The Parliament of the Geneva Canton and the City of Geneva are in disagreement over the Opera house in Geneva. In 2015, the politians of both sides agreed that the Grand Théâtre would become a State institution. Since then, apparently the City council changed their position and is speaking now about a 50/50 responsibility, much do the anger of the Canton. Meanwhile the opera house pays the price for this disagreement. The Canton refuses to pay their share of the funding, no less then 3 millions Swiss Francs.
John E. Gardiner
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Der Präsident des Leipziger Bacharchivs, der Brite John Eliot Gardiner (74), will 2018 in Leipzig ein einzigartiges Großprojekts starten. So sollen innerhalb von 48 Stunden beim Bachfest insgesamt 30 ausgewählte geistliche Kantaten Bachs an einem Wochenende in zehn Konzerten in Bachs Leipziger Kirchen zyklisch aufgeführt werden, mit Interpreten wie John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz und Masaaki Suzuki.
The Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition announced its winners. Winner of the Gold Medal and the Van Cliburn Winner’s Cup is Yekwon Sunwoo, 28, South Korea.The silver medallist is Kenneth Broberg, 23, United States, the bronze medallist Daniel Hsu, 19, United States, who also won the Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music as well as the Award for the Best Performance of a new work. Read More →
The General Assembly of Germany’s Bühnenverein, the association of theatres and orchestras, has sent a strong politic signal. The assembly decided to boost activities against right-wing populism and right-wing nationalists. President Ulrich Khuon said: « It matters to show the richness of a diversified society and not to consider this richness as a threat. » Read More →
Alain Trudel
The Symphony Orchestra of Toledo, Ohio, named Canadian conductor Alain Trudel as Music Director. He succeeds Stefan Sanderling and will serve as Music Director Designate for the next year. He will officially take the position July 1, 2018. Read More →
Giancarlo Guerrero
The Wroclaw Philharmonic announced the appointment of Giancarlo Guerrero, 48, as Music Director from the 2017/18 season. Guerrero, a native from Costa Rica, will continue as Music Director of the Nashville Symphony, a post he has held since 2009 and to which he has committed through the 2024-25 season, the Wroclaw Phil says.
Conductor Daniel Barenboim (74) has started a series of YouTube discussions, Parallels & Paradoxes, which brings him face to face with a grand variety of representatives from different disciplines of art. « Through debating a wide range of topics and diving deep into an interdisciplinary discourse, multiple parallels and paradoxes between arts, philosophical standpoints and the understanding of music, are elaborated », a communication text says. Read More →
Lukasz Borowicz
(c) Bruno Fidrych
Gemeinsam mit der Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin und dem RIAS Kammerchor wird der polnische Dirigent Lukasz Borowicz am 25. Juni 2017 Anton Bruckners ‘Missa solemnis’ im Konzerthaus Berlin in neuem Licht erstrahlen lassen. Read More →
Daniel Barenboim
(c) Peter Adamik
Daniel Barenboim (74) will die Barenboim-Said- Musikakademie in Berlin zu einem Zentrum für arabische Musik ausbauen. Die für sein ‘West Eastern Divan Orchestra’ gegründete Akademie mit dem ‘Pierre Boulez Saal’ sollen zum wichtigsten Ort für Musik aus dem Orient in Europa werden, gab er heute bekannt. Vorbild für sein Bemühen sei die Konferenz für arabische Musik, an der 1932 in Kairo auch Komponisten wie Bela Bartok und Paul Hindemith teilnahmen.
Wegen unzureichender Probenmöglichkeiten im KKL, wo das Luzerner Sinfonieorchester seine Konzert-Residenz hat, sowie im Luzerner Theater will das Orchester nun im Süden Luzerns ein Probenhaus bauen. Das Probenhaus soll zur eigentlichen Heimstätte des LSO werden. Read More →
