The San Antonio Symphony musicians are on strike because the management wants to downsize the orchestra from 72 full-time positions to 42 and cut the base minimum salary for musicians from $35,700 to $24,000. The strike has gone on since 27 September and has resulted in numerous cancelled concerts. The management has not many any comment or new proposal since that date.
Gabriel Feltz
German conductor Gabriel Feltz, 50, has signed a new contract with the Belgrade Philharmonic and will remain there as chief conductor until 2025. He is in this position since 2017. He is also music director of the Dortmund Opera and chief conductor of the Dortmund Philharmonic.
American conductor Joseph Giardina died in Rome at the age of 92. Born in Guttenberg, New Jersey, he made his debut as a conductor at the age of 16, after graduating from the Julliard School of Music in New York. In 1953 he arrived in Italy and pursued his studies at the Academy of Santa Cecilia first and then at the Pontifical Institute. Read More →
Wegen der angespannten Corona-Situation schließen Konzerthäuser und Opern in Österreich und Sachsen. Die Sächsische Staatsoper bis zum 24. November geschlossen bleiben. Die Wiener Staatsoper und die österreichischen Konzertsäle schließen für die Dauer des heute von der Regierung verordneten Lockdowns.
Daniel Harding
(c) Philharmomie Luxembourg/Grébille
British conductor Daniel Harding, 46, extends his contract as Music Director and Artistic Director for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra until at least 2025. He is in this position since 2007.
At the occasion of the singer’s upcoming 75th birthday the new Karajan Community Letter focuses on José Carreras and his Don Carlo conducted by Karajan. Carreras’ Don Carlo-colleague Ferruccio Furlanetto can be watched in an interview. Read More →
The new film adaptation of Lenard Bernstein’s West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg, will receive worldwide theatrical release on December 10th. Tony Kushner wrote the screenplay and Gustavo Dudamel is conducting the New York Philharmonic in the score revised by David Newman. In the main roles are Ansel Elgort (Tony), Rachel Zegler (María), Ariana DeBose (Anita), David Alvarez (Bernardo) ande Mike Faist (Riff). Read More →
Regula Rapp, derzeit Rektorin der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart , wird im Frühjahr 2022 Nachfolgerin des Gründungsrektor der Barenboim-Said Akademie, Michael Naumann, der nach seinem 80. Geburtstag von seinem Amt zurücktritt. Read More →
Peter Pachl
Kurz vor der Uraufführung der Oper ‘Die heilige Cäcilia’ von Anton Urspruch ist der Dirigent Peter Pachl, Generaldirektor vom Berliner ‘pianopianissimo musiktheater,’ unerwartet im Alter von 68 Jahren verstorben. Pachl war schon nach den ersten Probentagen ins Krankenhaus gekommen und ist dort überraschend verstorben. Read More →
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Photo: Deutsche Grammophon
Ja, Vivaldi im Allgemeinen und die Quattro Stagioni im Besonderen gehen immer. Was Anne-Sophie Mutter und Mutter’s Virtuosi noch auf dem akustischen Menu hatten, weiß Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato zu berichten. Read More →
