This week’s Karajan Newsletter is featuring Karajan and the most popular symphony ever, Beethoven’s Fifth, and it focusses on Paul Hindemith and Glenn Gould.Here is the link to this week’s Karajanist Community Letter. Read More →
Fawzi Haimor
Nach nur dreijähriger Amtszeit als Chefdirigent der Württembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen (WPR) hat der 37-jährige Amerikaner Fawzi Haimor seinen Rücktritt eingereicht. Gegenüber dem Stiftungsrat der WPR begründete er seinen Schritt mit der aktuellen Pandemie. Read More →
Polish-Israeli Conductor Gabriel Chmura passed away, the Poznan Oopera house announced today. He was 74 years old and had been the artistic director of the Poznan Opera House since 2012. Read More →
Die Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich schließt die Tonhalle Maag, das Ausweichquartier der wegen Umbaus geschlossenen Tonhalle, bis zum 10. Januar 2021 für alle Veranstalter, teilte sie heute mit. Das geltende Verbot zu Veranstaltungen mit über 50 Besuchern stelle sich als wirtschaftlich unlösbare Aufgabe dar, heißt es in der Mitteilung. Read More →
Der Deutsche Kulturrat, der Spitzenverband der Bundeskulturverbände, begrüßt, dass der Kulturbereich in der Beschlussempfehlung des Ausschusses für Gesundheit des Deutschen Bundestages bei dem heute neuen Infektionsschutzgesetz als eigenständiger Bereich benannt wird. Read More →
Dalia Stasevska
Ukrainian-born Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska, 36, has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s 2020 Conductor Award. The two other nominees in the Conductor Award category were Martyn Brabbins and Jonathon Heyward. Read More →
(c) NFM
The National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland, recently inaugurated the new organ in its main hall. Designed and made by the organ company Orgelbau Klais from Bonn, it crowns the beautiful concert hall and with its royal sound and further enhances its acoustic qualities. Read More →
Mariinsky
Photo: Natasha Le-Bel
On 24 November the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will be hosting the world premiere of Rodion Shchedrin’s newest work, The Adventures of a Monkey, the Mariinsky announced. It is based on the tale by Mikhail Zoshchenko. Read More →
Lawrence Cummings
Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) has appointed 52-year-old British conductor Laurence Cummings as Music Director from the 2021/22 season. Laurence Cummings is one of Britain’s most versatile exponents of historical performance both as a conductor and a harpsichord player. Read More →
James Conlon
(c) Dan Steinberg/LA Opera
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has appointed 70-year-old American conductor James Conlon as Artistic Advisor, the BSO announced. Conlon, who has worked as Music Director for the LA Opera since 2006, will join the BSO in the 2021-22 season. Conlon is also Principal Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Torino, Italy. Read More →
