Opera di Roma
After facing closure, the Rome Opera announced record profits during the 2014/2015 season. The General manager Carlos Fuortes said, the surplus of the season reached €10 million, with nearly 235,000 spectators, « a historic result. »
Stefan Arzberger
Der Geiger Stefan Arzberger vom Leipziger Streichquartett, der seit acht Monaten in den USA festgehalten wird, weil er in einen undurchsichtigen Justizfall verwickelt ist hat ein Update zu seiner Situation veröffentlicht. Read More →
The SODRE Symphony Orchestra, Uruguay’s national orchestra, suffers hugely from austerity measures. Founded in 1931, Latin America’s oldest orchestra once was a bastion of national culture and an essential benchmark for the whole of the Latin American region. It has been directed by celebrities such as Erich Kleiber, Ottorino Respighi or Igor Stravinsky, to mention just the most iconic. Read More →
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Die Mailänder Scala hat sich mit den Gewerkschaften über Personalanstellung geeinigt und konnte so einen drohenden Streik verhindern, der die Saisoneröffnung in Gefahr gebracht hätte. Intendant Alexander Pereira machte Zugeständnisse und einigte sich mit den Gewerkschaften auf ein Abkommen zur Anstellung von zusätzlichem Personal mit befristeten Arbeitsverträgen ab 2016.
Leif Ove Andsnes
(c) Simon Fowler
In 2016 Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will launch a new chamber music festival in his homeland. Called Rosendal Chamber Music Festival it will take place in the picturesque setting of Western Norway’s historic Rosendal estate, where Andsnes – a Rosendal regular for more than 20 years – will serve as Founding Director. Guest artists of the first edition (August 11–14, 2016) include Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou, Vilde Frang Matthias Goerne, Sharon Kam and the Brentano String Quartet. Read More →
For its 22nd edition, La Folle Journée de Nantes runs under the theme of Nature. Elements, wildlife, seasons,…there are a lot of possible connections, that composers explored, from Renaissance to present times. La Folle Journée will take place in the region of Nantes from January 29 to 31 and in Nantes from February 3 to 7.
Paata Burchuladze
Georgian opera singer Paata Burchuladze announced that he has cancelled all opera performances for the next year to develop the Georgian Development Fund, an organization he founded last year and which, according to insiders, could turn into a political party.
Am gestrigen 24. November haben sich die Vertreter der Thüringer Orchesterkonferenz getroffen, um Strategien gegen den geplanten Abbau von Arbeitsplätzen in Orchestern zu beraten. « Wir unterstützen die Musiker, die für den langfristigen Erhalt von Arbeitsplätzen in Orchestern kämpfen“, sagt Hans Reinhard Biere, Vorsitzender der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung (DOV). Read More →
Peter Oundjian
(c) Sian Richards
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) reports a surplus of $135,781 for the 2015 fiscal year with. In the figures the annual fundraising revenues are the most stunning: they show an increase of $3,444,160 or 57%. Read More →
‘Let me tell you’, a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, has earned Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen (62) the 2016 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. Abrahamsen’s half-hour work presents a first-person narrative by Ophelia, the tragic noblewoman from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Read More →
