Conductor Lina González-Granados will step in for Music Director Riccardo Muti to lead this week’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts June 16-18. Ther presse release says: « The change of conductor comes after a positive COVID-19 test result for Muti, who has been testing daily in accordance with CSOA safety protocols. Read More →
Simon Estes
© Paige Peterson/Des Moines Metro Opera
American bass-baritone Simon Estes. 84, has announced his retirement from the opera stage, thus ending a career that spans 60 years. His last performance will be as Lawyer Frazier in Porgy and Bess at Des Moines Metro Opera. Read More →
Leonard Slatkin
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria (OFGC) has extended the contract of its chief conductor and artistic director, the British Karel Mark Chichon, until 2025. Chichon is in this position since 2017. The orchestra also has appointed the American conductor Leonard Slatkin, 77, as principal guest conductor for the next three seasons.
Vom 24.–26. Juni feiert das ‘Fräiraim Festival’ in der Luxemburger Philharmonie die luxemburgische Musikszene. Drei Tage lang stehen 600 Künstler auf sechs Bühnen inner- und außerhalb der Philharmonie. Gratis und ohne Ticket kann jeder Musikfreund die verschiedensten Musikrichtungen und natürlich auch klassische Musik erleben. Read More →
Keine Chance für Ingo Martin Stadtmüller, den neuernannten Generalmusikdirektor des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landestheaters. Die ersten drei Konzerte nach seiner Ernennung fallen « aufgrund mehrerer Erkrankungen » im Orchester alle drei ersatzlos aus, teilte das Haus mit. Das Schleswig-holsteinische Sinfonieorchester hätte in Flensburg, Husum und Rendsburg spielen sollen.
Organized by the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth, the Tarptautiniu Kulturos Projectu Centras of Lithuania and the UGDA Music School in Luxembourg, the project ‘Musical Train’ will bring together young European musicians traveling from Esch-sur-Alzette (European Capital of Culture 2022) with their peers travelling by train from Kaunas (European Capital of Culture 2022) for a final performance in Brussels. Read More →
Arsen Soghomonyan (Otello) & Hrachuchi Bassenz (Desdemona)
Programmed towards the end of the 100th season of the Bucharest National Opera, Verdi’s Otello was one of the most anticipated artistic moments for music lovers of Romania’s capital. Luminita Arvunescu (Radio Romania Muzical) was among the listeners and delivers an enthusiastic review. Read More →
Among the pro-Putin and pro-war musicians – Gergiev, Berezovsky, Matsuev, Roldugin … we have to count now violist Yuri Bashmet who got an order from Putin last Sunday and said in an interview about the criminal war: « We’re doing the right thing. And we’re going to win. »
Singaporean violinist Chloe Chua will begin her new role next month for the orchestra’s 2022/23 season has been named as its Artist-in-Residence in the upcoming season of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Read More →
The New York Philharmonic is bringing salaries of musicians to pre-pandemic levels. A four-year contract agreed to in December 2020 during a season canceled due to the coronavirus had called for players to earn 75% of minimum scale through Aug. 31, 2023, which comes to $2,214 weekly. Read More →
