The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival has been cancelled: « With great regret and after much deliberation, we have reached the difficult decision to cancel this year’s festival due to the current security situation. » The festival run by Elena Bashkirova was to feature musicians like Thomas E. Bauer, Dietrich Henschel, Thomas Hampson, Astrig Siranossian, Georgijs Osokins, Pablo Barragán and Igor Levit.
Lynn Feyereisen
The vocal finale of the 7th Vienna International Music Festival recently took place in the Brahms Saal of the Musikverein in Vienna. The event, organized by the Academy of Music and Music Education, attracted numerous talented singers. Among the 32 finalists, the Luxembourgish dramatic soprano Lynn Feyereisen stood out in particular. For her impressive performance of the main arias from Puccini’s operas Madame Butterfly and Tosca, she was honored with the Silver Award by the six-member jury.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s managing director Sophie Galaise has left the organization. Her resignation comes after the turmoil created by contradictory decisions following the performance of a pianist who had dedicated a piece to killed journalists in Gaza. Peter Garrett, a musician and former federal MP, has been appointed to lead an independent external review of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
The Chinese pianist Lang Lang is being marketed as a lottery prize. With tickets worth between 10 and 100 euros, you can take part in a lottery whose main prize is a concert by the pianist at Carnegie Hall, including a private reception and a trip for two.
Nach dem Abgang von Chorleiter Eberhard Friedrich haben die Bayreuther Festspiele dessen Nachfolger bekannt gegeben. Es handelt sich um Thomas Eitler-de Lint, Chordirektor an der Oper Leipzig. Read More →
Conductor Martin Leginus, 44, director of the Slovak National Theater (SND), has resigned. The reason he gave was the unacceptable and unsustainable situation into which the house had been brought by the Slovakian right-wing Culture Ministry who is directly interfering in the management of the theater. Read More →
In der Kategorie Orchester geht der Österreichische Musiktheaterpreis diesmal an das ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien. « Die Verleihung des Sonderpreises ‚Orchester‘ ist eine wohlverdiente Anerkennung der konstanten Spitzenleistungen des ORF Radio-Symphonieorchesters und unterstreicht einmal mehr die Strahlkraft dieses einzigartigen Klangkörpers, sowohl national als auch international!“, betont Präsident Karl-Michael Ebner. Read More →
Kristiina Poska (c)Theater Basel
The Orchestre Français des Jeunes announces that 2024/2025 will be an important period of transition, as it will be the last year of Michael Schønwandt’s musical mandate. He is at the helm of the orchestra since 2021. Read More →
Stahlhuth-Jann-Orgel Düdelingen
Das Orgelfestival in Düdelingen (Luxemburg) kündigt die Anton-Bruckner-Festspiele 2024 an. Bei dieser Veranstaltung werden zwischen dem 31. August und dem 2. November alle elf Symphonien von Anton Bruckner in der Orgeltranskription von Eberhard Klotz auf der symphonischen Stahlhuth-Jann-Orgel von 1912 in der Pfarrkirche von Düdelingen aufgeführt. Read More →
Giancarlo Guerrero
Florida’s Sarasota Orchestra has named conductor Giancarlo Guerrero the seventh Music Director in its 75-year history. Guerrero succeeds Bramwell Tovey, who died in July 2022. Read More →
