Speculations are running hot over the cancellation of Trump’s 100th day celebration initially scheduled at the Kennedy Center and now relocated to a venue in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The organizing committee speaks of a cancellation due to “contract violations.” Read More →
Lionel Bringuier
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The Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège has unveiled its new musical director, Lionel Bringuier, who takes up his post in September, succeeding the brilliantly eclectic Gergely Madaras, who has completed his six-year term. Read More →
Kent Nagano
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73-year-old American conductor Kent Nagano will begin his tenure as Principal Artistic Partner of Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma from the 2025/26 season for an initial three-year agreement. Read More →
Waterloo Chamber Players in Kitchener, Ontario, announced that William Rowson has been appointed as the new Principal Conductor of the orchestra. Read More →
The American Academy in Rome announced that Estonian-American composer and animator Lembit Beecher has won a 2025-2026 Rome Prize, the rigorous competition supporting innovative fellows in the arts, humanities, and sciences. The second composer in this category is Oswald Huỳnh, a Vietnamese American composer from Portland, Oregon. Read More →
Die International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) äußern in Kenntnis der geplanten Reform der deutschen Urheberrechtsgesellschaft GEMA Bedenken wegen möglicher gravierender Folgen der Reformpläne. Read More →
The fight of the fascist leader of the USA for the dismantling of public radios, according to the government, « a giant piece of rot and a drag on American taxpayers », takes a serious rebuke. Read More →
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Mit ausverkauften Vorstellungen von Puccinis Madama Butterfly, Sinfoniekonzerten unter der Leitung von Kirill Petrenko, Jakub Hrůša und Klaus Mäkelä, dem Bundesjugendorchester mit der Solistin Midori, einem abwechslungsreichen Programm mit 15 Kammerkonzerten und vielfältigen Veranstaltungen in der Festival Lounge haben die Osterfestspiele 2025 neue Rekordmarken überschritten. Read More →
Canadian cellist Christian Elliott passed away at the young age of 41. He was a member of the Zehetmair Quartet and a former principal cellist of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Read More →
King Donald I of America
Donald I, the self-elected king of the United States and Chair of the Kennedy Center is planning a Kennedy Center tribute to himself in two weeks, on April 29th. Ticket prices to ‘The First 100 Days’ event are announced from $175 to $1,000. Read More →
