American pianist Leon Fleisher died yesterday in Baltimore at the age of 92. Born in 1928 in San Francisco into a Jewish family, Fleisher started studying the piano at age four. He made his public debut at age eight and played with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at 16. Read More →
Das grosse Festspielhaus in Salzburg
The Salzburg Festival opened on Saturday with a performance of a Richard Strauss opera, Elektra. The 100th edition of the festival has been scaled-down from an initial 200 to 100 performances due to the coronavirus pandemic and is taking place under strict hygiene regulations. It is one of the few bigger music festivals in Europe that has not been cancelled and will continue until the end of August. Read More →
Google has announced that they will remove all Danish music content on YouTube from August 1. Here is the background: Under the auspices of the Nordic alliance of collecting societies, Polaris, negotiations on a joint Nordic agreement on the use of music on YouTube are currently in full swing. The agreement will replace the local agreements of the Norwegian, Finnish and Danish composers and songwriters’ societies, combining them in a single, joint agreement with Google. In the case of Denmark’s Koda, the national agreement for Denmark expired in April, after which it was temporarily extended – as is standard practice in the industry while negotiating a new agreement. Read More →
Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation (Honens) announces the commission of a piano concerto for 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze by Canadian-American composer Kati Agócs. The new work, in memory of Canadian jazz pianist, mathematician, educator, and composer Bruce McKinnon, is to premiere in 2022 with additional performances across Canada and internationally anticipated for the 2022 / 23 season. Read More →
Boston Symphony Hall
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its fall concerts, in total 37 concerts of 14 programs (scheduled for Sept. 16-Nov. 28). Those programs include a two-week Beethoven festival led by music director Andris Nelsons, the world premiere of Julia Wolfe’s BSO-commissioned Her Story, and the Boston premiere of Kevin Puts’s The Brightness of Light with Renée Fleming.
Heute erscheint die 72. Ausgabe von ‘Wer spielte was?’, der Werkstatistik des Deutschen Bühnenvereins. Die Statistik 2018/2019 zeigt eine konstante Vielfalt in der deutschsprachigen Theaterlandschaft und fasst die letzte vollständige Spielzeit vor der Corona-Pandemie zusammen. Read More →
Elizabeth Schulze
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Elizabeth Schulze has agreed to extend her contract through 2024, the organization announced Wednesday.Schulze recently completed her 20th season as the artistic leader of the orchestra. Read More →
Die Deutsche Orchestervereinigung macht sich Sorgen um einen qualifizierten Nachwuchs im Orchestermanagement. Aktuell ist es zum Beispiel dem Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin nicht gelungen, innerhalb eines Jahres einen geeigneten Orchesterdirektor zu finden. Read More →
In March, the Belvedere Singing Competition postponed the finals scheduled for the month of April to the fall 2020. Today the organizer announced that the final rounds have been cancelled. All singers who have already qualified will automatically be in the final rounds next year. Read More →
Romanian conductor Camil Marinescu died today in Bucharest, according to news from Radio Romania Muzical. His death was caused by Covid-19. Born in 1964, Marinescu studied the bassoon and conducting at the National University of Music in Bucharest. His teachers were Cristian Mandeal and Pierre Dervaux. He has collaborated with important orchestras in the United States, Canada or Germany, and taught conducting at Osaka University. Read More →
