Marcelo Lehninger
Brazilian-born conductor Marcelo Lehninger, 36, becomes the 14th music director in the 86-year history of the the Grand Rapids Symphony (Michigan, US). He got a five-year contract through the 2020-21 season, effective July 1. Lehninger just ended a four-year tenure as music director of the New West Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles. Read More →
Krzysztof Penderecki
(c) Bruno Fydrich
In a ‘Love letter to the British people, from Europe’, published by The Times, European scientists, writers, actors, film directors and musicians ask the British people to vote for staying in the European Union. Here are the musicians who signed the letter. Alfred Brendel (Austria), pianist; Richard Dubugnon (Switzerland), composer; Yorgos Loukos (Greece), artistic director of the Opéra de Lyon; Krzysztof Penderecki (Poland),composer; Patricia Petibon (France), soprano.
18-year-old Japanese violinist Ayana Tsuji has been awarded the first prize at the 2016 Montreal International Musical Competition. Tsuji, a student at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, won already second prize at the Seoul International Music Competition. She also won several special prizes in Montreal. Read More →
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Photo: Marco Borggreve
The Metropolitan Opera in New York announced today that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be the company’s new Music Director from the 2020/21 season, becoming only the third conductor to hold this title in the house’s 133-year history. Read More →
Die Bayerische Staatsoper hat den Tod des aus Saarbrückern stammenden Dirigenten Heinrich Bender mitgeteilt. Bender ist am 24. Mai 2016 im Alter von 91 Jahren verstorben. Der Dirigent war Bayerischer Staatskapellmeister und dem Haus über 50 Jahre als Dirigent und als musikalischer Leiter des Opernstudios eng verbunden. Read More →
Arribert Reimann
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Der Komponist Aribert Reimann erhält in diesem Jahr den Robert Schumann-Preis für Dichtung und Musik der Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Der Preis wird alle zwei Jahre an Persönlichkeiten für ein herausragendes Lebenswerk auf dem Gebiet der Dichtung und der Musik vergeben. Die Verleihung findet am 3. November 2016 statt. Read More →
Cecilia Bartoli
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With Cecilia Bartoli being ill, the General Manager of the Monte Carlo Opera Jean-Louis Grinda was alone to present the singer’s new orchestra ‘Les Musiciens du Prince’ yesterday at Monaco’s Embassy in Paris. Bartoli will be the artistic adviser of the new Orchestra created by the Monte Carlo Opera and directed by the concert master Ada Pesch. Read More →
While Brazil is going through a major political crisis, the artists and among them a lot of musicians, are mobilizing against the interim government, led by Michel Temer. Political speeches take place during concerts, cultural institutes have been occupied. The artists organize the defence of a cultural environment they feel as highly threatened as democracy.
The battle has been won: Under immense pressure from the musical world, the European Commission has finally found short and long term solutions to keep the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) alive. Read More →
Um dem französischen Musikerbe des 19. Jahrhunderts weitere Hörbarkeit zu verschaffen, startete der in Venedig beheimatete ‘Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française’, vergangene Woche das ‘Bru Zane Classical Radio’. Das Webradio streamt rund um die Uhr französische Romantik und ist weltweit verfügbar. Das reine Musikprogramm spiegelt den Reichtum und die Vielfalt des französischen romantischen Repertoires im Zeitraum von den 1780er Jahren bis zum Ende des ersten Weltkriegs wider. Jedes Genre ist vertreten, das Angebot reicht von Kammermusik über Oper und Operette, über geistliche und Orchestermusik, bis hin zum Lied. Read More →
