Cecilia Bartoli
(c) Ulli Weber/Decca

Milan’s opera house La Scala has announced a new baroque project with Cecilia Bartoli. The singer agreed to be part of three Handel operas over the next three seasons, in the autumn of 2019 (Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare in Egitto), 2020 (Semele in English) and 2021 (Ariodante). Read More →

Joana Carneiro
(c) Dave Weiland

Joana Carneiro has announced that she will step down as the Berkeley Symphony’s music director at the end of the 2017-2018 season and after nine seasons at its artistic helm, the orchestra announced. No explanation is given for the decision, yet it is possibly linked to family reasons. Carneiro gave birth to triplets in 2017 and to a fourth child this year. Read More →

Karel Mark Chichon
(c) Marco Borggreve

British Conductor Karel Mark Chichon (*1971) will continue to guide the artistic destiny of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria as its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director until the year 2023. His contract has been renewed for a period of three and a half years, the orchestra announced. Read More →

Die Krise um den wegen Mobbings entlassenen Generalmusikdirektor Evan Christ treibt das Staatstheater Cottbus in eine Entlassungsspirale. Zuerst kündigte Intendant Martin Schüler seine Demission an, weil er sich desavouiert fühlte. Read More →

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Photo: Marco Borggreve

Pro-Palestinian protesters burst into the Bozar in Brussels Thursday night where the Philadelphia Orchestra was performing. The protesters asked the orchestra to cancel the upcoming Israel part of its tour. Music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin stopped conducting. Security ushered the protesters out of the hall, and the concert resumed about 25 minutes later.

Dear Reader, You have probably heard about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that comes into effect this week, which means we won’t be able to send you our daily Newsletter unless you agree to receive it. Read More →

France will increase the number of youth orchestras, notably in schools, Françoise Nyssen, Minister of Culture has announced. In the schools, the ministry wishes to create 250 new orchestras per year. Read More →

The Leeds International Piano Competition announced that the new Yaltah Menuhin Award will be presented to the 2018 Competition pianist who demonstrates the greatest collaborative and empathetic qualities in the chamber performance of the semi-final. Read More →

Intendantin Nike Wagner und Siegfried Mauser haben sich darauf verständigt, das Engagement des Pianisten und Musikvermittlers beim ‘Beethovenfest Bonn 2018’ aufzuheben. Das derzeitige gerichtliche Urteil lege dies nahe. Read More →

Chin-Chao Lin

Das Theater Regensburg hat den Taiwanesen Chin-Chao Lin (*1987) als Generalmusikdirektor ab der Spielzeit 2018/19 engagiert. Er folgt auf den Japaner Tetsuro Ban der seit der Spielzeit 2009/10 auf diesem Posten war. Read More →