The St. Petersburg based Florida Orchestra has named Chelsea Gallo to the position of resident conductor. The new title recognizes Gallo’s exceptional work since joining TFO as assistant conductor one year ago. Read More →
Juraj Valcuha
Slovak conductor Juraj Valcuha, 47, has extended his contract as Music Director of the Houston Symphony and will remain with the orchestra through the 2025-2026 season. He began his tenure as Music Director in 2022. He is also the Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was chief conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI from 2009 to 2016.
Slovak soprano Patricia Burda Janeckova died on Sunday, 1 October at the age of 25. Last year, she announced that she was battling a malignant. She lost that battle now, much too young. Read More →
Elias Grandy
Elias German-Japanese conductor Elias Grandy has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra from 2025/26 season. Last season he finished his tenure as music director of Heidelberg’s Opera and Philharmonic orchestra. Read More →
The Philadelphia Musicians’ Union Local 77 voted 81-8 against the management’s final proposal. The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. said they were “disappointed”. “This proposal is generous, reflective of their world-class status, and addresses the issues they have deemed most important,” POKC spokesperson Ashley Berke said in a statement Sunday. Read More →
The San Francisco Symphony announced that the Board of Governors and Musicians of the Orchestra have approved and ratified a new two-year collective bargaining agreement. The new agreement will be applied retroactively from November 27, 2022, and runs through November 18, 2024. Read More →
The Menuhin School in Cobham, UK, announced clarinetist Julian Bliss as Artist in Residence, and composer Sally Beamish as Composer in Residence for the 2023/24 academic year. These newly created roles will see the musicians work with the School in a variety of guises and provide a unique opportunity for pupils to work and perform with both world-class artists, the news release says.
Gidon Kremer
Photo: Sasha Gusov
Der 76-jährige Geiger Gidon Kremer erhält den diesjährigen Internationalen Beethovenpreis für Menschenrechte, Frieden, Freiheit, Armutsbekämpfung und Diversität. Read More →
Das Netzwerk FREO – Freie Ensembles und Orchester in Deutschland, das die Interessen der privatwirtschaftlich getragenen (freien) Klangkörper in Deutschland vertritt, hat sich in einem Brief an den Berliner Kultursenator Chialo und die Mitglieder des Ausschusses für Kultur, Engagement und Demokratieförderung des Berliner Abgeordnetenhauses für die ‘lautten compagney Berlin’ eingesetzt, nachdem in Erfahrung gebracht wurde, dass die Haushaltsplanung für 2024 und 2025 eine Halbierung der aktuellen Basisförderung der ‘Lautten compagney’ vorsieht. Read More →
Trifolion Echternach, Auditorium
Das vom Kulturzentrum Trifolion in Echternach (Luxemburg) organisierte Echter’Classic Festival (05. – 07.10.2023) bringt jährlich im Herbst über mehrere Tage kammermusikalische Klänge und Barockmusik mit nationalen und internationalen Vertretern der klassischen Musikszene nach Echternach. Read More →
