Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Photo: Borggreve/Warner
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, of his real name Johann Nikolaus Graf von de la Fontaine und Harnoncourt-Unverzagt, comes from a family which, in the old times, was Luxemburgish. Read Remy Franck’s historical research (in French)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Photo: Borggreve/Warner
Der österreichische Dirigent Nikolaus Harnoncourt ist am Samstag 5. März im Alter von 86 Jahren gestorben. In einer schriftlich verbreiteten Erklärung von Harnoncourts Witwe Alice vom Sonntag heißt es: « Am 5.3.2016 ist Nikolaus Harnoncourt friedlich im Kreis seiner Familie entschlafen. Trauer und Dankbarkeit sind groß. » Read More →
Poznan’s Sepia Ensemble and the artistic agency Sonora explore contemporary music in many ways, one of them being the project Zooming. Now, after projects in Estonia and in Ireland, Zooming: Luxembourg was the third of the projects presenting contemporary music of selected countries. Read More →
Claudio Abbado
(c) DG/ Harald Hoffmann
Der musikalische Nachlass des Dirigenten Claudio Abbado (1933-2014) kommt nach Berlin. Die Schenkung der ‘Fondazione Claudio Abbado’ an die Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin/Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz umfasst eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Partituren, handschriftlichen Aufzeichnungen, Tonträgern, musikwissenschaftlicher Literatur und Briefen. Read More →
Mstislav Rostropovich
Scheduled to take place from 27 March to 5 April in Moscow & St. Petersburg and dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Galina Vishnevskaya, the program of the 7th International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival has been shortened due to financial problems. At a press conference, the artistic director of the festival, Olga Rostropovich, said that the concert in which Vladimir Jurowski, should have conducted Schönberg’s Gurrelieder has been cancelled. A few more concerts will not take place.
The Artistic Director of the Mstislav Rostropovich Festival in Baku, Olga Rostropovich, announced that this year’s festival will not take place due to financial reasons. The organizer still hopes to be able to organize an event in 2017.
Of the 318 candidates whose videos have been screened, 82 have been admitted to the first public round of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2016: 25 women, 57 men from 23 nationalities. As usual, Korea is leading with 24 candidates, followed by the USA (10), Japan (9), Russia (7), China (6) and France (5).
Han-na Chang
(c) Qatar Philharmonic
Cellist-conductor Han Na Chang takes over as chief conductor and artistic leader at the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in 2017, succeeding Krzystof Urbanski. Chang was Music director at the Qatar Philharmonic, yet quit the job during a tour last year, citing administrative problems and artistic differences as the principal reason.
Cathy Krier
Luxembourg is becoming more and more a productive export country for classical music. The list of events in the sole month of March is impressive. Pianist Cathy Krier is at the Philharmonie in Cologne, at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, at the Palace of Arts in Budapest, at the Konserthus in Stockholm and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Artemandoline takes part in the Beyrouth Festival Al Bustan. Read More →
According to The Stage, senior managers at the English National Opera, ENO, have to accept a pay cut of 20%. This is part of a business plan that is aimed at saving £5 million. This compensates more or less the reduction in ENO’s funding from Arts Council England. The management is not only to suffer changes in the contracts, so do also the chorus members who are not keen on accepting this and announced they would strike for the first time in 13 years.
