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Die 1994 geborene französische Flötistin Joséphine Olech wird mit dem Fanny Mendelssohn Fördrpreis 2020 ausgezeichnet. Sie überzeugte die Jury des Fanny Mendelssohn Förderpreises einstimmig, heißt es in der Presseaussendung: « Sie beeindruckte nicht nur durch ihr innovatives Konzept sondern gleichermaßen durch ihr virtuoses Spiel und ihre natürliche Persönlichkeit. » Read More →

Maxim Emelyanychev
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The Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) has announced that principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev has signed for an extended contract until 2025. The 31-year-old Russian is in this position since 2018. He is also Chief Conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro.

The ICMA nomination list for 2020 is available. For the 2020 awards the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 390 audio and video productions (319 for 2019) from 130 labels (107 for  2019). Read More →

Mariss Jansons
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Vienna Philharmonic has announced that Mariss Jansons, who was scheduled to conduct the orchestra in four concerts and one public rehearsal between 29 November and 2 December has cancelled due to an injury of the Achilles tendon. Jansons was named Honorary Member of the Vienna Philharmonic in June. He will be replaced by Jakub Hrusa. Jansons is unceasingly cancelling concerts since last June.

Daniel Raiskin

Russian conductor Daniel Raiskin, 49, has been appointed as Principal Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra from the 2020/2021 season. He is scheduled as guest conductor in three concert programmes within the 2019/2020 season. Read More →

Ab der Spielzeit 2021/2022 wird der deutsche Theatermann Florian Lutz (*1939) zunächst für fünf Jahre das Staatstheater Kassel als Intendant leiten. Lutz, der zurzeit Intendant in Halle ist, hat sich im Auswahlverfahren gegen rund 40 Kandidaten durchgesetzt. Er wird Nachfolger von Thomas Bockelmann, der seit der Spielzeit 2004/2005 das Staatstheater Kassel leitet.

Japanese pianist Kenji Miura, 26, has won this year’s Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris. The Jury presided by Martha Argerioch has also given the Second Prize to a Japanese pianiste, Keigo Mukawa, while Third Prize was awarded to the Armenian pianist Zhora Sargsyan.

On Clara Schumann’s 200^th birthday, September 13, the first Beethoven releases flooded our editorial offices, announcing LvB’s 250^th birthday in 2020. Little was said about Clara, more or less as little as about Leopold Mozart, whose 300^th birthday was on 14 November. Yet, there is one musician who loves Clara dearly, John Axelrod. Read More →

Der Vertrag mit Katharina Wagner als Intendantin der Bayreuther Festspiele wurde um fünf Jahre verlängert, teilte der bayerische Kunstminister Bernd Sibler mit. Damit wird die Wagner-Urenkelin bis 2025 die Festspiele auf dem Grünen Hügel leiten. Neben ihr hat auch Christian Thielemann als Musikchef ein wichtiges Wort mitzureden.