read More →

Nachdem wir bereits im September 2022 von der Übernahme des Labels Cavi durch die Universal-Gruppe berichtet hatten, gibt der Konzern nun Details dazu bekannt. Andreas von Imhoff, Gründer von CAvi-music und langjähriger Kenner der Musikindustrie, bleibe dem Label verbunden, heißt es in der Presseaussendung. Read More →

Giancarlo Guerrero

The 2022/2023 season is the last one in which Giancarlo Guerrero leads the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic as its Artistic Director. His final concert will take place on 16 June. Read More →

Christopher James Lees

South Carolina’s Rock Hill Symphony has named Christopher James Lees as Music Director. Lees assumes artistic leadership of the Rock Hill Symphony immediately, while remaining as Resident Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina, a post he took in 2018. Read More →

Kloster Ochsenhausen

Die Musikfestspiele Schwäbischer Frühling in Ochsenhausen kündigen ihre Edition 2023 an, die vom 17. bis 21. Mai in barocken Räumlichkeiten im Herzen Oberschwabens stattfinden wird. Read More →

Esa-Pekka Salonen

This week, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony embark on their first tour together – and the Symphony’s first international tour since 2016 – with performances at the Philharmonie de Paris in France, Philharmonie Luxembourg, and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany from March 9–17. Read More →

Hélène Grimaud
(c) Sébastien Grébille

Hélène Grimaud gehört seit vielen Jahren zu den Lieblingspianisten des luxemburgischen Publikums. Demnach gut besetzt war auch am Sonntag der große Saal der Philharmonie, wo sie ein klug zusammengestelltes Beethoven-Brahms-Bach-Programm spielte. Alain Steffen war für Pizzicato dabei. Read More →

British conductor Kenneth Montgomery, died today at the age of 80. Born in Belfast, he studied at the Royal College of Music in London. He studied with Adrian Boult, and later continued to study conducting with Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Sergiu Celibidache, and John Pritchard. Read More →

Daniel Harding
(c) Philharmomie Luxembourg/Grébille

British conductor Daniel Harding, 47, has been appointed as Music Director of the Orchestra and choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He will take up the post in October 2024, replacing Antonio Pappano, who has been at the helm of Santa Cecilia for 18 years.

Das grosse Festspielhaus in Salzburg

Die Vermittlung von Eintrittskarten für die Salzburger Festspiele durch Viagogo, oft zu vielfach überhöhten Preisen, war rechtswidrig, teilen heute die Salzburger Festspiele in einer Presseaussendung mit. Read More →