British cellist Rohan de Saram has died on September 29 at the age of 85. He was born in Sheffield to Sri Lankan parents in 1939. A pupil of Gaspar Cassadó, in 1955 he was the first winner of the Guilhermina Suggia Prize and five years later he made his Carnegie Hall debut under the baton of Dmitri Mitropoulos. Read More →
The Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, Germany, has announced the winners of its 2024 edition. The Joseph Joachim Prize has been jointly awarded to 27-year-old Angela Chan, from Hong Kong, and 19-year-old Jacques Forestier, from Canada. Read More →
Tugan Sokhiev
Photo: Askonas Holt
Nach seinem fulminanten Debut beim Luxembourg Philharmonic mit Shostakovichs 4. Symphonie im Mai dieses Jahres ist der nordossetische Dirigent Tugan Sokhiev nach Luxemburg zurückgekehrt. Alain Steffen berichtet. Read More →
The 10th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Borusan Sanat and Accademia Teatro alla Scala concluded with the final gala and award ceremony at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall on Friday, 27 September 2024. HuanHong Li (bass, China) won the first prize, Nazlıcan Karakaş (soprano, Türkiye) came second and Maria Knihnytska (soprano, Ukraine) won the third prize. Read More →
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced a $15 million gift from the Barrett Family Foundation, marking the largest pledge in the orchestra’s history and the most significant commitment ever made to support programming at a Canadian performing arts organization. Read More →
The George Enescu International Competition has announced the winners in all four of its divisions – Cello, Violin, Piano and Composition. This year’s competition, which received a record volume of applications, concluded yesterday evening with its Closing Concert at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. Read More →
The Kennedy Center and the union representing musicians in the National Symphony Orchestra have come to an agreement on a short-term 18-month labor contract after a short strike that threatened today’s season-opening gala. Read More →
Staatsoper Wien
Die von Kyrill Serebrennikov an der Wiener Staatsoper inszenierte Verdi-Oper Don Carlo ging laut übereinstimmenden österreichischen Medienberichten in einem Buhorkan unter. In seiner Inszenierung verlegt der Regisseur die Handlung in ein Institut für Kostümkunde, in dem Verdis Machtdrama entschlüsselt werden soll, was aber laut Berichten in ein totales Durcheinander ausartete. Read More →
Der österreichische Komponist und Klangkünstler Peter Jakober (*1977) erhält den von der Stadt Wien neu gestifteten Arnold-Schönberg-Preis für zeitgenössische Musik. Die Preisverleihung findet am 27. November 2024 im Festsaal des Wiener Rathauses statt. Read More →
On October 4, 2024, a huge tsunami wave of new album releases will flood the market. Pizzicato staff have been listening to albums coming out on that day for weeks. We have selected around thirty of them and are preparing the reviews. So there will be about four reviews every day this week.
