Taiwanese-American Wilbur Lin has been named Music Director of the Missouri Symphony in Columbia. He will be only the third conductor in this position in the more than 50 years of history, the orchestra said. Read More →
Der Name von Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (1772 – 1838) steht in der Musikbranche für Tempo. Eine heute beginnende und bis zum 6. November dauernde Ausstellung im Historischen Museum Regensburg erinnert an den Regensburger, der das Mälzel-Metronom erfand. Sie entstand in Kooperation zwischen den Museen der Stadt Regensburg und dem Institut für Musikwissenschaft der Universität Regensburg. Read More →
Herbert Blomstedt leidet immer noch an den Folgen eines Sturzes im Juni d.J. Daher muss er die Leitung der Sommertournee 2022 des Gustav Mahler Jugendorchesters abgeben. Read More →
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has announced 28-year-old Venezuelan conductor Rodolfo Barráez as its new Associate Conductor after an international search. Barráez succeeds Joshua Tan, who held the position from 2013 to 2021. He is a Master’s graduate of Orchestral Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Read More →
Larry Rachleff, former Music Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, passed away on August 8th in Houston, TX. He was 67 years old. He served as Music Director of the Rhode Island Phil from 1996-2017. He was succeeded by the recently deceased Bramwell Tovey. The merger of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School was established in his years with the organization. Read More →
In Wien, im Haus, wo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1791 starb, eröffnet am 8. September eine neuartige, multimediale Begegnung mit dem Komponisten. Read More →
The third edition of Concertgebouworkest Young has started. Over seventy talented young musicians aged fourteen to eighteen from all over Europe have travelled to Akoesticum in the Dutch town of Ede, where they will engage in an intensive summer program with sectional and orchestral rehearsals, chamber music, coaching sessions and workshops overseen by professional workshop leaders, and lessons with Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians. Read More →
Das Bayreuther Publikum, das schon am Ende der drei ersten Abende des Ring des Nibelungen seinen Unmut über die neue Inszenierung von Valentin Schwarz zeigte, hat diesen mit einem gnadenlosen Proteststurm niedergebrüllt. Read More →
The Jury of the 20th Santander International Piano Competition has announced the winners. Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada, 23) won First Prize and Gold Medal. The Prize comprises cash of 30,000 Euros, a tour of concerts around Spain and abroad, as well as the recording of a CD for Naxos. Izik-Dzurko also won the Special Award of the Best Chamber Music Performer as well as the Audience Award. Read More →
Die Bayreuther Festspiele haben weiterhin mit Widerwärtigkeiten zu kämpfen, und der Ring des Nibelungen ist definitiv verflucht. Jetzt sagte der Tenor Stephen Gould, der bei der Premiere der „Götterdämmerung“ den Siegfried singen sollte, seinen Auftritt ab, krankheitsbedingt, wie es heißt. Für ihn springt Clay Hilley ein. Read More →