Andris Nelsons

Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons (*1978) will receive the 2016 Glashütte Original Music Festival Award during the Dresden Music Festival. The prize will be presented to him on May 6, 2016, when Nelsons is conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Dresden’s Frauenkirche. Read More →

Leonard Slatkin

The rumors we echoed in March have been confirmed: On September 1, 2017, Leonard Slatkin will become Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon. The recruitment process for a new music director has been launched. As Conductor Laureate, Slatkin will continue regular collaborations with the orchestra’s musicians for at least 3 additional seasons.

Salzburg

Die Urteile gegen den ehemaligen Technischen Direktor der Salzburger Festspiele und den früheren Geschäftsführer der Osterfestspiele Salzburg sind rechtskräftig. Diese Entscheidung gab der Oberste Gerichtshof jetzt bekannt. Read More →

After leaving its long-time home at the Shubert Theater, Boston Lyric Opera will play at four different venues in Boston and look at the same time for a new permanent home. Read More →

Kent Nagano
Photo: Broede

Die erste Hälfte der kommenden Spielzeit des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg findet noch in der Laeiszhalle statt, während die zweite Saisonhälfte, ab Januar 2017, in der neuen Elbphilharmonie gespielt wird. Read More →

The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) organized their Award Ceremony and Gala Concert yesterday, April 1, at the nearly sold out Kursaal in Sebastian, where an audience of 1500 applauded the winners. The event was hosted by the Basque National Orchestra and San Sebastian Cultural Capital of Europe 2016. Read More →

Die Bach-Medaille der Stadt Leipzig 2016 wird an den Bassisten Peter Kooij verliehen. Der herausragende Bach-Interpret hat bei weit mehr als 100 CD-Aufnahmen der Musik J. S. Bachs mitgewirkt, darunter sind zahlreiche Aufnahmen der Passionen. Read More →

Dubai Opera will open its doors later this year with a line-up of world-class performances, it was announced by master developer Emaar. The 2,000 seat venue will welcome a varied programme of events including operas, ballet, classical performances, musicals, Arab and World music, comedy, film, family entertainment, as well as rock, pop and jazz concerts. Read More →

ICMA, International Classical Music Awards has published today the winner’s name of the Recording of the Year 2016. It is the winner from the category Video Performance, with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 played by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the baton of Riccardo Chailly on Accentus Music (ACC20309  42).  The Jury says: « Riccardo Chailly is one of the most interesting interpreters of Gustav Mahler’s symphonic cosmos. His account of the Seventh Symphony shows a superior sense for the formal complexity and the significant contrasts of the work. Read More →

In celebration of April Fools’ Day, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) musicians have shed their traditional concert tails (which have been the ensemble’s official concert attire for the last 129 years) in favor of Carhartt bib overalls to promote its goal to be the most accessible orchestra on the planet… Read More →