Wie das Hessische Staatstheater mitteilte, ist Christoph Stiller – musikalischer Studienleiter, Dirigent und stellvertretender Chordirektor am Samstag im Alter von 53 Jahren verstorben, kurz vor einer Vorstellung von Humperdincks Hänsel und Gretel, deren musikalische Leitung er innegehabt hätte. Read More →
Lahav Shani
(c): Marco Borggreve
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) will perform in Abu Dhabi this Tuesday, marking its historic United Arab Emirates (UAE) debut. This will be the orchestra’s first concert in an Arab state, 85 years after a tour of Egypt that took place before the founding of the State of Israel. Read More →
Belgian composer Wim Henderickx passed away at the age of 60. Born in in Lierre, he studied at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and also at the IRCAM and in Darmstadt. He was a professor at the Antwerp and Amsterdam Conservatories. Read More →
Marcelo Lehninger
The Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has announced the extensions of both its current contract with the Grand Rapids Federation of Musicians, as well as that of 43-year-old Music Director Marcelo Lehninger. Read More →
© Philharmonie Luxembourg / Eric Engel
Over a quarter of a million people have seen the live recording of the ICMA Gala Concert at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, with winners of the International Classical Music Awards 2022 and the Luxembourg Philharmonic conducted by Adam Fischer. Among the many comments from all over the world in Deutsche Welle’s YouTube channel, a majority says that this was « a wonderful » or « an amazing concert!!! » Read More →
Das grosse Festspielhaus in Salzburg
Die österreichische UNESCO-Kommission hat das Archiv von Mitschnitten und Aufnahmen aus über 80 Jahren Salzburger Festspielgeschichte in das nationale Memory of the World-Register aufgenommen. Das teilten die Salzburger Festspiele mit. Read More →
Due to the current situation in Ukraine the Horowitz Competition will not take place in Kyiv but will instead be hosted by the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva from 13-21 April 2023. Read More →
Der Robert-Schumann-Preis der Stadt Zwickau wird 2023 an das Liedduo Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber und den Pianisten Florian Uhlig verliehen. Read More →
The latest Karajan Community Letter is featuring Karajan’s collaboration with “a voice that only appears once in a hundred years”, Luciano Pavarotti, and another singer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, who was one the few persons he addressed with the familiar “Du” in German. Here is the link to this week’s Karajanist Community Letter. Read More →
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) has announced that its new Artistic Director is violinist/composer Curtis Stewart. Stewart joins the ACO team immediately, overlapping for the remainder of the year with outgoing ACO Artistic Director Derek Bermel, who is concluding his 10-year tenure and remains on ACO’s Board of Directors. Stewart joins ACO President and CEO Melissa Ngan in leading the organization. Read More →
