After the scheduled Glyndebourne Festival 2020 at the auditorium was cancelled, the organizer has announced plans to reopen for a series of open-air operas and concerts this summer, allowing audiences to return with social distancing measures in place. Read More →
The young conductor and violinist Christopher Quentin McMullen-Laird died June 18th of an as yet unclear but rapidly progressing medical issue, as his website says. Read More →
Der ehemalige Rektor der Münchner Musikhochschule und des Salzburger Mozarteums, Siegfried Mauser, hätte seit Jahresbeginn seine Haftstrafe in Landsberg am Lech absitzen müssen, zu der er im Mai 2018 wegen sexueller Nötigung in drei Fällen verurteilt worden war. Die Gesamtfreiheitsstrafe beläuft sich auf zwei Jahre und neun Monate. Read More →
Das Plattenlabel Orfeo International feiert sein 40-jähriges Bestehen. Mit der Veröffentlichung der ersten von vier geplanten 10-CD-Jubiläumsboxen erinnert Orfeo an herausragende Aufnahmen legendärer Dirigenten. Read More →
The Carnegie Hall announced the cancellation of all events through January 6, 2021. « Given current social-distancing protocols related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we had no other option but to extend the Hall’s closure until health conditions improve », the news release says.
During the lockdown, about 11 thousand performances and concerts were cancelled in Moscow, Alexander Kibovsky, head of the department of culture of the Russian capital, said in a TV interview on channel Moscow 24. He said that the theatre season ended unexpectedly in March, theatres and concert halls losing about 12 weeks of performances.
Der Norddeutsche Rundfunk NDR hat gestern auf die Befürchtungen der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung reagiert, der NDR-Chor und die Big Band könnten Sparmaßnahmen zum Opfer fallen. (Pizzicato-Bericht). Read More →
The San Francisco Symphony today announces the cancellation of all concerts through December 31, 2020 due to COVID-19. “While we are deeply disappointed to not present the exciting line-up of live concerts we had planned for Fall 2020, including the start of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s tenure as Music Director and a festival of events featuring our eight Collaborative Partners, we know this action is necessary in order to ensure the health and safety of our Orchestra, Chorus, staff, and audiences,” says San Francisco Symphony CEO Mark C. Hanson. Read More →
Klaus Mäkelä
(c) Heikki Tuuli
The Philharmonie de Paris has announced Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä (*1996) as the next Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris, as successor to Daniel Harding. Read More →
Dominik Beykirch
Der 29-jährige Deutsche Dominik Beykirch ist zum neuen Chefdirigenten am Deutschen Nationaltheater Weimar berufen worden. Er werde den Posten zum Start der Spielzeit 2020/21 übernehmen, teilte das Haus mit. Read More →
