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 →
Der russische Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikov bleibt weiter in Hausarrest. Ein Moskauer Gericht lehnte gestern den Einspruch der Verteidigung weitgehend ab, wie die Agentur Interfax meldete. Der Hausarrest bleibt bis 19. Oktober mit Ausnahmen in Kraft. Dem 47-Jährigen werden jedoch täglich Spaziergänge erlaubt. Read More →
Staatsoper Wien
Zum Saisonbeginn hat die Wiener Staatsoper ein neues Untertitel- und Informationssystem in Betrieb genommen. Zwei Millionen Euro wurden investiert. Read More →
Suffering from a brain cancer, Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has cancelled an upcoming recital at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest, on September 22. The cancellation was announced for medical reasons. Read More →
Jurjen Hempel
Dutch conductor Jurjen Hempel (*1961) has been named Music Director at the Opéra de Toulon in France. In September 2018, he will succeed Giuliano Carella, who has this job since 2003. Read More →
No first prize has been awarded at the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland. But two tied laureates, Stella Chen (USA) and Saki Tozawa (Japan), won Second Prize of this year’s 100 percent female final round. Read More →
