Pierre Bleuse
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The Paris-Based Ensemble Intercontemporain has announced that Pierre Bleuse will be the next Music Director, to start with the 2023-24 season. He will succeed Matthias Pintscher, who has held the position since 2013. Read More →

It’s José Carreras’ 75th birthday next Sunday and the Karajan Community Letter finishes the series about the singer’s productions with Karajan, focusing on Carmen. The KCL presents an interview with Carreras who interpreted the title-role in an earlier Karajan Carmen production. Read More →

Der mit 25.000 Euro dotierte ‘Preis Innovation 2021’ geht an die Dortmunder Philharmoniker. Der Rundfunkchor Berlin erhält den Sonderpreis in Höhe von 5.000 Euro. Das teilte die Deutsche Orchester-Stiftung mit. Read More →

American tenor Marco Panuccio died at the age of 48, following a short illness.  With his lyric tenor voice he was successful at Cincinnati Opera, Cleveland Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Florida Grand Opera, and at Venice’s La Fenice as well as at many other Italian and British opera houses.

26-year-old violinist Yukari Ohno from Japan took first prize at the Princess Astrid International Music Competition in Trondheim, Norway. Second prize was awarded to Karen Su (23, USA) while Marie Helling (16, Germany/Poland) won third prize. Read More →

The French composer Jacques Boisgallais died last week at the age of 94 in Clarens (Switzerland). He was a student of Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier and started composing in 1949. Musicologists have noted that at that time Albert Roussel, Igor Stravinsky and Bartók inspired him more than Debussy or Ravel. Read More →

The French Orchestre des Champs is calling for witnesses after the theft of a violin from one of its musicians on Wednesday, November 24, in a TGV between Poitiers and Paris, France Bleu Poitou reported. The violinist had owned his instrument for fifteen years. Read More →

Juan Diego Florez

The management of the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro, Italy, has announced the appointment of the Austrian-Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez as artistic director from January 1, 2022. Read More →

Qingzhu Weng

Qingzhu Weng (*2001) from China has been awarded First Prize at this year’s Mirecourt International Violin Competition, in Mirecourt, France. In 2018, Qingzhu Weng won First Prize at the Ysaÿe International Music Competition in Liège. He is a former prize winner at the Tibor Junior International Violin Competition and he is currently studying at the Hochschule for Musik, Theater und Medien, Hannover. Read More →

Der Hersteller der sogenannten Mirabell Mozartkugel, die Firma Salzburg Schokolade, hat Insolvenz angemeldet. Das meldete die APA. Dies ist eine der Firmen, die Nachahmungen des Originalrezepts und damit der von Hand zubereiteten Original Salzburger Mozartkugeln der Konditorei Fürst herstellen. Read More →