Die Bayerische Staatsoper hat ihren Chordirektor, den Italiener Stellario Fagone fristlos entlassen. Gründe für diesen Schritt wurden nicht mitgeteilt.
Klangforum Wien
(c) Tina Herzl
Das Klangforum Wien widmete sich in einem Konzert der Herstellung von Licht durch Töne. Den Bauplan hatte Chaya Czernowin mit ihrer Komposition The Fabrication of Light beigesteuert. Wie das in der europäischen Erstaufführung gelang, dazu ließ sich Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato akustisch beleuchten. Read More →
Myung-Whun Chung
The Filarmonica della Scala has named 70-year-old Myung-Whun Chung Conductor Emeritus in recognition of their 35-year partnership. Since his first performance in 1989, Myung-Whun has conducted 120 concerts at La Scala and on tour. Read More →
The International Composition Competition Artistes en Herbe Luxembourg has published the results of their 6th edition in various categories, the youngest winner being just six years old. The results are here: https://www.artistesenherbe.lu/concours-2023/
Teresa Berganza
Photo: Remy Franck
Next Thursday the square at the entrance to the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid will take the name of mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, who died on May 13 last year.
Due to an hour-long power outage in the Ludwigshafen area, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate) played part of their Friday concert in quasi-darkness and then had to cancel the second part. Read More →
Putin’s conductor-puppet Valery Gergiev has not lost his ability to stay on the podium for many hours a day. Tomorrow, at the Mariinsky Theatre, he will be conducting three performances of Verdi’s two-hour-long Nabucco in a row, at noon, at 4 and 8 p.m. Tragically, Putin is much of a Nabucco himself, trying to subjugate the Ukrainians. At the end of the opera, Nabucco loses his mind…. Some say Putin has lost it a year ago.
Das Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich und die Galerie Hauser & Wirth Zürich starten eine neue Kollaboration. Dabei bespielen Orchestermusiker die Ausstellungsräumlichkeiten der Galerie und kreieren so « in spannendes Zusammenspiel von Kunst und Musik ». Read More →
Leading BBC conductors and artists have signed an open letter to the BBC’s Director General, protesting against the recent proposals to close BBC Singers and cut funding to BBC orchestras by 20%. Read More →
Johann Sebastian Bach ist ganz offenbar ‘in’. Das zeigt eine Veröffentlichung der Lübecker Pianistin Konstanze Eickhorst. Der zweite Satz des Italienischen Konzertes, das im Rahmen ihres Genuin-Recitals veröffentlicht ist inzwischen 7.493.889 gestreamt worden.
