Vahan Mardirossian
Photo: Rino Noviello
Armenian pianist and conductor Vahan Mardirossian, 45, has been named Music Director of the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie in Belgium. Read More →
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Der 37-jährige Brite Robin Ticciati, der seit der Saison 2017/2018 die Position als Chefdirigent und Künstlerischer Leiter des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin (DSO) bekleidet, hat seinen bestehenden Vertrag über 2022 hinaus um weitere fünf Jahre bis ins Jahr 2027 verlängert. Read More →
DnaNudge, developer of the rapid, lab-free CovidNudge test has announced a special partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra, delivering regular COVID-19 testing to the orchestra’s 120 musicians. DnaNudge is performing the testing – which delivers results in just over an hour – exclusively for the LSO as sponsors. Read More →
Tianyi Lu
(c) Finotti Tosi
Tianyi Lu, a young conductor from New Zealand with Chinese origins is the winner of the 11th Edition of the Premio Internazionale d’Orchestra Guido Cantelli. The thirty-year-old conductor born in Shanghai stood out from the other finalists – Bertie Baigent (25, from England), Diego Ceretta (23, from Italy) and Dmitry Matvienko (29, from Belarus) – at the competition’s final concert at the Teatro Coccia di Novara. Read More →
Ivan Fischer invents music-enhancing face mask
Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer has invented a music-enhancing face mask. It has two plastic cups shaped liked life-size palms attached to the mask’s strings and designed to fit around the wearer’s ears, allegedly allowing concertgoers in the age of coronavirus to enjoy improved acoustics. Read More →
Christoph Poppen, principal guest conductor of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, is quarantined in a hotel ahead of a concert which he is scheduled to conduct without a live audience later this month at City Hall in Hong Kong, The South China Morning post reported. He is going through 14-day quarantine, which started last Tuesday, so he can perform with pianist Alexander Krichel on September 26. Read More →
Nice is not exempt from the progression of the Covid19 epidemic which is currently affecting France. The mayor of the city has therefore announced new measures to stem the spread of the virus. He said: « For the world of culture, I am announcing the postponement of the presentation of the new Opera season and the opening performance scheduled for 12 and 13 September. All the cultural and sporting events planned in the coming weeks and organised by Ville de Nice will be postponed or cancelled. »
Due to the cancellation of all performances since 10 month the Boston Symphony musicians have agreed to pay cuts in a new three-year labor agreement, the Orchestra announced. With a revenue loss of $35 million in ticket sales, the salary reductions average 37 percent in the first year, the announcement stated. During the contract’s second and third years, increases in compensation will take place as the BSO will redevelop « sustainable revenue. » Read More →
Zubin Mehta
(c) Stephan Polzer
Der 84-jährige Dirigent Zubin Mehta fühlt sich nach seiner Genesung von einem Nierentumor stärker als vor seiner Erkrankung. « Ich habe nach der Operation eine experimentelle Behandlung durchgeführt und der Tumor ist nicht mehr da. Ich bin jetzt stärker als vorher », sagte Mehta im Interview mit der Mailänder Tageszeitung Corriere della Sera (Freitagsausgabe). Er sei in Los Angeles von einem internationalen Ärzteteam erfolgreich operiert und behandelt worden. Read More →
Der russische Bass Ildar Abdrazakov hat sich mit dem Coronavirus infiziert, weswegen er seine Teilnahme an der Wiederaufnahme-Premiere von Peter Konwitschnys Don Carlo am 27. September an der Wiener Staatsoper absagen musste. Der 43-Jährige hätte in der Verdi-Oper an der Seite von Jonas Kaufmann Philipp II. singen sollen.
