The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) announced that this month’s scheduled tour to Florida has been postponed due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. The tour will be rescheduled for a future season. Read More →
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1957)
During 2022-23 the music industry will celebrate the 150th birthday of British composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958). In a press release the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society says this will be « a commemoration of international significance, with performances, recordings, publications and associated events, and the last major anniversary before his works go out of copyright. Due to the effect of the pandemic, celebrations will be taking place up to and well beyond the birthday on 12th October this year. » Read More →
Gautier Capuçon
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French cellist Gautier Capuçon, 40, has announced the launch of his philanthropic foundation which will aim to support exceptional young artists in France and abroad during their studies and to help them in the first steps of their career. Read More →
Beethoven-Denkmal in Bonn
Auf dem Münsterplatz in Bonn wurde die 3,2 Tonnen schwere Statue des Komponisten Ludwig van Beethoven demontiert. Das 1845 eingeweihte Denkmal in Beethovens Geburtsstadt muss restauriert werden. Korrosionsschäden machten die Statue undicht, wodurch Wasser und Schmutzpartikel ins Innere eindringen konnten. Read More →
Myung-Whun Chung
Conductor Myung-Whun Chung, 68, will be appointed as Honorary Music Director of the KBS Philharmonic Orchestra, according to Korean media reports. Chung stepped in for the orchestra’s Christmas Eve concert, since Music Director Pietari Inkinen was unable to enter the country because of quarantine rules. Read More →
Riccardo Chailly
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Confronted with the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic and the sanitary restrictions in Europe, the Filarmonica della Scala has cancelled its January tour. The Milanese ensemble conducted by Riccardo Chailly was scheduled to perform for three dates in Spain (Alicante, Madrid, Barcelona) starting January 25 and then at the Philharmonie de Paris on January 28 and 29.
James Gaffigan
James Gaffigan, 43, wird mit Beginn der Spielzeit 2023/24 Generalmusikdirektor der Komischen Oper Berlin. Der Amerikaner ist Musikdirektor am Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Erster Gastdirigent beim Trondheim Symfoniorkester & beim Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest sowie Chefdirigent des Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra. Im Sommer 2021 beendete er sein zehnjähriges Wirken als Chefdirigent des Luzerner Sinfonieorchesters. Read More →
Die deutsche Sopranistin Waltraud Meier verabschiedet sich am 9. Januar, dem Tag ihres 66. Geburtstags, von den italienischen Bühnen und zwar mit einem Konzert an der Mailänder Scala mit Bass Günther Groissböck und dem Pianisten Joseph Breinl. Read More →
Franz Welser-Möst
Photo: Don Snyder
Nach Daniel Barenboim 2022 haben die Wiener Philharmoniker für das Neujahrskonzert 2023 den 61-jährigen Franz Welser-Möst bestellt. Er wird dann nach 2011 und 2013 zum dritten Mal am Pult stehen.
Alexander Scriabin
On 6 January, when the music community celebrates the 150th anniversary of Alexander Scriabin, the Russian publishing house Music – P. Jurgenson will publish a new edition of Scriabin’s works in 12 volumes. Read More →
