Elena Bashkirova
(c) Martin Hoffmeister
The organizers of the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival have announced that this year’s festival is cancelled due to the pandemic. The release says: « With deepest regret, we announce that this year’s Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, which was due to take place from 31 August to 4 September, has been cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions. Read More →
Das deutsche Bundeskartellamt hat laut einer eigenen Mitteilung Geldbußen gegen drei Hersteller und zwei Händler von Musikinstrumenten sowie gegen verantwortlich handelnde Mitarbeiter in Höhe von insgesamt rund 21 Mio. Euro verhängt. Den Herstellern und Händlern wird vertikale Preisbindung vorgeworfen, den Händlern untereinander daneben horizontale Preisabsprachen in mehreren Fällen. Read More →
Jordi Savall
(c) David Ignaszewski
Das Beethovenfest Bonn unterstützt die Opfer der Flutkatastrophe im Rhein-Sieg-Kreis und veranstaltet das Public Viewing seines Eröffnungskonzerts – Beethovens Neunte unter Jordi Savall – am 20. August 2021 als Open-Air-Benefizveranstaltung. Das moderierte Vorprogramm beginnt um 19 Uhr, die Übertragung des Konzerts um 20 Uhr. Read More →
Marcus Bosch
Im Heidenheimer Brenzpark und an weiteren Spielorten erlebten insgesamt mehr als 7.000 Besucher den ‘OH! KonzertSommer’, teilten die Heidenheimer Festspiele mit. Nach dem Ausfall mehrerer Spielstätten wegen Sanierung resp. coronabedingt zogen die Festspiele kurzerhand in der Brenzpark auf eine eigens errichtete, große Open-Air-Rundbogenbühne. Read More →
Negotiations of the lonely United Kingdom and the EU about the issues facing musicians looking to tour have come to a conclusion with 19 EU member States. They have confirmed UK musicians and performers do not need visas or work permits for short-term tours. These countries are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Sweden. The UK allows touring performers and support staff to come to the UK for up to 3 months without a visa.
Rady Shell, San Diego
Tomorrow, August 6, the San Diego Symphony will open its new bayside 10,000-capacity concert venue at Jacobs Park. Called The Rady Shell in honor of its two top donors, it kicks off its inaugural season with a concert featuring symphony music director Rafael Payare conducting the orchestra. Opening night will feature artists like composer Mason Bates, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green. Read More →
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has sacked a longtime flutist after her controversial social media posts. « Principal Flutist Emily Skala has been dismissed from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in accordance with the progressive discipline policy agreed to in our collective bargaining agreement with the Musicians’ Association of Metropolitan Baltimore Local 40-543, AFM, » BSO President and CEO Peter Kjome said in a statement, according to CBS Baltimore. Read More →
Marian Anderson
American contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) will soon be honored with a statue outside of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the city where she was born. It will be the first monument to a Black woman in this city, American media say. Read More →
Pianist Maria Olga Douwens Prats died at the age of 82 at her residence in Parede, victim of oncological disease, Portuguese media say. Olga Prats started playing the piano at the age of 6, having been a private pupil of João Maria Abreu e Motta. She gave her first recital, at the age of 14, at Teatro Municipal de S. Luiz, in Lisbon, on May 5, 1952. Read More →
Vasily Petrenko
Photo: Mark McNulty
Nach vielen anderen Künstlern, die sich über die Hindernisse und Kosten bei der Visabeschaffung für Künstler zwischen dem abtrünnigen UK und der EU beschweren, hat nun der russische Dirigent Vassily Petrenko, neuer Chefdirigent des Royal Philharmonic in London, auf eine schnelle Lösung der Problematik gedrängt. Read More →
