The Baltimore Symphony has announced that in the last month the BSO has secured $6 million in extraordinary operating gifts as well as a $1.25 million endowment gift. The news release says: « These gifts will enable the BSO to turn the corner towards sustainability. Unrestricted operating gifts will provide immediate cash flow and balance sheet relief as well as position us to embark on a robust, well-researched, multi-year plan that will reinvigorate our programs and establish new levels of engagement with our audiences, the community at large and the state of Maryland. »
Auf Initiative von Drazen Domjanic, dem Leiter der Internationalen Musikakademie in Liechtenstein und Reinhart von Gutzeit, ehemaliger Rektor der Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz und des Mozarteums in Salzburg, hat sich ein internationaler Arbeitskreis für Hochschullehrende gebildet, zu dem sich die Musik Akademie Basel, die Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, die Universität Mozarteum Salzburg und die Musikakademie in Liechtenstein verbunden haben. ‘Neue Impulse für die Kultur der Lehre und das Hochschulleben’ ist das Thema, mit dem sich die Mitglieder des Arbeitskreises befassen. Read More →
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards, ICMA, will announce the winners of the awards for 2020 next Tuesday, January 21. In addition to the nine Special Awards, 18 productions are awarded a prize in the Audio and Video categories. Stay tuned. Read More →
José Eduardo Gomes from Portugal was awarded First Prize at the second European Union Conducting Competition in Pazardjick and in Sofia, Bulgaria. He also won the Beethoven Prize. Second Prize went to Sebastian Almanzar from Colombia and Third Prize to Svetlomir Zlatkov from Bulgaria. Initially there were about 300 applications from 57 different countries
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Der Dirigent Christoph von Dohnanyi ist gestern Nachmittag im Hamburger Rathaus mit der Johannes-Brahms-Medaille der Stadt Hamburg ausgezeichnet worden. Bürgermeister Peter Tschentscher überreichte dem 90-Jährigen die Medaille, mit der die Stadt seit 1928 in unregelmäßigen Abständen Personen ehrt, die hervorragende Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Musik vollbracht haben. Read More →
Awarded every year since 2012 by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts to promising young classical musicians, the Aydın Gün Encouragement Award 2019 was granted to the 22 year-old Azerbaijani-Turkish violinist Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev. Read More →
Italian tenor Giorgio Merighi died yesterday in Jesi at the age of 80. Born in Ferrara in 1939, Giorgio Merighi studied at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro. He made his debut at a very young age at the Teatro Sperimentale in Spoleto in Un ballo in maschera. His debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1963 as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. Read More →
Der Dirigent und ehemalige Intendant der Festspiele Erl, Gustav Kuhn, hat den ihm 1999 verliehenen Tiroler Adler-Orden zurückgegeben. Das meldete die Tiroler Landeszeitung. Damit sei der Dirigent, der der sexuellen Belästigung bezichtigt wird, einem Aberkennungsverfahren zuvorgekommen. Read More →
Jun Märkl
German conductor Jun Märkl has cancelled concerts with the Belgrade Philharmonic over contractual issues. On his Facebook page, Märkl says: « For months I had been looking forward to making my debut in Belgrade from 13 – to 17 Jan 2020. Unfortunately there were disagreements over contractual issues which could not be resolved. Read More →
Louis Langrée
(c) Benoît Limero
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has extended the contract of Music Director Louis Langrée, 59, through the 2023-24 season, the organization announced at the orchestra’s 125th anniversary gala last Saturday. Read More →
