Yutaka Sado
Photo: Yuji Hori
The New Japan Philharmonic announced today that Yutaka Sado, 60, will become its next Music Director. He will succeed Toshiyuki Kamioka, who had been in charge since 2016. Sado’s contract will run from April 2023 to March 2027. He will serve as music adviser for one year from April 2022 prior to becoming Music Director. Read More →
The American Emerson String Quartet will retire at the end of summer 2023, forty-seven remarkable years after it was initially formed at Juilliard in 1976, the Quartet announced on its website. All four members of the Quartet – Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton and Paul Watkins – will continue to perform and teach individually; as a group, they will continue to coach and mentor young ensembles through the Emerson String Quartet Institute at Stony Brook University, along with cellist David Finckel, who was a member of the quartet for 34 years. Read More →
Die Aufführungen von Giacomo Puccinis Turandot im Steinbruch St. Margarethen, Österreich, waren sehr erfolgreich, teilte der Veranstalter mit. Insgesamt wurden 16 Vorstellungen mit einer Auslastung von 72 % gespielt. Keine Vorstellung musste wetterbedingt abgesagt werden. Rund 54.500 begeisterte Besucher konnten bei der diesjährigen Oper im Steinbruch St. Margarethen begrüßt werden. Für 2022 wurde Giuseppe Verdis Nabucco angekündigt.
The Salzburg Festival received a new Steinway Grand Piano D-274. At a concert at the Haus für Mozart, pianist Daniil Trifonov inaugurated the new instrument in the presence of approximately one hundred invited guests. Read More →
Metropolitan Opera New York
The musicians of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra have ended a period of uncertainty by accepting a collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday. « We are thrilled to be returning to regular performances very soon, and look forward to reconnecting with our audiences, » said the local 802 branch president Adam Krauthamer and the Met Orchestra Committee in a joint statement. Read More →
Chanmin Chung
c) Theater Erfurt
Der Südkoreaner Chanmin Chung, Dirigierabsolvent der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, wird zur Saison 2021/22 neuer 1. Kapellmeister und stellvertretender Generalmusikdirektor am Theater Aachen. Zuletzt wirkte er als 2. Kapellmeister am Theater Erfurt. Read More →
Gabriel Feltz
Der deutsche Dirigent Gabriel Feltz, 50, hat seinen Vertrag als Generalmusikdirektor in Dortmund bis 2025 verlängert. Gabriel Feltz habe sich in der Position des Generalmusikdirektors bewährt, teilte die Stadt Dortmund mit. Read More →
Bramwell Tovey
(c) Sarasota Orchestra
British conductor Bramwell Tovey, 68, has been named Music Director of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida. Tovey, who was already scheduled to lead concerts in April 2022, begins his role as Music Director designate Sept. 1, prior to assuming the title of Music Director in the fall of 2022 for the following four seasons. Read More →
French trumpet player died yesterday at the age of 75. First prize in trumpet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, graduate in physical education and psychology, Pierre Dutot started his career as soloist at the National Orchestra of Lyon. He played in humerous ensembles and performed as soloist throughout Europe. Read More →
c) Tonpicknick
Der Deutsche Musikrat wirbt in einer Stellungnahme für die COVID-Impfung. Öffentliches Leben, Kultur und Musik bedürften der direkten Begegnung, denn Kreativität entstehe im persönlichen Miteinander, sei es bei den Proben eines Amateurorchesters oder in der Interaktion einer Band oder eines Kammermusikensembles mit dem Publikum beim Live-Konzert, heißt es in der Mitteilung. Read More →
