Der Hindemith-Preis 2022 des Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festivals geht an die 37-jährige britische, in New York lebende Komponistin Hannah Kendall. Die Preisträgerin überzeugte die Jury mit einem breiten kompositorischen Spektrum und einem expressiven Stil. Hannah Kendall zeige eine enorme kompositorische Vielfalt, die von klassischem Erbe bis hin zu experimentellen Ideen reiche, heißt es in der Begründung. Read More →

Chin-Chao Lin

Generalmusikdirektor Chin-Chao Lin, ein 1987 geborener Taiwanese, verlässt das Theater Regensburg zum Ende dieser Saison. Das meldete die Mittelbayerische Zeitung. Lin übernahm den Posten im Herbst 2018.

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 →