Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), will offer monthly lessons in conducting via online videos. Leonard Slatkin’s Conducting School will cover conducting basics, including the history of the baton, how to beat time, what to do with the left hand, and more. Read More →
Valery Gergiev
Foto: Marco Borggreve
The Mariinsky Theatre launches today its largest ever Asia tour, with 20 performances in 18 days, all conducted by Valery Gergiev. With stops in Japan, China and Korea, the tour comprises symphonic concerts and opera performances with pieces like The Queen of Spades, Eugen Onegin, Roméo et Juliette, War and Peace as well as Rheingold. Read More →
Christian Gerhaher
Photo: Jim Rakete/Sony Classical
London’s Wigmore Hall has awarded Christian Gerhaher a Wigmore Medal. It was presented to the great baritone by Royal Patron HRH The Duke of Kent on the Wigmore Hall stage last night, Wednesday 12 October, following his song recital there with regular partner Gerold Huber. Read More →
Am morgigen 14. Oktober um 9 Uhr beginnt der Vorverkauf für das Bachfest Leipzig 2017. Im 500. Jubiläumsjahr der Reformation werden Martin Luthers »schöne newe Lieder« ins Zentrum des Programms gerückt. Die Choräle Luthers fanden vielfach und zahlreich Eingang in die Kompositionen des Thomaskantors. Zudem wird Claudio Monteverdi als Innovator der abendländischen Musik und wesentlicher Mitbegründer der Oper anlässlich seines 450. Geburtstages geehrt. Read More →
Daniel Hope
(c) Harald Hoffmann
After the announcement that Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg will step down in May 2017, after eight seasons, San Francisco’s New Century Chamber Orchestrais looking for a replacement. In the meantime they named British violinist Daniel Hope as an Artistic Partner for three seasons: 2017-2018 through 2019-2020. Read More →
Katrin Lena Heles
Die Luxemburger Altistin Katrin Lena Heles ist ab heute zusammen mit dem Münchener Bach-Chor und der Berliner Camerata für zwei Wochen auf Tournee in der Schweiz und in Frankreich. Auf dem Programm steht Georg Friedrich Händels Oratorium ‘Messiah’. Die Tournee beginnt mit einem Konzert in Genf, es folgen dann Veranstaltungen in Nice, Aix-en-Provence, Albi, Perpignan, Carcassonne, Montpellier und Toulouse. Der Dirigent ist Hansjörg Albrecht.
While checking the use of the funding offered by the Government of the Russian Federation for the Tchaikovsky Competition 2015, the Court of Auditors in Moscow found financial violations totalling 88.5 million rubles (€ 1,3 mio). The report also speaks about corruption risks during the selection as well as about a general lack of transparency in financial operations. It is likely that the Competition, whose chairman is Valery Gergiev, will have to return money to the State.
Leonard Slatkin
The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) launch their first annual Conductors’ Project, a “podium partnership” that will see two recent MSM conducting graduates chosen as Conducting Fellows to work with DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin, the MSM Symphony Orchestra, and the DSO in a two-week, home-and-home educational exchange. Read More →
Korean violinist Kwon Hyuk Joo, 31, died inside a taxi yesterday in Busan, Korea. The taxi had taken him back to his hotel after a party with friends. Kwon Hyuk Joo won First Prize at the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition 2004, the first Korean to do so. He was the youngest professor at Anyang University when he started teaching in 2012. He went to Busan to rehearse for an upcoming performance.
Ein Bratschist der Berliner Philharmoniker hat einen Berufskollegen vor Gericht zitieren lassen. Streitobjekt ist eine Bratsche, die der Berliner bei seinem Kollegen, der früher bei den Berliner und den Münchner Philharmonikern spielte, 2013 für 60.000 Euro abkaufte. Es sollte ein echtes, 1923 von Luigi Mingazzi in Ravenna gefertigtes Instrument sein. Read More →
