The violin section of the ARD Musikwettbewerb in Munich ended yesterday without First Prize. German violinist Sarah Christian, won Second Prize as well as the Audience Award. Third Prize went to Kristine Balanas, Latvia. Read More →

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Photo: Marco Borggreve

Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is the recipient of the 2017 Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance which will be given to him tomorrow, September 7, at la Maison Symphonique in Montréal. Read More →

The Moscow audience will be able to see Kirill Serebrennikov’s Nureyev production in 2017, Russian agency RIA says. Bolshoi’s General Manager Vladimir Urin had cancelled the premiere of the piece, explaining that the production was not ready. Read More →

Der russische Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikov bleibt weiter in Hausarrest. Ein Moskauer Gericht lehnte gestern den Einspruch der Verteidigung weitgehend ab, wie die Agentur Interfax meldete. Der Hausarrest bleibt bis 19. Oktober mit Ausnahmen in Kraft. Dem 47-Jährigen werden jedoch täglich Spaziergänge erlaubt. Read More →

Staatsoper Wien

Zum Saisonbeginn hat die Wiener Staatsoper ein neues Untertitel- und Informationssystem in Betrieb genommen. Zwei Millionen Euro wurden investiert. Read More →

Suffering from a brain cancer, Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has cancelled an upcoming recital at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest, on September 22. The cancellation was announced for medical reasons. Read More →

Jurjen Hempel

Dutch conductor Jurjen Hempel (*1961) has been named Music Director at the Opéra de Toulon in France. In September 2018, he will succeed Giuliano Carella, who has this job since 2003. Read More →

No first prize has been awarded at the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland. But two tied laureates, Stella Chen (USA) and Saki Tozawa (Japan), won Second Prize of this year’s 100 percent female final round. Read More →

Ivan Krpan

20 year-old Croatian pianist Ivan Krpan has won this year’s Busoni Competition. Krpan was born in Zagreb in 1997. He began studying the piano at the age of 6 at the Blagoje Bersa Music School in Zagreb. Read More →

Luciano Pavarotti

Ten years after the death of Luciano Pavarotti, on 6 September 2007, Modena will pay homage to the great tenor with Giuseppe Verdi’s Mass of Requiem. The performance to be held on Tuesday, September 5 at the Dome of Modena, will be conducted by Stefano Ranzani. Read More →