American composer, pianist and pedagogue George Walker has died at the age of 96 last Thursday at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, N.J. after a fall. Born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. he started with piano lessons at age five. Read More →

The Jury of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition has selected 6 violinists (all women from 5 countries) who will participate in the Final round. The first of the three concerts is scheduled for next Thursday. There will be two violinists per concert, performing with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra led by Michael Stern. Read More →

Leonard Bernstein
(c) Deutsche Grammophon Arthur Umboh

For Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Governor Charles D. Baker has issued a proclamation declaring August 25th Leonard Bernstein Day throughout the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Read More →

Linus Roth
(c) Dan Carabas

After the success of the first edition of the festival Ibiza Concerts, Artistic Director Linus Roth has again invited musicians of the international classical music scene who will perform together in three concerts, two of them open air in the Claustro del Concento de los Domenicos (31.8.&2.9.), one in the Palacio de Congresos (1.9.). Read More →

The renowned American organist James David Christie has resigned his post as artist-in-residence at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, and has also left Oberlin College and Conservatory, where he was a professor of organ and chair of the organ department. This happened amid allegations of sexual misconduct dating back decades

Ivan Bessonov

16-year-old pianist Ivan Bessonov from Russia was announced winner of Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 in Edinburgh. Also competing in the final were Hungary’s Mate Bencze on Saxophone, German violinist Mira Marie Foron, cellist Birgitta Oftestad from Norway, Czech double bassist Indi Stivín and Slovenian violinist Nikola Pajanovic. Read More →

Das Konzert des hr-Sinfonieorchesters an der Weseler Werft in Frankfurt wurde gestern um 20.50 Uhr wegen der Wetterlage abgebrochen. Der Deutsche Wetterdienst hatte vor starkem Gewitter und schweren Sturmböen, die Geschwindigkeiten bis zu 100 km/h erreichen könnten, gewarnt. Mehrere Tausend Besucher mussten das Gelände verlassen, die Bühne wurde abgebaut.

Hermann Levi

Der im Jahre 1900 verstorbene Dirigent Hermann Levi, dessen Mausoleum in Garmisch-Partenkirchen von den Nazis zerstört worden war, soll jetzt ein würdiges Grabmal erhalten. Die Israelitische Kultusgemeinde (Ikg) München will die sterblichen Überreste des Musikers von Garmisch-Partenkirchen in die Landeshauptstadt München bringen. Read More →

Harald Preuner, Christa Ludwig, Helga Rabl-Stadler und Heinrich Spängler.
Foto: SF/wildbild

Zu einer ‘Hommage an Christa Ludwig’ lud gestern der ‘Verein der Freunde der Salzburger Festspiele’ ins ‘Haus für Mozart’ ein. Die Kammersängerin, die in diesem Jahr ihren 90. Geburtstag feierte, plauderte auf der Bühne mit Festspielpräsidentin Helga Rabl-Stadler. Zahlreiche Künstler wie Christiane Karg, Neven Crnić, Freddie De Tommaso, Adrian Kelly, die Wiener Philharmoniker und Teilnehmer der Angelika-Prokopp-Sommerakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker untermalten diesen Nachmittag musikalisch. Read More →

Countertenor David Daniels is taking a leave of absence as a professor at the University of Michigan, following the public allegations of rape. David Daniels has been accused of drugging and raping singer Samuel Schultz in Houston in 2010, after a performance at the Houston Grand Opera. His husband, conductor Scott Walters, is also accused. Read More →