Joshua Weilerstein
(c) Jacob Boserup
American conductor Joshua Weilerstein, has been announced as Chief Conductor of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, starting with the 23/24 season for a three-year term. Weilerstein, 35, was the youngest ever winner of Denmark’s Malko Competition in 2009, and since then he has conducted widely across the globe and has forged close relationships with many of the world’s finest orchestras and soloists. Read More →
Der seit 1990 verliehene und mit 10.000 Euro dotierte Duisburger Musikpreis geht in diesem Jahr an das Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Mit dem Preis soll die künstlerische ebenso wie die friedensstiftende Arbeit gewürdigt werden, « die das Jugendsinfonieorchester der Ukraine in den vergangenen fünf Jahren zu einem Klangkörper von weltweiter Ausstrahlung gemacht haben », heißt es in der Begründung.
Christian Thielemann
(c) Matthias Creutziger
Dirigent Christian Thielemann hat verletzungsbedingt Konzerte abgesagt. Die Sächsische Staatskapelle verwies am Dienstag auf langanhaltende Schulterbeschwerden seines Chefdirigenten. Mehrere Konzerte werden nun von anderen Dirigenten übernommen, so von Tugan Sokhiev und David Afkham. Auch die anschließenden Gastkonzerte in Luxemburg, München und Hamburg teilen sich beide Dirigenten. Als Solistin ist die Geigerin Julia Fischer mit dabei.
Der Orchesterausschuss des Deutschen Bühnenvereins hat in den letzten Wochen mit Unterstützung der ukrainischen Botschaft in Berlin ein Patenschaftsmodell für professionelle Orchester der Ukraine entwickelt, teilte die Organisation mit. Bisher unterstützen sieben deutsche Orchester auf diesem Weg jeweils ein ukrainisches Orchester. Read More →
Die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz (GWK) von Bund und Ländern hat das Projekt Mit dem ‘Forschungsportal Bach’ bewilligt, teilte das Bach-Archiv Leipzig mit. In einem Zeitraum von 25 Jahren werden damit erstmals sämtliche verfügbare archivalische Quellen zur gesamten Musikerfamilie Bach digital erschlossen und öffentlich zugänglich gemacht. Read More →
Leonard Bernstein
(c) Deutsche Grammophon Arthur Umboh
Leonard Bernstein’s Music for String Quartet is set to receive its premiere studio recording and release, with a newly discovered second movement to be included on the program. Read More →
Thierry Fischer
(c) Marco Borggreve
The Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra has announced that Thierry Fischer’s contract as Music Director will be renewed up to 2027. Fischer has held this title since 2020. In addition he will take up responsibilities of the artistic direction of the orchestra, pursuing an integrated approach of programming and musical realization. Read More →
At a time when many radio stations discontinue or downsize their choirs the Croatian national broadcaster is re-establishing the Children’s Choir of Croatian Radiotelevision – a once very successful ensemble that trained numerous young singers and created generations of successful musicians the former Children’s Choir operated as part of RTV Zagreb and later closed down. Read More →
The Italian tenor Daniele Barioni, an internationally renowned opera singer between the 1950s and 1970s, has died at the age of 92 during the night from Saturday to Sunday, Nov. 6. Daniele Barioni began studying singing in 1949 in Milan with Attilio Bordonali, his first studies were in the baritone repertoire. He made his singing debut that same year at Circolo Italia, Milan, in a concert with soprano Claudia Parada. His debut as an opera tenor was in 1954 in the part of Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan. Read More →
Paavo Järvi
(c) Sébastien Grébille
In an interview conducted by the Living the Classical Life videocast, Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi discusses his musical beginnings, the role and influence of his father, conductor Neeme Järvi, the story of his early meeting with composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the Pärnu Music Festival, which he founded. Read More →
