Yannick Nézet-Séguin
(c) Alfonso Salgueiro
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Canadian Orchestre Métropolitain, gets his own festival at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. He will be at the center of the Summer Capital festival from July 8 to 17, 2022, together with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and various soloists. He will also perform as a pianist.
The Southwest Florida Symphony has announced the appointment of Radu Paponiu, 32, as its next music director. Paponiu also serves as the associate conductor and youth orchestra director of the Naples Philharmonic. Born in Romania, Paponiu started studying the violin in his native country. Later he managed to be accepted in the Perlman program, the summer school of Itzhak Perlman. He graduated from the Los Angeles Conservatory.
Der österreichische Tenor Kurt Equiluz ist am 20. Juni 93-jährig verstorben. 1929 in Wien geboren und dort auch ausgebildet, war er ab 1950 Mitglied der Wiener Staatsoper. Er sang dort vornehmlich leichte Partien von Mozart bis Stravinsky unter Dirigenten wie Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti und Karl Böhm. Read More →
The renowned McGill Conservatory of Music in Montreal will be closing its doors by the end of this summer, the organization says on its website. The over 100 years old Conservatory « has faced a growing number of challenges in recent years, » the news release says, citing increased operational costs and decreasing number of students: Read More →
Einem neuen Bericht der New York Times zufolge fordert die Sopranistin, deren Vertrag mit der Metropolitan Opera wegen ihrer Verbindungen zu Putin gekündigt wurde, eine Entschädigung von rund 350.000 Dollar. Read More →
Eliahu Inbal
(c) Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic
Israeli conductor Eliahu Inbal, 86, has cancelled his new contract as Chief Conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra which was to take effect for another three years when his current three-year tenure ends in August. The orchestra says, Inbal asked to be freed from that agreement. Read More →
After the board decision to close the San Antonio Symphony and file for bankruptcy, the Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony (MOSAS) is planning a fall season with one to two performances per month, says Brian Petkovich, president of the MOSAS Performance Fund. Read More →
Bertie Baigent
© Marije Schot
Having won First Prize at the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam earlier this month, the Brit Bertie Baigent has been appointed Principal Assistant Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for one year, commencing this August.
Das Georgische Kammerorchester Ingolstadt präsentiert am 29. Juni bei der Eröffnung des Ingolstädter Wissenschaftskongresses eine Weltpremiere. Es wird drei durch Künstliche Intelligenz komponierte Werke mit einem selbstspielenden Flügel, einem Steinway Spirio, aufführen. Read More →
Evgeny Kissin
(c) Philharmonie Luxembourg
Das Konzert, das Evgeny Kissin am Montag in der Philharmonie spielte, hatte er seiner Lehrerin Anna Pavlovna Kantor gewidmet, die am 27. Juli 2021 im Alter von 98 Jahren gestorben war. Unser Mitarbeiter Alain Steffen zeigt sich begeistert von der musikalischen Intensität, wenn für ihn auch das Gehörte nicht immer mit dem Bild übereinstimmte, das Kissin auf der Bühne vermittelte. Read More →
