Andris Nelsons
Conductor Andris Nelsons is leading the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Boston Symphony Orchestra into a unique multidimensional partnership. Indeed, the 36 years old Latvian has been appointed as Gewandhauskapellmeister, starting with the 2017-18 season. He will be successor of Riccardo Chailly who announced his resignation in Leipzig last week. Read More →
Flüchtlinge und ihre Helfer planen in Deutschland ein syrisches Exil-Orchester. Initiator ist der syrische Kontrabassist Raed Jazbeh, der seit zwei Jahren in Deutschland lebt und der früher im Philharmonischen Orchester Syriens gespielt hat. Ein erstes Konzert soll nach deutschen Medienberichten am 22. September in der evangelischen Kulturkirche St. Stephani in Bremen stattfinden.
Hilary Hahn
© Michael Patrick OLeary
Violonist Hilary Hahn posted the news on Facebook: « It’s a girl!! My husband and I are overjoyed to announce the August birth of our daughter Zelda. We are doing well, and life is rosy. »
Jonathan Nott
Photo: Thomas Müller
British conductor Jonathan Nott, has signed an very long contract extension as music director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He will lead this orchestra until 2026. Jonathan Nott will also head the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva from 2016 on.
Choeur Symphonique de la Grande Région (Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, France) recruits singers for the season 2015/2016. It consists of auditioned chorus-singers, selected and prepared by professional leaders. Read More →
Paavo Järvi
(c) Julia Bayer
The governors of the Sibelius Society have awarded the Sibelius Medal to the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi. The medal will be presented to him in Paris by the Finnish Ambassador to France, Risto Piipponen, at the opening concert of the new season of the Orchestre de Paris on September 9, on which occasion the orchestra will perform Sibelius’s Symphony no. 5. Read More →
Alberto Ferro
(c) Remy Franck
The Jury of this Year’s International Busoni Competition, comprising pianists like Zhu Xiao-Mei, Lilya Zilberstein and Jörg Demus, awarded First Prize to the Korean pianist Ji Yeong Mun. Second Prize went to Alberto Ferro (Italy). Roman Lopatinskyi (Ukraine) won Third Prize. Read More →
The National Opera in Paris posted this: « Message to spectators of the performance of Platée On Monday 7 September 2015 at 7:30 pm at the Palais Garnier As result of a strike, the performance of Platée scheduled for Monday 7 September 2015 at 7.30 pm at the Palais Garnier has been cancelled. The management of the Paris Opera wishes to apologise to spectators and to propose either a ticket exchange for another performance of the same production, or a refund. »
Jakob Hrusa
(c) Petra Klackova
Der 34-jährige Tscheche Jakub Hrusa wird neuer Chefdirigent der Bamberger Symphoniker. Er wird sein Amt im Sommer 2016 antreten. Der bisherige Chefdirigent Jonathan Nott wechselt dann nach Genf. Read More →
Igor Stravinsky
In der Bibliothek des St.-Petersburger Musikkonservatoriums wurde bei Räumungsarbeiten ein kompletter Satz von Orchesterstimmen des ‘Chant funèbre’ (Klagelied) op. 5 von Igor Stravinsky gefunden. Das Werk wurde vom jungen Stravinsky 1908 als Erinnerung an seinen Lehrer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov geschrieben. Read More →
