The Rockford Symphony Orchestra (Illinois) has appointed Yaniv Attar as Music Director. A native of Israel, Yaniv Attar is the 1st prize winner of the Duna Szimfonikus Conducting Competition Budapest, multiple recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award, and the 2009 Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award. Read More →
The future Powell Hall
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This spring the St. Louis Symphony will launch the $100 million renovation of the 98-year-old Powell Hall. It will comprise a 65,000-square-foot expansion with a new lobby and a new education and learning center. There will also be a new backstage including new dressing rooms for performers. The main hall will get new seats with more legroom. Read More →
Maria Callas (1957)
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The Ricordi Archive in Milan is expanding its freely accessible database at www.digitalarchivioricordi.com to include an extensive collection of photos relating to Italian opera history. A thousand photographs will initially be made available online in web-optimized resolution; the Archivio Storico Ricordi’s photo collection consisting of around 6,000 historical photographs is to be online in its entirety by the end of the year. Read More →
Andris Nelsons
(c) Marco Borggreve
Nur ein Werk stand jüngst auf dem Programm im Wiener Konzerthaus, nämlich die 7. Symphonie von Gustav Mahler. Diese Komposition ist allerdings vom zeitlichen Umfang und der kompositorischen Dichte her ausreichend für einen Abend. Uwe Krusch hat für Pizzicato im Großen Saal des Wiener Konzerthauses gehört, wie Andris Nelsons die Wiener Philharmoniker durch den Abend steuerte. Read More →
Today the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of 26 awards for the 2023 edition. Jury President Remy Franck says: « Firmly established as the unrivalled badges of excellence for the classical music sector, the ICMA awards were selected from a nomination list comprising 391 productions and a wide range of artists and labels. The winner list comprises many renowned as well as lesser-known and young musicians and no less than 14 labels! Read More →
Marc-André Teruel
Marc-André Teruel, French-Austrian double bass player, is the first recipient of the new ICMA Classeek Award, established in collaboration between the International Classical Music Awards ICMA and young artist platform Classeek. He will receive his trophy during the ICMA Award Ceremony in Wroclaw, Poland on 21 April. Read More →
The Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra announced that Chinese-Australian conductor Dane Lam, has been named music director. His contract is starting in July 2023. Lam is the first conductor to hold the position since the orchestra emerged from bankruptcy 11 years ago. Read More →
Matthew Kraemer
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans has announced American conductor Matthew Kraemer as Music Director starting in July. He succeeds Carlos Miguel Prieto, who hold the position for 17 years. Read More →
Joshua Bell
Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Orchestern hat die 1958 von Neville Marriner gegründete Academy of St Martin in the Fields absolut nichts von ihrer Frische verloren. Das Ensemble, so fand Pizzicato-Mitarbeiter Alain Steffen, wirkt beim Musizieren wie ein Jungbrunnen. Read More →
English National Opera (ENO) has secured funding from the Arts Council England (ACE), allowing the organization to continue work in London for another year. Initially ACE hat cut the funding by 100%. Read More →
