British violinist Stephen Morris was handed over his 310-year-old violin worth 290,000 euros that he forgot on a train in London on 22 October. After his public request to return the instrument, a man contacted him via Twitter and agreed to return the instrument to his owner in a super market car park.
The Mariinsky Theater is currently for several performances in Moscow. Russian media report, that on October 30, twelve of the artists were poisoned by food from their lunch boxes. Six people were hospitalized. Read More →
Nelson Freire
(c) Fabrice Boissière
After a fall in Rio de Janeiro, 75-year-old pianist Nelson Freire broke his right arm and underwent surgery at the Copa D’Or Hospital, in Copacabana, where he remains hospitalized at least until Monday, Brauzilan media say. Several of the pianist’s concerts have been cancelled, and he is expected to recover in two months.
Der 9. Internationale Louis Spohr Wettbewerb für Junge Geiger an der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar endete mit neun Preisen. Den 1. Preis in der jüngsten Kategorie I (bis 14 Jahre) erspielte sich die 13-jährige Deutsche Maya Wichert. Den 2. Preis gewann der ebenfalls 13 Jahre alte Schweizer Raphael Nussbaumer. Aus den USA kommt die 3. Preisträgerin, die 12-jährige Geigerin Fiona Khuong-Huu. Read More →
Launched a few years ago by the American conductor David Bernard, InsideOut Concerts have a growing activity in the United States. « The best seat in the house is IN the orchestra – you can see, feel and hear the music making unfolding around you. It is the IMAX of Classical Music! », the organization says. Read More →
Online application for the next Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition is open, the organizer says in a press release, with the application deadline being fixed on Wednesday 4 December 2019. The first round will begin on 4 May 2020, the finals will take place from 25 to 30 May. Here are the rules. The organizer also says that its next competitions will be for cello in 2021, for voice in 2022, for violin in 2023 and again for piano in 2024.
« Musik verstehen – Musik interpretieren », so nennt sich eine Festschrift für Siegfried Mauser zum 65. Geburtstag des rechtskräftig wegen Sexualdelikten zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilten deutschen Komponisten und Pädagogen. Sie ist im Verlag Koenigshausen Neumann erschienen und erstaunt mit der Selbstverständlichkeit, mit der sie präsentiert wird und mit den Namen, die darin als Autoren vorkommen. Read More →
Seit dem 11. Oktober 2019 gilt am Staatstheater Darmstadt eine interne Haushaltssperre um eine sich nach derzeitigen Prognosen abzeichnende Budgetüberschreitung möglichst abzuwenden, teilte das Haus mit. Read More →
British violinist Stephen Morris inadvertently left his 310-year-old violin, a David Tecchler from 1709, on a train. According to British media he was on the London to Orpington service on the 22nd of October, got out at Penge East with his bike, but forgot his violin worth almost € 300.000. He had been playing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The train company and the police are searching for the violin since a week now. Morris is the last one of a long list of musicians who forgot their instruments on a train or a bus.
Anthony Bramall
Der Intendant des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz, Josef E. Köpplinger, und der britische Dirigent Anthony Bramall, 62, haben dessen Vertrags-Verlängerung als Chefdirigent des Gärtnerplatztheaters unterzeichnet. Der Brite wird demnach weitere vier Jahre in München bleiben. Read More →
