Ludwig van Beethoven

In Taipei, Taiwan, the city’s yellow garbage trucks play music to remind the population that it is time to bring their plastic trash bags downstairs for collection. The tune used by the city for this action is Beethoven’s Für Elise.

Paul Daniel
(c) Groves Artists

British conductor Paul Daniel, 63, artistic director of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia in Santiago de Compostela has decided to leave the orchestra at the end of the current contract, in December 2022, our colleagues from Scherzo reported. Read More →

Hélène Grimaud
(c) Philharmonie Luxembourg

Vermutlich mit ihrem Lieblingswerk, dem Klavierkonzert von Robert Schumann, beendeten Hélène Grimaud und die Camerata Salzburg ihr Konzert in Luxemburg. Erstmals wieder mit einer Pause, allerdings ohne Gastronomie, hatten die Beteiligten das Konzert mit dem Klavierkonzert in d-Moll von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart eingeleitet. Zwischen den beiden Konzerten erklang die große g-Moll Symphonie von Mozart, also KV 550, weiß Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato zu berichten. Read More →

The Mannheim Philharmonic’s application for institutional funding from 2022 onwards was rejected by the City of Mannheim with immediate effect. This means that the € 50.000 which the orchestra received in 2020 and 2021 are no longer available. This has existential consequences for the Philharmonic. Read More →

The Swedish Polar Music Prize 2022 is awarded to the Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain, founded by Pierre Boulez. The Statement says: « Ensemble Intercontemporain is the Stradivarius of modern music and has inspired the greatest composers of our time to create new masterpieces since the 1970s. Thanks to its openness to new technology and collaborating with other art forms, this groundbreaking ensemble has been enormously important for pushing progress. Read More →

Ryan Wiggleworth

Ryan Wigglesworth, 42, has been announced as chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, taking over in September 2022 from Thomas Dausgaard. Ryan Wigglesworth is a composer, conductor and pianist born in Yorkshire, England. He is currently Composer in Residence at English National Opera. He is not to be confused with British conductor Mark Wigglesworth, to whom he is not related.

Gewandhaus Leipzig
(c) Remy Franck

Im Leipziger Gewandhaus wurde am Freitag ein Konzert des Gewandhausorchesters kurzfristig abgesagt, weil es ‘positive’ Corona-Tests unter den Musikern gab. Einige Musiker « sowie unser Gewandhauskapellmeister Andris Nelsons (43) haben sich aus privaten Gründen PCR-testen lassen », erklärte Gewandhausdirektor Andreas Schulz (60) in einem Video, das über Twitter verbreitet wurde. Read More →

Mit einem halben Dutzend Kammerkonzerten sind die Amis de l‘OPL, die Freunde des Philharmonischen Orchesters Luxemburg, jede Saison Gäste in der Philharmonie Luxemburg. Vom gestrigen Konzert berichtet Uwe Krusch. Read More →

American composer George Crumb died at his home yesterday. He was 92 years old. George Crumb (b. 1929) he studied at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. He majored in music at the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts (University of Charleston), where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1950. Read More →

Daniel Barenboim
(c) Peter Adamik

Daniel Barenboim, 79, hat wegen einer anstehenden Operation für die kommenden Wochen alle Verpflichtungen abgesagt. Das teilte die Mailänder Scala heute mit, wo er als Pianist Beethoven-Sonaten spielen und auch ein Konzert unter der Leitung des indischen Dirigenten Zubin Mehta spielen sollte. Read More →