Renaud Capuçon
(c) Simon Fowler
The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has announced the appointment of French violinist and conductor Renaud Capuçon as Artistic Director of the orchestra as of the 2021-2022 season. He will succeed Joshua Weilerstein who will leave his position in the summer of 2021. Read More →
Die Chefin der Bayreuther Festspiele, Katharina Wagner (42) wird noch Monate brauchen, bis sie wieder gesund ist. Sie sei « nach wie vor schwer erkrankt, befindet sich aber inzwischen auf dem Wege der Stabilisierung“, teilten die Festspiele jetzt mit. « Der Genesungsprozess wird noch Monate in Anspruch nehmen.“ Read More →
Adam Fischer
Am 31. Mai spielen die Düsseldorfer Symphoniker in der Tonhalle Düsseldorf das erste Konzert mit Publikum seit der vorübergehenden Corona-Schließung. Am Pfingstsonntag werden sie unter der Leitung von Adam Fischer das Adagietto aus der Fünften Symphonie von Mahler und Haydns Abschiedssinfonie spielen – vor 100 Gästen im Saal und zahlreichen weiteren Zuhörern, die den Livestream an den heimischen Bildschirmen verfolgen werden. Read More →
Salzburg
Die Salzburger Festspiele finden vom 1. bis 30. August statt, mit nur 90 der geplanten 200 Vorstellungen und nur 70.000 statt 235.000 Eintrittskarten. Auch wird es keine Pausen in den Vorstellungen geben. Umfassende Hygiene-Maßnahmen sollen getroffen werden. Das genaue Programm soll nächste Woche bekannt gegeben werden.
French and foreign composers residing in France have launched the process of creating a Federation whose missions will consist in particular in participating in the reflection on the status of artists, authors (composers, visual artists, writers, etc.), contributing to the recognition and structuring of the latter, ensuring the action of the public authorities and the place of this music in the public and private media and disseminating these repertoires to the widest possible audience. Read More →
The Board of Directors of the Centre culturel de rencontre d’Ambronay, France, has taken decisions for the upcoming activities. For evident reasons, they say, the planned program for the 41st Festival d’Ambronay will not be able to take place, but they are thinking about innovation and new forms of encounters, « and this is indeed the whole mission of a CCR. » Read More →
In our ongoing Masquerade series we invite you today to discover Claude Debussy’s Masques, played by Alain Planès.
Riccardo Muti
Italy’s first public concerts since the country’s lockdown will take place on 9 March at the re-imagined Ravenna Festival, which will present up to 40 open-air events performed in the city’s 15th century fortress, Rocca Brancaleone for audiences of up to 250. Read More →
Music Without Quarantine will stream a final concert on May 27th at 19:00 CET on https://www.facebook.com/musicwithoutquarantine, the organizer says in a press release. The idea of the home online concert series Music Without Quarantine came from the Russian-born violinist based in Salzburg Mikhail Pochekin and the music critic from Madrid Michael Thallium. Read More →
Under the leadership of Music Director Shao-Chia Lü, Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has partnered with Taiwan Public Television and the National Theatre and Concert Hall to bring its upcoming concerts to the rest of the world. The performances will be livestreamed on YouTube and other platforms in 4K ultra-high-definition and will also be available to view after each concert. Read More →
