Boston Symphony Hall

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its fall concerts, in total 37 concerts of 14 programs (scheduled for Sept. 16-Nov. 28). Those programs include a two-week Beethoven festival led by music director Andris Nelsons, the world premiere of Julia Wolfe’s BSO-commissioned Her Story, and the Boston premiere of Kevin Puts’s The Brightness of Light with Renée Fleming.

Heute erscheint die 72. Ausgabe von ‘Wer spielte was?’, der Werkstatistik des Deutschen Bühnenvereins. Die Statistik 2018/2019 zeigt eine konstante Vielfalt in der deutschsprachigen Theaterlandschaft und fasst die letzte vollständige Spielzeit vor der Corona-Pandemie zusammen. Read More →

Elizabeth Schulze

The Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Elizabeth Schulze has agreed to extend her contract through 2024, the organization announced Wednesday.Schulze recently completed her 20th season as the artistic leader of the orchestra. Read More →

Die Deutsche Orchestervereinigung macht sich Sorgen um einen qualifizierten Nachwuchs im Orchestermanagement. Aktuell ist es zum Beispiel dem Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin nicht gelungen, innerhalb eines Jahres einen geeigneten Orchesterdirektor zu finden. Read More →

In March, the Belvedere Singing Competition postponed the finals scheduled for the month of April to the fall 2020. Today the organizer announced that the final rounds have been cancelled. All singers who have already qualified will automatically be in the final rounds next year. Read More →

Romanian conductor Camil Marinescu died today in Bucharest, according to news from Radio Romania Muzical. His death was caused by Covid-19. Born in 1964, Marinescu studied the bassoon and conducting at the National University of Music in Bucharest. His teachers were Cristian Mandeal and Pierre Dervaux. He has collaborated with important orchestras in the United States, Canada or Germany, and taught conducting at Osaka University. Read More →

Nach Placido Domingos eigenem Schuldbekenntnis und zahlreichen Rauswürfen in den USA und in Spanien setzt sich der Österreichische Musiktheaterpreis über das alles hinweg und verleiht  dem Sänger den Preis für sein Lebenswerk. Dass Domingo ein großartiger Sänger war und viel geleistet hat in seiner Karriere steht ohne Zweifel. Ihm dafür zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt einen Preis zu verleihen, ist ein falsches Signal und eine deutliche Abwertung eines Preises, den man ab sofort nicht mehr ernstnehmen kann.

Jaakko Kuusisto

Finnish violinist and conductor Jaakko Kuusisto, 46, has announced on social media that he is awaiting surgery for a brain tumor. He says, that doctors assume that the tumor is malignant but in a place where a successful surgery is possible. Read More →

Stuart Mailina
(c) Allan Wycheck

The contract of Music Director Stuart Malina with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra (Pennsylvania) has been extended through 2023. The Amercian conductor has been the music director of the orchestra for 20 years. Read More →

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced that all live performances will be cancelled through at least November 29. However, the symphony expects live streaming a new digital concert series this fall. Read More →