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 →

Nachdem am Sonntag das 28. Musikfest Bremen zu Ende ging, zieht das Festival Bilanz: 23.046 Besucher haben die 38 Veranstaltungen des dreiwöchigen Festivals in Bremen und ausgewählten Spielstätten im Nordwesten besucht. Read More →

Das Musikfestival Grafenegg in Österreich ist am Sonntag mit einem Rekordergebnis zu Ende gegangen. Mit über 50.000 Besuchern sei die abgelaufene elfte Sommersaison die erfolgreichste seit Bestehen des Festivals, heißt es in einer Aussendung.

Beer and music: Resident Conductor Christian Reif leads the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in a festive Oktoberfest-inspired program featuring Bavarian waltzes and polkas, rollicking opera arias, and traditional drinking songs and games on Tuesday, October 3. Read More →

David Reiland

The Orchestre national de Lorraine in Metz, France, has announced the nomination of Belgian conductor David Reiland, 37, as Music Director. He will take the job from the 2018/2019 season. Read More →