Las Palmas will host the legacy of Alfredo Kraus and an international competition with his name. This has been decided by Rosa Kraus, a daughter of the great Canary tenor, and the Council of Gran Canaria. Under the agreement the transfer of Kraus’s legacy to the island will be operated and lead to the establishment of the Foundation Alfredo Kraus in Las Palmas and the creation of an international singing competition. The transfer of material should be completed in September and the first edition of the International Alfredo Kraus Competition could take placed already in 2017.
French soprano Elsa Dreisig, 25, and South Korean Tenor Keon Woo Kim, 30, won Placido Domingo’s Operalia contest, held at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, Mexico. Read More →
Russian pianist Andrey Gugnin is the winner of the 2016 Sydney International Competition of Australia. The Second Prinze also was taken by a Russian, Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, while Third Prize was given to Moye Chen (China). 32 competitors participated in the competition. Read More →
Der Geiger Stefan Arzberger, der in Folge seiner Gerichtsaffäre in New York seinen Posten im Leipziger Streichquartett aufgeben musste, sieht keine Zukunft für sich in Leipzig. Das berichtete der MDR. Arzberger reist am heutigen Montag von New York, wo er seit März 2015 festgehalten wurde, nach Deutschland zurück. Laut demselben MDR-Bericht liege ihm ein Angebot für eine Orchestermitgliedschaft im süddeutschen Raum vor.
Paavo Järvi’s Estonian Festival Orchestra « is a real living animal with a beating heart and an appetite for adventure, the conductor says in a press realase. Until now the Estonian Festival Orchestra, founded by Paavo Järvi in 2011, has performed only at the Pärnu Music Festival, but in August 2017 it will make its first tour performing in neighbouring countries around the Baltic coast and at Scandinavia’s most prominent festivals. Read More →
The Algerian Opera house has been inaugurated last Wednesday with a concert of the National Algerian Symphony Orchestra. The building is the residence for the National Orchestra, the National Ballet and a World Music Orchestra. While the house is not completely finished, the management is finalizing cooperation plans with the operas from Cairo, Paris and Milan.
The family of Luciano Pavarotti has asked Donald Trump to no longer use the tenor’s recording of the Puccini aria ‘Nessun Dorma’ during his campaign. Read More →
Helga Rabl-Stadler will sich erneut als Präsidentin der Salzburger Festspiele bewerben. Das teilte sie gestern mit. Ihr jetziger Vertrag läuft 2017 aus. Wird er tatsächlich erneuert, bedeutet das, dass sie zumindest bis zum Jahr 2020 amtieren wird, wenn die Salzburger Festspiele ihr 100-Jahre-Jubiläum feiern.