The Dallas Symphony and its musicians have ratified a new contract for the next three years. It says, there will be no wage increases in the first year of the contract and 2 percent base wage increases in the second and third years. The association also agrees to additional contributions to offset increases in health care costs.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has created DSO Classroom, a new online hub for students, teachers, and schools at dso.org/classroom. The new offer was realized with the support of a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant. Read More →
Am kommenden Montag, 11. September, startet ‘radio 100,7’ mit zahlreichen neuen Sendungen in die Programmsaison 2017-2018. Read More →
Wandern und singen: eine Aktivität des luxemburgischen Gesangsinstituts INECC richtet sich an Naturfreunde, die gerne wandern und auch gerne singen. Read More →
78’600 Besucher kamen in diesem Jahr vom 11. August bis 10. September zu Lucerne Festival im Sommer – damit endet das Festival am kommenden Wochenende mit einer sehr positiven Schlussbilanz. Read More →
Maag-Tonhalle Zürich
Mit den Eröffnungskonzerten am 27., 28., 29. und 30. September 2017 eröffnet das Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich unter der Leitung von Chefdirigent Lionel Bringuier die Saison 2017/18 in der wegen Renovierung der alten Tonhalle notwendig gewordenen Interims-Spielstätte. Nach nur sieben Monaten Bauzeit, wird die ‘Tonhalle Maag’ in Zürich-West für drei Jahre das neue Zentrum für klassische Musik sein. Read More →
Created in 2016 by cellist Jacob Shaw, the Scandinavian Cello School has been helping and promoting young cellists ever since. « To date we have helped over 30 cellists aged between 15 and 25 years old », Shaw says. Read More →
The violin section of the ARD Musikwettbewerb in Munich ended yesterday without First Prize. German violinist Sarah Christian, won Second Prize as well as the Audience Award. Third Prize went to Kristine Balanas, Latvia. Read More →
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is the recipient of the 2017 Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance which will be given to him tomorrow, September 7, at la Maison Symphonique in Montréal. Read More →
The Moscow audience will be able to see Kirill Serebrennikov’s Nureyev production in 2017, Russian agency RIA says. Bolshoi’s General Manager Vladimir Urin had cancelled the premiere of the piece, explaining that the production was not ready. Read More →
