The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the cancellation of their European tour to Vienna, Leipzig, Hamburg, and Paris, May 15-24. The cancellation is due to growing concerns over the recent rise in COVID-19 numbers in Europe and the United States and the potential for travel disruption during a multi-city overseas tour, as well as an increase in cases among the members of the orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus following recent Symphony Hall performances. Read More →
Andreas Woyke
(c) Christian Jungwirth
Der Pianist Andreas Woyke hat einen Video-Stream mit Spenden-Ticketverkauf online gestellt, der noch bis zum 27. April abrufbar ist. Der Erlös kommt zwei ukrainischen Familien zugute, die in Graz aufgenommen wurden. Read More →
Nuno Coelho
The Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) has announced the appointment of the Portuguese conductor Nuno Coelho, 33, as its Chief Conductor-designate with immediate effect. He officially begins his three-year tenure in October when he opens the orchestra’s 2022/23 season at the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe de Oviedo. Read More →
Konzerthaus-Intendant Matthias Naske hat sich dem Druck von Politik und Öffentlichkeit gebeugt: Das für den morgigen Dienstag geplante Benefizkonzert für die Menschen in der Ukraine unter dem griechisch-russischen Dirigenten Teodor Currentzis mit seinem musicAeterna-Orchester im Wiener Konzerthaus ist abgesagt. Das Konzerthaus komme damit einem Wunsch des ukrainischen Botschafters in Österreich nach. Read More →
The death has been announced of Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans. Born in 1936 in he was 85 years old. Philippe Boesmans studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Liège. As a composer, Philippe Boesmans is self-taught. His first compositions date from 1960, after contacts with Pierre Froidebise, Henri Pousseur, Célestin Deliège and André Souris spurred him on. Read More →
40 pianists aged 16 to 29 years old from 14 countries have been selected, from 182 applicants, to take part in the piano section of the 76th Concours de Genève. Applicants included a large percentage of Asian countries (59%), followed by Europe (26%) and America (9%) and this is also reflected in the list of the selected candidates. Read More →
The Carl Nielsen International Competition in Odense, Denmark, ended yesterday evening, and the winners were announced in the three categories (violin, clarinet and flute). Read More →
Jean Sibelius (1913)
The Sibelius Competition in Helsinki took a decision which is as hard as it is understandable, regarding the Finnish history, Russian oppression in occupied Finland, and the more recent developments in Ukraine: They excluded Russian participants. Read More →
Beim 9. Internationalen Joseph Joachim Kammermusikwettbewerb an der Franz Liszt-Hochschule für Musik in Weimar wurden drei Klaviertrios mit Preisen bedacht. Der 1. Preis wurde nicht vergeben. Jeweils einen mit 5.000 Euro dotierten 2. Preis erspielten sich das Trio Bohémo und das Trio Incendio, beide aus Tschechien. Den mit 2.500 Euro dotierten 3. Preis gewann das Trio Pantoum aus Frankreich. Read More →
Johann Sebastian Bach
(c) Bach-Archiv Leipzig
Das Projekt ‘Ein Wald für Bach’ des Bachfestes Leipzig wächst. Wie das Bach-Archiv Leipzig mitteilte, fand heute Morgen eine musikalisch umrahmte Pflanzaktion am Westufer des Störmthaler Sees statt. Read More →
