I met Maestro Muti at the end of May at his home in Ravenna: after the long interview, in the afternoon we moved to a charming little theater a few kilometers from the city for the Cherubini Orchestra rehearsals. This is the Teatro Socjale, inaugurated exactly 100 years ago and built at the behest of the local cooperative of farm workers who taxed themselves for this purpose. And Muti (who, during the Ravenna Festival, inaugurated another tiny theater, the one in Marradi, between Emilia and Tuscany) took the opportunity to make a joke (« I used to conduct at the Musikverein, now I conduct at Piangipane! ») and, more seriously, to insist on the importance of revitalizing the many jewels scattered throughout Italy, entrusting their management to young people. Read More →
Walter Piston (1894-1976) ist auf Umwegen zur Musik gekommen. Der in einer aus Italien stammenden Familie geborene Musiker schlug zunächst eine Ingenieurslaufbahn ein, widmete sich dann der Malerei und später dem Klavier. Nach 1910 führte Walter Piston ein Leben als Pianist und Geiger in Tanzkapellen. 1920 kam er an die Harvard University und studierte dort Komposition. Dann trat Piston der Navy Band bei und erlernte weitere Instrumente. Read More →
23-year-old Chinese pianist Ying Li won First Prize as well as the Audience Award at the first edition of the Antonio Mormone International Prize (Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone). The finals took place at La Scala in Milan. Read More →
Unterhaltsames Violinprogramm
Der junge Amerikaner Randall Goosby, ein Schüler von Itzhak Perlman, spielt auf seiner ersten CD mit dem Namen Roots ein buntes Programm mit Musik von schwarzen Komponisten – William Grant Still, Florence Price, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – von George Gershwin sowie Antonin Dvoraks Sonatina, die dieser nach seiner Rückkehr aus dem Mittleren Westen in New York komponierte. In jugendlich-frischen, mitunter aber auch schmalzigen Interpretationen bietet er so ein unterhaltsames, leichtes Programm für etwas mehr als eine vergnügliche Stunde Musik. – On his first CD, Roots, the young American violinist Randall Goosby, a student of Itzhak Perlman, plays a varied program of music by black composers – William Grant Still, Florence Price, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson -, by George Gershwin as well as Antonin Dvorak’s Sonatina which he composed after his return from the Midwest in New York. In youthful, fresh, but sometimes also schmaltzy interpretations, he thus offers an entertaining, light program for a little more than an enjoyable hour of music. (Decca 4851664) – ♪♪♪♪ Read More →
Nino Rota zeigt in seinem Nonett auf seiner fortdauernden Suche nach Schönheit und Harmonie in neuer Form den großbürgerlichen Salon mit gepflegter, aber leicht morbider Atmosphäre, die klassizistische Prägung durch seine Lehrer, die durch seine Filmmusiken entwickelte Fähigkeit, kurz und prägnant zu formulieren sowie seine unverwechselbare Art sensibler Melodiebildung in Kombination zu einem äußerst eleganten Werk. Read More →
Mit seinem ersten zeitgenössischen Soloalbum begibt sich Ilya Gringolts auf moderne Pfade, freilich mit Bezugnahmen. Und wie sollte es anders sein, diese gehen zu Johann Sebastian Bach, aber auch zu Elementen der Volksmusik. Read More →
The Concertgebouworkest has made its streaming program since June 2020 available free of charge for one month under the name Lockdown Archives. The works performed by the orchestra between June 2020 and June 2021 can be accessed individually at www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/watch-listen . Read More →
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) announced that its free concert, Salute to America in Orchestra Hall, scheduled for Sunday, July 4 has been cancelled due to the flooding of their hall. Read More →
ICMA and the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein presented a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on Sunday 27 June at the Vaduzersaal in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. ICMA President Remy Franck says: « This concert was an incredible musical event. The energy coming from the stunningly excellent Liechtenstein Symphony and the exceptionless outstanding soloists, the world premiere of Ivan Boumans’ musically rich and highly imaginative Organic Beats as well as the joy and enthusiasm radiating form the stage in Chailly’s Meistersinger overture and Yaron Traub’s Jubel-Ouvertüre were just overwhelming. From people in the hall and from those following the livestream, I got only the most enthusiastic comments. » Read More →
ICMA and the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on Sunday 27 June at the Vaduzersaal in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The June Gala will be available for free to wider audiences via livestream on http://www.kulmag.live/. To be able to follow the streaming, you must register for free. Read More →