Hosted by Fondation de Luxembourg, Fondation Michelle is a foundation set up by an anonymous German music lover and meant to fund activities of young musicians in Luxembourg. The foundation’s activities are organized by Luxembourg’s National Cultural Fund FOCUNA. Since 2014, Fondation Michelle has supported 77 young musicians, 2 music scholars and 2 composers. Read More →
Austrian cellist and conductor Heinrich Schiff died last night at a hospital in Vienna. He was 65. He had given up performing in 2012 due to health reasons. Read More →
Giancarlo Guerrero
Despite expenses increased from $ 21.7 million to 23,85 million, the Nashville Symphony was able to make an operating surplus of $339,000 in 2015/16. Total program revenues were up from 13.1 to 15.8. Annual fundraising increased by 10 percent, from $6.6 million in 2015 to $7.3 million this year. Read More →
At the request of the Presidential Inauguration Committee, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has accepted an invitation to sing at the ceremony on 20 January in Washington. Even though that Choir already sang at the ceremonies of other Presidents (Nixon, Bush…) a petition has been launched now against the participation of the choir at Trump’s inauguration. Read More →
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
(c) Maxim Schulz
Die Eröffnung der Elbphilharmonie rückt näher. Auch ohne Ticket kann man die Premierenkonzerte am 11. und 12. Januar können mit dem 360°-Livestream von Google verfolgen. Noch intensiver lässt sich das Großereignis mit der Virtual-Reality-Brille Google Cardboard verfolgen: Google Arts & Culture und die Elbphilharmonie stellen dafür 38.000 Exemplare der Cardboards zur Verfügung. Ab sofort und solange der Vorrat reicht können sich alle Interessierten ihr persönliches Exemplar kostenlos im Besucherzentrum Elbphilharmonie abholen. Read More →
Bogdan Roscic
Der österreichische Kulturminister Thomas Drozda hat heute in einer im Internet übertragenen Pressekonferenz bekanntgegeben, dass der Vertrag des derzeitigen Staatsoperndirektors Dominique Meyer trotz evidenter Erfolge 2020 nicht verlängert wird. Bogdan Roscic wird neuer Staatsoperndirektor. Remy Franck fasst die Pressekonferenz zusammen. Read More →
Wiener Staatsoper mit Alban Berg Denkmal von Wolf Prix
(c) Coop Himmelb(l)au
Der österreichische Kulturminister Thomas Drozda hat gerade in Wien in einer im Web übertragenen Pressekonferenz bekanntgegeben: der derzeitige Staatsoperndirektor Domninique Meyer wird 2020 nicht verlängert. Bogdan Roscic wird neuer Staatsoperndirektor.
David Robertson
David Robertson, 58, will leave his post as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra after the 2018-19 symphony season. According to the St. Louis Post, Robertson has agreed to not more than a one-year extension of his contract, taking his tenure into 2019.
A Trump Inauguration Manager said on CNBC that would-be tenor Andrea Bocelli was never asked to sing at the feast. The denial came after Bocelli apparently refused to sing at this show due to pressure from fans.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky who performed in concerts in St. Petersburg and Moscow earlier this month, has postponed a performance in Krasnoyarsk on 22 December because of illness. Weakened by his treatment of a brain tumour, the singer caught a bad cold and is currently hospitalized in one of clinics of St. Petersburg with pneumonia.
