Peter Eötvös
(c) Szilvia Csib

Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer, conductor and pedagogue, has died at the age of 80. According to the family, Péter Eötvös died after a long and illness. Read More →

The Italian Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, signed the decree appointing Carlo Fuortes as Superintendent of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. «I wish good luck to Superintendent Fuortes, who with his mandate is called to relaunch one of the major cultural institutions of the nation, restored thanks to the work of the extraordinary commissioner Onofrio Cutaia to whom I give credit, and to give prestige to its international vocation», declared Minister Sangiuliano. Read More →

Maurizio Pollini
(c) Cosimo Filippini

Italian pianist and conductor Maurizio Pollini has died at the age of 82. This was announced by La Scala in his hometown of Milan. The opera house mourned « one of the great musicians of our time ». Pollini had cancelled most of his planned concerts in the last year.
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Budapest Opera
(c) Remy Franck

A strike of technical staff and orchestra musicians hits Budapest Opera. Several performances proceeded without orchestra or correct stage set. Some works were hugely cut and compressed and accompanied only by piano. The strikers demand an immediate wage hike and collective contracts. Read More →

A decision to disband the mixed choir St John’s Voices at St John’s College, Cambridge, has been condemned as “fundamentally regressive” by the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Simon Rattle, Sarah Connolly and Aled Jones. Read More →

RSO Wien im Konzerthaus
© Andrea Humer, Wiener Konzerthaus

Ein Programm mit vier im Wiener Konzerthaus bis dato noch nicht erklungenen Werken, davon eines als Uraufführung, bot das ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, kurz RSO Wien, unter Leitung seiner Chefin Marin Alsop im aktuellen Konzert an. Welche neuen Höreindrücke das RSO prägte und wie Solistin Patricia Kopatchinskaja ihren Part bewältigte, erlebte Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato. Read More →

Simon Gaudenz
(c) Lucian Hunziker

Der Schweizer Dirigent Simon Gaudenz (49) bleibt bis zur Spielzeit 2028/29 Generalmusikdirektor der Jenaer Philharmonie. Er hat eine entsprechende Vertragsverlängerung am Donnerstag unterzeichnet, teilte das Orchester heute mit. Read More →

Äneas_Humm
(c) Maurice Haas

Der Schweizer Bariton Äneas Humm hat sich wegen einer Beinverletzung aus der Produktion von Antonio Salieris Kublai Khan am Theater an der Wien zurückziehen müssen. Read More →

Quatuor Ebène
(c) Julien Mignot

Ende Januar diesen Jahres hatte das Quatuor Ebène mitgeteilt, dass Yuya Okamoto neu als Cellist zum Ensemble gekommen ist. Wie er sich im Konzert im Wiener Konzerthaus einfügte und was das Quartett spielte, berichtet Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato. Read More →

Esa-Pekka Salonen
(c) Andrew Eccles

The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony have issued a statement asking the organization’s Board to take steps to keep Esa-Pekka Salonen on as the orchestra’s Music Director, after the conductor’s decision to leave. Read More →