Über die Qualitäten des Belcea Quartet muss ein Rezensent eigentlich keine Worte verlieren. Unter den herausragenden Quartetten dieser Zeit ist es vielleicht das scheinbar unnahbarste. Aber deshalb gelingen ihm vielleicht außergewöhnliche Interpretationen, weil es immer die Werke von sich heraus begreift und dann mit immensem Können umsetzt. Uwe Krusch berichtet . Read More →

Following an invitation by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) held its General Assembly today at the Ronacher Theatre in Vienna. Read More →

NFM Wroclaw

The National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, NFM, announces the Witold Lutoslawski World Days, a new, special initiative commemorating the great Polish composer. Between the anniversaries of the artist’s birth and death, as part of an international project run every three years, concerts will be held during which various works by Lutoslawski will be performed. Read More →

Rolando Villazon

Die Geschichte der Oper und der Arien stand diesmal  im Mittelpunkt der von Rolando Villazon kommentierten Konzertserie, die in diesem Jahr unter dem Titel Rolandopéra stattfand. Alain Steffen hat sich das Konzert für Pizzicato angehört und ließ sich von der pädagogischen und musikalischen Qualität überzeugen. Read More →

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra (Illinois) has appointed Yaniv Attar as Music Director. A native of Israel, Yaniv Attar is the 1st prize winner of the Duna Szimfonikus Conducting Competition Budapest, multiple recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award, and the 2009 Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award. Read More →

The future Powell Hall
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This spring the St. Louis Symphony will launch the $100 million renovation of the 98-year-old Powell Hall. It will comprise a 65,000-square-foot expansion with a new lobby and a new education and learning center. There will also be a new backstage including new dressing rooms for performers. The main hall will get new seats with more legroom. Read More →

Maria Callas (1957)
© Archivio Storico Ricordi

The Ricordi Archive in Milan is expanding its freely accessible database at www.digitalarchivioricordi.com to include an extensive collection of photos relating to Italian opera history. A thousand photographs will initially be made available online in web-optimized resolution; the Archivio Storico Ricordi’s photo collection consisting of around 6,000 historical photographs is to be online in its entirety by the end of the year. Read More →

Andris Nelsons
(c) Marco Borggreve

Nur ein Werk stand jüngst auf dem Programm im Wiener Konzerthaus, nämlich die 7. Symphonie von Gustav Mahler. Diese Komposition ist allerdings vom zeitlichen Umfang und der kompositorischen Dichte her ausreichend für einen Abend. Uwe Krusch hat für Pizzicato im Großen Saal des Wiener Konzerthauses gehört, wie Andris Nelsons die Wiener Philharmoniker durch den Abend steuerte. Read More →

Today the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of 26 awards for the 2023 edition. Jury President Remy Franck says: « Firmly established as the unrivalled badges of excellence for the classical music sector, the ICMA awards were selected from a nomination list comprising 391 productions and a wide range of artists and labels. The winner list comprises many renowned as well as lesser-known and young musicians and no less than 14 labels! Read More →

Marc-André Teruel

Marc-André Teruel, French-Austrian double bass player, is the first recipient of the new ICMA Classeek Award, established in collaboration between the International Classical Music Awards ICMA and young artist platform Classeek. He will receive his trophy during the ICMA Award Ceremony in Wroclaw, Poland on 21 April. Read More →