achtrack’s annual Classical Music Statistics 2022 announce signs of a gradual return towards pre-Covid activity levels. Overall the 2022 statistics show a classical music world that is gradually bouncing back from the disruptions of Coronavirus – and at the same time is responding positively to demands to show greater commitment to gender parity and the inclusion of living artists. Read More →
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) will begin organizing a new award, the ICMA Classeek Award, presented for the first time in 2023, when the ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert take place at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland. This new category has been created in close collaboration with Classeek, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read More →
According to the Military Manpower Administration in Seoul, young Koreans will no longer be exempt from military service if they win the Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow Ballet Competition, and Ballet Competition Arabesque, all hosted by Russia, and some other competitions which do no longer belong to the World Federation of International Music Competitions, International Dance Council and International Theater Institute.
Andrew Downes, former Head of School of Composition and Creative Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire from 1992 until 2005, died today at the age of 72. His music has been performed all over the world and broadcast on BBC, France Musique, Italian television, Austrian, Dutch, Czech radio and Beijing radio. There are 17 CDs with his music available.
French pianist Matthieu Acar passed away after an incurable cancer at the age of 34. An eclectic musician, whether as a soloist or a chamber musician, Matthieu Acar was constantly seeking to build bridges between eras and styles. Read More →
Christian Thielemann wird 2024 das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker, dirigieren. Das teilten die Wiener Philharmoniker mit. 2019 hatte der mittlerweile 63-jährige Deutsche bereits diese Veranstaltung geleitet.
Der monatelang erkrankte Daniel Barenboim ist zurück am Dirigentenpult. Der Generalmusikdirektor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin dirigierte gestern mit der neunten Symphonie von Ludwig van Beethoven ein Konzert zum Jahreswechsel. Read More →
Sergei Polunin’s Jan. 28-29 ballet Rasputin at Milan’s Arcimboldi theatre was cancelled “due to the pressing campaign (against it) on the internet and social media”, the theatre says on its website. Read More →
Noch bis zum 17. Januar dauert eine Ausstellung im esc – medien kunst labor in Graz, Österreich, in der Winfried Ritsch seinen Klangautomata vorstellt. Dieser besteht aus einer robotischen Raumorgel, die aus einer dekonstruierten Kirchenorgel erschaffen wurde, sowie einem Automaten-Klavierspieler, die während der Ausstellungszeit durch weitere mechanisierte Instrumente ergänzt werden, eine Marimba, eine Bassdrum, ein Gong, die via Internet vom Computer aus angesteuert werden. Read More →
The planned concert by pro-Putin pianist Valentina Lisitsa at La Fenice in Venice has been cancelled after heavy protests. This was reported by Corriere della Sera in its local edition. Valentina Lisitsa is of Ukrainian origin, a known Putin worshipper and played for Russians in the bombed Mariupol.
