Yves Abel
(c)Francesco Martinelli

Das NWD-Magazin ‘Intermezzo’ meldet, der kanadische Dirigent Yves Abel, Chefdirigent der Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie in Herford, verlängere seinen Vertrag bis zum Jahr 2020. Abel leitet das Herforder Orchester seit 2015, und sein aktueller Vertrag läuft bis 2018. Read More →

Elena Schwarz
(c) Priska Ketterer

Swiss-Australian conductor Elena Schwarz who was born in 1985 in Lugano, has been appointed assistant conductor of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra for the year 2017. She succeeds Marzena Diakun and was selected after a competition with more than 150 candidates from all over the world. Read More →

Der Italiener Andrea Sanguineti (*1983) wird seinen Vertrag als GMD des Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theaters Görlitz-Zittau und Chefdirigent der Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie nach Ende der Spielzeit 2017/2018 nicht verlängern, teilte das Theater mit. Sanguineti ist seit 2013 auf diesem Posten.

Lan Shui
(c) Harrison Parrott

Chinese-American conductor Lan Shui, 59, has announced today, that he will quit his job as Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in January 2019, after the orchestra’s 40th anniversary. He is Music Director of the orchestra since 1997. The Straits Times reports that Shui wants to spend more time with his wife and two sons, aged 11 and eight months. Read More →

(c) Belgrade Land Development Public Agency

Architects Dragan Marcetic, Milan Maksimovic and her associates are the winners of the competition for the design of a new concert hall for the Belgrade Philharmonic. 34 projects were in competition. The new performing arts centre will consist of a large concert hall with 1,500 seats and a stage of 500 square meters, plus one multipurpose hall with up to 400 seats.

Hamburg’s ominously expensive and highly mediatised Elbphilharmonie had serious security lacks in the online ticket shop, German media report. Apparently it was quite easy not only to visualize tickets bought before by patrons, but also to reprint them. So if during the next months there will be two or more people wanting to sit one particular seat, the question will be who was the original buyer. Maybe patrons should take their credit card receipts with them… According to the arts centre, the security gap has been repaired a few days ago.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and its 87 musicians yesterday announced the ratification of a new contract, more than eight months prior to the current contract’s expiration on August 31, 2017. Read More →

Professor Ekaterina Iofel died in Krasnoyarsk today, aged 94. Among her pupils were, among many others, baritones Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Nikolai Putilin. Ekatarina Iofel was a practising teacher until 2015. In her youth she sang leading roles for mezzo-soprano at various opera houses in Russia.

Pierre Boulez

Die Villa, die der verstorbene französische Komponist und Dirigent Pierre Boulez in Baden-Baden besaß, wurde von den Erben in den Verkauf gegeben, berichtete gestern der Deutschlandfunk. Für das Haus mit 550 qm Wohnfläche und parkartigem Gelände interessiert sich nach Senderangabe ein Initiativkreis, der darin eine ‘Akademie Boulez’ unterbringen möchte. Zurzeit hakt es am Geld. 2,8 Millionen wollen die Erben für Haus und Land haben.

Riccardo Muti

Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) embark on their sixth trip to Europe together in January 2017, marking the Orchestra’s 33rd tour to Europe and the 60th international tour in its history. Read More →