John E. Gardiner
Photo: Rock/Universal

John Eliot Gardiner, 81, founder of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique has stepped down as Artistic Director of the organization. In a message form his agent, he writes: « After a long period of deep consideration and reflection, I have decided to step down as leader and Artistic Director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras (MCO) with immediate effect. Read More →

Jacques Lacombe
(c) M&M Photographie

Canadian conductor Jacques Lacombe has been abruptly dismissed at the end of the season by the Orchestre Classique de Montréal. His departure, demanded by the OCM, was announced by the chairman of its board of directors without any explanation, either to the musicians or to the public. The separation comes after just one season during which Lacombe was Music Director. Read More →

Die Konzert- und Kongresshalle Bamberg, Residenz der Bamberger Symphoniker muss saniert werden. Die 30 Jahre alte Halle habe bauliche Defizite, wurde mitgeteilt. Eine genaue Analyse der Situation soll in den nächsten zwei Jahren klären, welche Baumaßnahmen an der Halle notwendig sind. Read More →

Leonhard Baumgartner
(c) Andrej Grilc

Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner (*2007), ICMA Discovery Award winner in 2023, just won the Ilona Fehér competition in Budapest. Read More →

Jordi Savall
(c) David Ignaszewski

Zum Abschluss der diesjährigen Styriarte, der steirischen Festspiele Graz trat Jordi Savall mit seinen Ensembles La Capella Reial de Catalunya und Le Concert des Nations in der Pfarrkirche Pöllau auf. Sie feierten die Vespro della Beata Vergine, kurz auf Deutsch Marienvesper, von Claudia Monteverdi. Uwe Krusch lauschte für Pizzicato. Read More →

Spanish conductor Noemí Pasquina won First Prize at this year’s Bucharest Conducting Competition, Jury chair John Axelrod said. Read More →

Born 28 August 1946 in Palma Campania, Naples Italian opera singer died yesterday at the age of 77. Mauti Nunziata initially attended the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Palermo where she was taught by Gina Cigna, and made her unofficial debut in Sicily as Musetta in La bohème. Read More →

Gustavo Dudamel

Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Dudamel Fellowship Program has four new members, Holly Hyun Choe, Dayner Tafur-Díaz, Luis Castillo-Briceño, and Molly Turner. Read More →

Romanian violinist Eugen Sârbu died yesterday in London according to Radio Romania Muzical. The musician, who was born in 1950, had an impressive international career. Read More →

Pianist Maria Josephina Mignone died last week at the age of 101. She had been hospitalized in São Paulo since June 29, when she suffered a fall at home. An important name in Brazilian piano, she developed a career as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as being a teacher. In recent years, she has dedicated herself to a fundamental process of recovering historical recordings of Francisco Mignone’s work. Read More →