After long and unsuccessful contract negotiations, musicians for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra went on strike this Thursday, putting the new season in jeopardy. Subsequently, the management canceled all weekend performances, which would have opened the 2016-17 season tonight. The strike is over salary cuts, that the musicians are not willing to accept.

Six candidates will appear as guest conductors during the Oklahoma City Philharmonic 2016-17 season, and one of them will possibly become the orchestra’s next music director when Joel Levine, the ensemble’s sole music director since its establishment in 1989, will retire in 2018. Read More →

Fazil Say
(c) Martin Hoffmeister

Turkish pianist Fazil Say was acquitted of blasphemy charges, four years after being sentenced to a suspended jail term following a post on his Twitter account. He had been accused by Turkish citizens who claimed to be offended by his atheism. Read More →

Der südafrikanisch-österreichische Tenor Johan Botha verstarb am heutigen Donnerstag im Alter von 51 Jahren in Wien an einer schweren Krankheit. Read More →

Michael Hofstetter (*1961) hat seinen Vertrag als Generalmusikdirektor am Stadttheater Gießen um fünf Jahre bis 2022 verlängert. Er ist seit 2012 auf diesem Posten.

Shiyeon Sung

Im September 2016 geht die Deutsche Radio Philharmonie zum dritten Mal auf Tournee nach Südkorea. Auf dem Tourplan stehen fünf Konzerte unter Leitung der koreanischen Dirigentin Shiyeon Sung: Read More →

20-Euro-Silbermünze Mozart: Der Mythos

Rechtzeitig vor seinem 225. Todestag ist nun auch die dritte Münze der Mozart Serie da: Die 20-Euro-Silbermünze „Mozart: Der Mythos’ vollendet die Reihe. Die dritte und letzte Münze der Serie charakterisiert den Mythos um Mozart. Read More →

Pianist André Watts, 69, who had to cancel several concerts because of continuing treatments for prostate cancer announced that he will to return to the concert stage in Indianapolis on September 30.

The Boise Philharmonic (Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho)is using the 2016-17 season to select a  new Music Director after Robert Franz left the orchestra in April. No less than seven candidates are trying to get the job: Knoxville (Tenn.) Symphony Music Director Aram Demirjian, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor Michelle Merrill, Cincinnati Symphony Associate Conductor Keitaro Harada, freelance conductor Alastair Willis, Signature Symphony Music Director and Pittsburgh Symphony Assistant Conductor Andrés Franco, Oklahoma City College Director of Orchestral Studies Eric Garcia and Alexander Micklethwate, 46. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he is an American citizen and currently is the music director for Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Manitoba, Canada.

Marcel Reuter

The second edition of the Composition Summer School, organized by United Instruments of Lucilin and Neimënster, will take place from September 8th to 14th. Eight young composers from around the world, musicians from Lucilin, composers Isabel Mundry and Marcel Reuter will meet and work together during one week and present their works on September 10th at 20h00 at Neimënster for the first public evening of the Composition Summer School 2016. Read More →