Dirk Kaftan
Der Rat der Stadt Bonn hat den 49-jährigen deutschen Dirigenten Dirk Kaftan für fünf weitere Jahre zum Generalmusikdirektor für das Beethoven-Orchester Bonn bestellt. Damit bleibt Kaftan über 2022 hinaus bis 2027 künstlerischer Leiter des städtischen Orchesters. Kaftan wurde 2017 zum Generalmusikdirektor bestellt.
With an aperitif, a concert, and a festive dinner, American conductor John Axelrod launches his Culinary Concerts in Chardonne. Switzerland on 26 September. « Combining wine, food and music is nothing new. What makes the Concerts Culinaires de Chardonne innovative, and my idea comes from there, is to combine the best of each in order to create a sensational experience accessible to the public », says Axelrod. Read More →
Die Berliner Agentur ‘Berlin Klassik Artist Management’ hat einen Aufruf veröffentlicht, mit dem sie freiberuflichen Musikern in Zeiten der Cortona-Krise unter die Arme greifen will. Read More →
Belgian conductor Patrick Davin died unexpectedly on Wednesday afternoon, just before a rehearsal at La Monnaie. Patrick Davin was 58 years old and rehearsing ‘Is this the end?’. The world premiere of this new work by Jean-Luc Fafchamps was to kick-off of the opera season on 12 September at La Monnaie in Brussels. Read More →
CAPE Ettelbrück
Das CAPE in Ettelbruck/Luxemburg feiert in der Spielzeit 2020/2021 sein 20-jähriges Bestehen unter etwas ungewohnten Bedingungen. Mit allen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen kann sich das Publikum nach der langen kulturellen Zwangspause ab Oktober wieder auf ein abwechslungsreiches Programm mit rund 123 Eigenveranstaltungen freuen. Read More →
Der Spielplan der Bayreuther Festspiele für nächstes Jahr steht fest: Geplant seien eine Neuproduktion vom Fliegenden Holländer, sowie die Opern Lohengrin, Meistersinger von Nürnberg und Tannhäuser, der eigentlich erst wieder für 2022 vorgesehen war. Read More →
Royal Albert Hall, London
© Remy Franck
The Royal Albert Hall in Lopndon today announced that it is facing heavy financial problems. On its website the hall says: « The Hall requires urgent public support to generate more than £20m to weather the COVID-19 storm and fulfil purpose of promoting arts and sciences for future generations. Despite Government references to the Royal Albert Hall as a “crown jewel” that must be saved, it cannot apply for any emergency grants within the £1.57bn arts and heritage sector rescue package. Read More →
French soprano Christiane Eda-Pierre died on 5 Septeber at the age of 88. She was born in Fort-de-France, Martinique and studied in Paris notably with Charles Panzéra. In 1957 she made her debut in Nice, as Leïla in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles. Some years later she sang in Paris at the Opéra Comique and at the National Opera. Read More →
Otto Tausk
Phion, Orkest van Gelderland & Overijssel (the former Het Gelders Orkest merged with Orkest van het Oosten) appoints Dutch Otto Tausk, 50, as Chief Conductor His first contract runs over 2 years, from September 2020 on. Tausk will continue to serve as Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Read More →
ICMA Jury member Franz Patay and Pentatone’s Managing Director Simon Eder
After the cancellation of the 2020 ICMA Award Ceremony, ICMA Jury member Franz Patay handed over the Label of the Year Award at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Pentatone’s Managing Director Simon M. Eder was there to receive the trophy, accompanied by the label’s violinist Arabella Steinbacher, and singers Anna Lucia Richter and Piotr Beczala. Read More →
