Eckart Preu

The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra concluded its first season under music director Eckart Preu with double-digit increases in attendance and ticket sales. And their Summermusik in August had its total attendance increased by 22 percent, and several smaller events quickly sold out. Sales of Festival Passes, which provided entry to all or several events, rose by 42 percent.

Nachdem Generalmusikdirektor Ryusuke Numajiri im Januar 2016 erklärt hatte, seinen Vertrag am Theater Lübeck am Ende der Saison 16/17 vorzeitig beenden zu wollen, gestaltet sich die Suche nach einem Nachfolger weiterhin höchst problematisch. Read More →

Charles Dutoit
(c) ICMA /Martin Hoffmeister

Es waren das ‘Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’ unter Charles Dutoit und die legendäre Pianistin Martha Argerich, die die diesjährige Saison der Luxemburger vor ausverkauftem Saal eröffneten.  Alain Steffen berichtet. Read More →

Isabelle van Keulen
Photo: Marco Borggreve

Mit Beginn der Spielzeit 2017/2018 kann die Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss eine Rekordauslastung vorweisen: Schon jetzt sind 90% aller Karten verkauft, davon 80% als Abonnements. Read More →

Bramwell Tovey
(c) VSO

British conductor Bramwell Tovey, 64, the outgoing Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, takes a new post at the Boston University School of Music where he has been named director of orchestral activities. His first public rehearsal is scheduled for this Friday. Read More →

A kick-off at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, September 22, will officially launch ‘Bernstein at 100’  the celebrations of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday which continue worldwide through the end of August 2019, featuring more than 1,000 events on six continents. Read More →

Jean Muller
(c) Stefan Pieper

The second edition of the Luxembourg Classical Meeting will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of September at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg. Organised by music:LX, in cooperation with the Philharmonie Luxembourg, this showcase festival aims to present some of the best musicians from Luxembourg to the audience as well as to a floor of international representatives of concert halls, festivals, record labels and specialised press. Read More →

Can Cakmur

Turkish pianist Can Cakmur is the 11th winner of the Scottish International Piano Competition. The 20-year-old receives £10.000, the Sir Alexander Stone Memorial Trophy and the Frederic Lamond Gold Medal, and will perform with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in their 2018/19 season. Can Cakmur is studying in Weimar and holds a scholarship from the International Music Academy of Liechtenstein.

Der deutsche Dirigent Siegfried Köhler (*1923) ist tot. Er wurde 94 Jahre alt. Er studierte Harfe und wurde zunächst Harfenist und Solorepetitor am Theater Heilbronn. 1946 wurde er Kapellmeister in Freiburg. 1954 wechselte er an die Düsseldorfer Oper. Ab 1957 dirigierte er an der Oper in Köln, deren interimistische Leitung er 1962 als Stellvertretender Generalmusikdirektor übernahm. Read More →

After Gianfranco Mariotti’s resigning from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, the board of directors named the tenor Ernesto Palacio as the new managing director. Palacio was already artistic director of the festival since 2016. Read More →