Tadaaki Otaka
(c) Richard Anderton
When Michiyoshi Inoue, who became chief conductor of the Osaka Philharmonic in 2014, will finish his three-year term and retire as of March 31 next year, his successor will be Otaka Tadaaki, firstly as music advisor and later as music director from 2018. Read More →
Valery Gergiev
Foto: Marco Borggreve
Busy Russian conductor Valery Gergiev who cancelled last week concerts in Luxembourg and Brussels as well as in St. Petersburg, had to undergo a knee surgery and is unable to travel to London to conduct the LSO’s concerts on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 November. In London he is replaced by Thomas Sondergard.
John Neschling
Brazilian conductor John Neschling, 70, who has been dismissed in September by authorities as artistic director of the National Theatre in São Paulo, counterattacks. He told the New York Times « “I’m being attacked by liars and thieves in a witch hunt of the lowest calibre. (…) It makes me sad that I have to undergo this humiliating situation at my age, after having done so much for this country.” Read More →
Georg Friedrich Händel
Die Händel-Festspiele in Halle bekommen 2017 mehr Geld aus der deutschen Bundeskasse. Der Zuschuss steigt um 40.000 Euro auf 190.000 Euro. Der Intendant der Händel-Festspiele, Clemens Birnbaum, sahte, die Bundesförderung sei ein Zeichen für die gewachsene überregionale und internationale Ausstrahlung des Festivals und gleichzeitig der Auftrag, den eingeschlagenen Weg weiter fortzusetzen. Der Gesamtetat des Festivals liegt bei 1,5 Millionen Euro.
Christian Gerhaher
Photo: Jim Rakete/Sony Classical
Der geplante Liederabend von Christian Gerhaher und Gerold Huber im Januar 2017 im ‘Grand Théâtre de Genève’ stand offenbar unter keinem guten Stern. Bei der Planung des Konzerts war « seit jeher », so die Künstler, ein Liederabend für den 29. Januar 2017 besprochen worden. Um Genf diesen Termin anbieten zu können, wurde sogar der schon feststehende Tourneeplan geändert. Read More →
The Jury of the Concours de Genève has announced the winners of this year’s String Quartet Competition: First Prize was awarded to the Vision String Quartet (Germany), along with both Audience and Young Audience Prizes. The Quatuor Hanson (France) won Second Prize and Third Prize went to the Abel Quartet (South Korea). Read More →
Michael Sanderling
Photo: Marco Borggreve
In einem Brief an die Dresdner Kulturbürgermeisterin Annekatrin Klepsch teilt der Chefdirigent der Dresdner Philharmonie, Michael Sanderling, mit, seinen Vertrag nach 2019 nicht mehr verlängern zu wollen. Als Grund nennt er den Beschluss des Stadtrates, die Subvention des Orchesters ab 2017 um jährlich 250.000 Euro zu kürzen. Read More →
Jonas Kaufmann
Photo: Mathias Bothor
After his almost three-month long pause due to vocal problems, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann was due to restart his career in Gütersloh on November 13. However he cancelled all his concerts since then and has cancelled now also his Japan tour. The next concert on his agenda is on December 8 in Stockholm. Wanna bet?
Die Originalpartitur von Gustav Mahlers Zweiter Symphonie, der ‘Auferstehungssymphonie’ wird am 29. November bei Sotheby’s in London versteigert. Gustav Mahlers Witwe Alma schenkte das Manuskript 1920 dem Dirigenten Willem Mengelberg, einem Freund Mahlers, aus dessen Nachlass es 1984 von dem amerikanischen Geschäftsmann Gilbert Kaplan (1941-2016) erworben wurde. Read More →
Vedernikov
(c) Marco Borggreve
Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov has been named Music Director of the Kongelige Kapel (Royal Orchestra) at the Danish Royal Opera Theatre in Copenhagen. Vedernikov, 52, graduated from the Music Academy in Moscow. He is best known as director of the Bolshoi Theatre from 2001 to 2009. Since 2009 he has been chief conductor at the Odense Symphony Orchestra, some 170 kilometres west of Copenhagen.
