Salle Pleyel, Paris
It’s a never ending story: The people who would like classical music to return at Salle Pleyel in Paris have suffered a new delay in their fight. The Commercial Court declared itself incompetent, and now the group led by the French conductor Carla-Maria Tarditi has brought the complaint before the Administrative Court in Paris.
Filippo Gorini
(c) Christine Kocher
Der Beethoven-Ring geht dieses Jahr an den jungen italienischen Pianisten Filippo Gorini. Das teilte der Vorsitzende der ‘Bürger von Beethoven’, Stephan Eisel mit: « Die Abstimmung unserer Mitglieder fiel sehr eindeutig aus. Filippo Gorini ist in der Geschichte des Beethoven-Rings mit 21 Jahren der zweitjüngste Preisträger. Read More →
Manfred Honeck
(c) Jason Cohn
With its musicians being on strike since September 30, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has cancelled all concerts through November 18. The performances of a semi-staged production of Josef Haydn’s The Creation, led by music director Manfred Honeck and scheduled for early December, will be postponed and an alternative program is foreseen, should the strike be ended by then. Currently no negotiations take place.
25 youth music competitions and partners from 14 countries followed EMCY’s invitation for its Conference ‘International net_works+’ and the 30st General Assembly in Vilnius from 14th to 16th October 2016 and addressed important topics like ‘What does a young musician need for a successful communication of his/her passion for classical music?’, ‘How to ensure that classical music remains relevant and accessible also for young people?’ and ‘Do we have a hierarchy in audiences? Are the music fans more worthy than the ones to reach out to?’ Read More →
Das Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin tut sich schwer, einen neuen Dirigenten als Nachfolger für Wladimir Jurowski zu finden. Einen angeblich von vielen Insidern privilegierten Kandidaten hat das Orchester abgelehnt: Antonello Manacorda. Das berichtet die Tageszeitung ‘Die Welt’. Auch andere potentielle Kandidaten seien abgelehnt worden, heißt es in dem Bericht.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
(c) Pavel Antonov
After another round of chemotherapy, Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is back on stage, starting today a tour in Germany with War, Peace, Love and Sorrow concerts Joined by long-time musical partner Constantine Orbelian, Hvorostovsky headlines a program with songs of War, Peace, Love and Sorrow. The tour begins in Frankfurt. Next month Hvorostovsky is scheduled to sing in Riga, Barcelona and Paris and Giorgio Germont at the Vienna State Opera.
Mit einem Konzert der NDR Elbphilharmonie unter der Leitung von Thomas Hengelbrock im Kraftwerk Peenemünde ist am gestrigen Freitag das 23. Usedomer Musikfestival zu Ende gegangen, das in diesem Jahr unter dem Länderschwerpunkt ‘Schweden’ stand. 36 Konzerte mit insgesamt 423 Musikern setzten die Vielfalt der Musikkultur Schwedens an den reizvollsten Konzertorten der Insel Usedom für drei Wochen in Szene. 14 000 Besucher kamen zu den 36 Konzerten. Die Platzauslastung lag bei 94 Prozent.
French conductor Fabien Gabel (*1975) has been named Music director of the French National Youth Orchestra (Orchestre Français des Jeunes) for 2017 and 2018. He will succeed David Zinman, music director in 2015 and 2016. Gabel has studied with Zinman for several years.
Jean-Christophe Spinosi
On October 20, Air France flight AF264 will take French Ensemble Matheus to Seoul for their tour in South Korea. In fact, the tour will begin already aboard the French plane: Jean-Christophe Spinosi and his musicians will play six musical interludes of 10 minutes each in the Economy and Business Class cabins.
Henryk M. Gorecki
At the music festival in Bielsko-Biala, Southern Poland, the local Festival Orchestra played Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s Third Symphony (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) yesterday (13/10,) thus marking the 40th anniversary of the work’s premiere at a church in Bielsko-Biala. Read More →
