Gidon Kremer
Photo: Sasha Gusov
Auf BR-Klassik hat der lettische Geiger Gidon Kremer Kritik an der derzeitigen Krimpolitik Russlands geübt. Er könne « diese Massenhysterie und dieses Massenlügen einfach nicht ertragen », so Gidon Kremer. « Was Russland der Welt antut, mit all dem bin ich überhaupt nicht auf Du. Es befremdet mich, es strengt mich an, weil ich merke, in welchem Maße ich ein Andersdenkender bin. » Read More →
In protest against the attempted annexation of Crimea, a group of Polish politicians ask the organizer to cancel a forthcoming tour of Poland by the Russian Alexander Pustovalov Army Choir. Read More →
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden Baden und Freiburg
© Klaus Polkowski
Am 13. März wurde dem Ministerpräsidenten von Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, vom Deutschen Musikrat der höchst blamable Orden ‘Musik-Gordi’ verliehen. Dieser ‘gordische Knoten des Musiklebens’ hat offensichtlich seine Wirkung nicht verfehlt. Wie der DMR heute mitteilte, hat Staatssekretär Jürgen Walter im Auftrag des Ministerpräsidenten die Auffassung vertreten, dass die Fusion der beiden SWR-Klangkörper falsch sei. Read More →
A charcoal sketch by legendary Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso of himself and famed operatic French bass Pol Plancon along with six of his other drawings will be auctioned online by Nate D. Sanders on March 27. The caricature shows Caruso wearing an expression of apparent self-satisfaction, with spirals of smoke wafting up from his mouth. Read More →
Soprano Diana Damrau and conductor Zubin Mehta had a lot of fun during an encore played by the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, as it is shown in this video in which the singer even is allowed to conduct the orchestra… Read More →
Cameron Carpenter
(c) Heiko Laschitzki
American organist Cameron Carpenter has been detained and sent back to Berlin by UK immigration authorities yesterday at Birmingham Airport. Someone thought he was not fulfilling the immigration rules. Carpenter has a concert tonight in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. His agent is confident to bring him in time.
Angela Gheorghiu
Ende Februar gab das Festspielhaus Baden-Baden gemeinsam mit den Opernhäusern in London und Wien bekannt, dass Anna Netrebko von ihrem Rollendebüt als Marguerite zurücktrat, weil sie sich unfähig fühlte, diese Rolle zu singen. Nun wurde mitgeteilt, dass eine Sängerin gefunden wurde, die die Rolle singen kann: Angela Gheorghiu!
Israel Pianist Imri Talgam won First Prize at the 11th International Piano Competition in Orléans, France.
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is able to finish its current season. According to a report from the Memphis Business Journal, two $100,000 donations and a series of benefit concerts have helped narrow a $400,000 shortfall from the fall. Nevertheless the financial situation is giving cause for concern. In 2005, the orchestra’s endowment was $4.5 million, which declined to $1.6 million by 2009, and was completely gone by June 2011. The operating deficits totaled $8.34 million.
Jeremy Denk
(c) Michael Wilson
Pianist Jeremy Denk (43) will be awarded today the Avery Fisher Awards in New York. At the same time, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra announces him as their newest artistic partner. Beginning with the 2014-15 season, Denk will work with the SPCO for three years on performances, collaborations with vocal artists, new commissions by American composers and a North American tour.
