Teatro alla Scala, Milano

When at La Scala in Milan, during a concert with Verdi choruses and overtures conducted by Riccardo Chailly, a cell phone rang insistently the maestro interrupted the performance, turned to the audience and said to the cell phone’s owner, « Go ahead and answer the call, we’ll resume later. » Read More →

Philharmonie Berlin

Die Digital Concert Hall der Berliner Philharmoniker eröffne mit Immersive Audio (Dolby Atmos) « eine neue Dimension des Konzerterlebnisses », teilte die Organisation mit. Dem Team der Digital Concert Hall sei es gelungen, « auf Basis des etablierten Formats Dolby Atmos einen speziell auf die ausgezeichnete Akustik der Philharmonie Berlin abgestimmten Algorithmus zu entwickeln. Read More →

Harry Ogg

Der 27-jährige Brite Harry Ogg ist ab August 2022 neuer Kapellmeister an der Deutschen Oper am Rhein. Ogg wurde beim Mahler-Dirigierwettbewerb 2020 in Bamberg mit dem 3. Preis ausgezeichnet, erhielt 2018 den 2. Preis beim Dirigierwettbewerb des MDR-Sinfonieorchesters in Leipzig und war Finalist beim Donatella Flick-LSO-Dirigierwettbewerb im Barbican in London. Read More →

No candidate was awarded First Prize at the 5th Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Monte Carlo. Second Prize went to Jesko Sirvend (Germany) and Henri Christofer Aavik (Estonia). Third Prize was not awarded either. The Audience Prize was won by Ilya Ram (USA / Israel).

Osmo Vänskä
Photo: A Marsden

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä, 69, who was appointed as Music Director of the Seoul Philharmonic in January 2020, will not extend his contact. In an interview with Van Magazine, Vänskä refused to give any reason for his departure.

The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra (Connecticut) has announced Stuart Malina as Music Director from the 2022-2023 season. Read More →

Japanese violinist Lina Nakano, 17, won 1st Prize and Gold Medal at the 8th Sendai International Violin Competition in Sendai, Japan. Two Silver Medals were awarded to Dennis Gasanov (Russia 1994) and Tianyou Ma (China 2000).

Giacomo Sagripanti

GM Art & Music has announced that Italian conductor Giacomo Sagripanti has been appointed Music Director at Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, in the capital of Georgia. Sagripanti is also Principal Guest Conductor for the operatic repertoire at Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli in Bari.

Salzburg

Mit einer Auslastung von 98 Prozent gehen heute die Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele zu Ende. Wie der Veranstalter mitteilte, waren die ersten Festspiele Covid-Einschränkungen wieder so erfolgreich wie vor der Pandemie. Insgesamt wurden mehr als 10.000 Tickets an Besucher aus 41 Nationen verkauft.

© Philharmonie Luxembourg / Eric Engel

The video of the ICMA Gala Concert played by the Luxembourg Philharmonic and Orchestre Royal de l’Opéra de Versailles with many winning artists from the 2022 panel continues to be successful on the YouTube channel of Deutsche Welle. More than 50.000 people saw it by now, and the number is continuously growing. Read More →