Xian Zhang
(c) Fred Stucker

Chinese conductor Xian Zhang (*19743) extends her contract as Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for an additional four years, the orchestra announced. The contract will run through the 2023-24 season. Read More →

29-year-old Haruka Nagao from Japan has won First prize at the 2018 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition in Hungary. Joint Second prize was awarded to 23-year-old Eryu Feng from China and 18-year-old Louisa Staples from Great Britain. 27-year-old Julia Turnovsky from Austria took the 3rd prize.

Die Internationale Orgelwoche und die Nürnberger Altstadt-Einzelhändler haben ein Konzept entwickelt, das Kultur und Shopping kombiniert: die ‘IONacht + Handel offen nach 8’. Rund 80 Prozent der Einzelhändler von ‘Erlebnis Nürnberg’ sollen am 15. Juni abends ihre Türen öffnen und vier Kirchen laden ein zu Konzerten. Read More →

Anna Prohaska
(c) Alfonso Salgueiro-Lora

Literarische Sujets haben schon immer auf Komponisten ausgestrahlt und auch andersherum gab es Beeinflussungen. Wie Shakespeare Verse und englische Musik aus Renaissance und Barock aufeinander wirkten, zeigten Anna Prohaska und die ‘Akademie für Alte ‘ aus Berlin auf. Für Pizzicato lauschte Uwe Krusch. Read More →

Alfredo Kraus

The Cabildo de Gran Canaria and the Alfredo Kraus International Foundation have completed the inventory work of the artistic and personal legacy of the Gran Canaria tenor Alfredo Kraus. Read More →

Darko Butorac

Asheville Symphony (North Carolina) has announced that conductor Serbian born Darko Butorac will become Music Director beginning with the 2018-2019 season. Butorac succeeds Daniel Meyer, who served as music director of the Asheville Symphony from 2004 to 2017. He is also Music Director of the Tallahassee and Missoula Symphony orchestras.

The Utah Symphony & Utah Opera have signed a four-year agreement with the organization’s musicians, giving them pay raises through Aug. 31, 2022. The agreement comes three months before the expiration of the current one-year contract and takes effect on Sept. 1. Read More →

David Garrett

Violinist David Garrett has cancelled another series of concerts due to the slow recovery from a herniated disc. He is now supposed to return on the stages by mid-September.

Das Bayerische Kabinett hat jetzt der angekündigten Umwandlung des Theaters Augsburg in ein Staatstheater zugestimmt. Die neue Rechtsform gilt ab September.  Read More →

Hungarian-born conductor, violinist and composer Frederic Balazs died Saturday, June 2, at Sierra del Sol Memory Care in Tucson, Arizona. He was 98 years old. Read More →