Ben Gernon
The 27-year-old British conductor Ben Gernon has been announced as Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic. He will take up the position in autumn 2017 and conduct the orchestra in a number of concerts each year, at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and elsewhere. In 2013 Gernon won the Salzburg Festival Young Conductor’s Award and became a Dudamel Fellow with the LA Philharmonic the same year.
The St. Louis Symphony and the American Federation of Musicians, Local 2-197, announced an agreement on a new five-year labour contract reached more than seven months prior to the expiration of the previous contract. Read More →
Der 23-jährige deutsche Geiger Matthias Well hat den Fanny Mendelssohn-Förderpreis 2017 erhalten. Die Auszeichnung ist mit 10.000 Euro dotiert und soll für Konzeption und Realisierung einer Debüt-Aufnahme genutzt werden, die bei dem Label Genuin erscheint. Matthias Well erhielt seinen ersten Violinunterricht im Alter von vier Jahren. 2009 wurde er Jungstudent an der Münchner Musikhochschule, wo er derzeit bei Prof. Julia Fischer studiert. 2010 wurde er Stipendiat bei ‘Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now’.
The Jury with the General Manager of the Penderecki Centre, Adam Balas (4th from the right) at the bust of Krzysztof Penderecki
The ICMA Jury held their General Assembly 2017 at the European Penderecki Center for Music in Luslawice, Poland. The Jury members decided upon the Special Awards for the coming years, set up the deadlines for the votes for the Awards 2018. One major decision was made for the audio categories. Read More →
French musicologist and biographer of Gustav Mahler, Henry-Louis de La Grange dies last Friday. La Grange was born in Paris in 1924 of an American mother and a French father. He studied the humanities in Paris and New York and literature at Aix-en-Provence University and at the Sorbonne. Read More →
Benedikt Stampa (51) wird im Sommer 2019 neuer Intendant des Festspielhauses Baden-Baden. Dies gab der Stiftungsvorstand der privaten Trägerstiftung am gestrigen Samstag bekannt. Read More →
Hermann Levi
In Karlsruhe, wo der Dirigent Hermann Levi (1839-1900) acht Jahre lang Kapellmeister war, bekommt der Dirigent nun einen Platz. Der Platz vor dem Badischen Staatstheater wirtd nach Levi benannt. Die Einweihung findet am heutigen 28. Januar um 18 Uhr statt. Read More →
Jan Ignacy Paderewski
In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s Independence, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute has announced a competition for a treatment of an English-language musical play over the life of pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). Read More →
The Jacksonville Symphony in Florida is clearly a booming orchestra. According to a press release, musicians signed a new five-year agreement which will let their salaries grow by 37%. The base salary for musicians, currently $38,057, will be at $52,026 at the end of the contract. At the same time, the new contract includes a growing number of musicians, from 53 to 60, and a longer season, 40 weeks up from the current 35.
Penderecki Centre in Luslawice
At the invitation of the Penderecki Centre, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards will have its annual General Assembly, January 27-30, in Luslawice, Poland. The Penderecki European Music Centre was inaugurated in 2013. The building has cost about €15.5 million and was financed by the European Union, the Malopolska Voivodship, the Polish state budget and the Krzysztof Penderecki Akademia Association. Read More →
