French contemporary music institute IRCAM and the society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music SACEM are working on an algorithm that will be able to recognize a piece of music, whatever its version or its instrumentation look like, French magazine Sciences et Avenir reported. The aim is to recognize any use of published tunes and to apply the author’s rights.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem has being staged in the form of a ballet at Wroclaw Opera emphasising themes of death and resurrection. The three performances from 13 to 15 April performance feature the ballet ensemble of the Wroclaw Opera, with choreography by Jacek Tyski. The dancers and choir are accompanied by the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra under the baton of Marcin Nalęcz-Niesiolowski.

Paata Burchuladze

Opera singer Paata Burchuladze, 62, has been appointed Artistic director of the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russian media reported. His contract starts on 1 July, yet the bass will also continue to perform. Read More →

Das Nationale Polnische Rundfunkorchester in Katowice spielte gestern Abend in der Warschauer Philharmonie unter Lawrence Foster: in einem ungewöhnlichen Programm wurde das Konzert zu einem Fest von Klangkultur und musikalischer Rhetorik. Read More →

Sol Gabetta
(c) Marco Borggreve

Nachdem der russische Pianist Daniil Trifonov den Herbert von Karajan-Preis 2017 erhielt, kündigte die Leitung der Osterfestspiele schon die Preisträgerin des mit 50.000 Euro dotierten Awards für 2018 an. Der Preis geht dann an die argentinische Cellistin Sol Gabetta.

Lang Lang
(c) Deutsche Grammophon

Der chinesische Showpianist Lang-Lang hat wegen einer Entzündung im Arm alle Konzerte bis Ende Juni abgesagt. Verschont von seinem Spiel bleiben Konzertbesucher in Zürich, Paris, Oxford Bergen und anderen Städten.

On 28 and 29 April the wind band of Kayl, Luxembourg, organizes a charity concert under the title All Together, which is to take place at Centre Culturel Schungfabrik in Tétange. « All Together is an appeal for more solidarity and a closer bond between nations in times of war and massive migration », the organizer says in a press release. Read More →

OMG, what happened to the Polish National Youth Orchestra, Sinfonia Iuventus? This orchestra was once so brilliant that ICMA gave it a Special Achievement Award in 2014, but the band we heard yesterday evening in an All-Beethoven program under Michail Jurowski is only a shadow of its former glory. Read More →

James Levine

James Levine, 73, has been named the first Conductor Laureate of the Ravinia Festival, the oldest outdoor music festival in North America. In 2017 he will return to the festival where he served as music director for more than two decades, ending his tenure in 1993. Read More →

Rainer Kussmaul

Studenten des am 27.März verstorbenen Geigers Rainer Kussmaul haben Pizzicato eine gemeinsame Hommage zur Veröffentlichung zugestellt. Read More →