Nigel Kennedy
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Enfant terrible of the violin world, English violinist Nigel Kennedy, 60, has announced in an interview with British Classic FM that he has in mind focussing only on jazz and Klezmer. Kennedi said, from the classical genre he would only keep one single composer, Johann Sebastian Bach: « I’m thinking of giving up the whole of classical music except Bach …. I’m going to do one or two things in the next couple of years but then devote most of my attention to other aspects of music outside classical … « .
Gewandhaus Leipzig
Leipzig’s Gewandhaus will host on 1 April an outstanding classic event: ICMA’s Gala Concert and Award Ceremony. For the first time in Germany, the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), the only international Music Awards, will present at 8:00 pm an exceptional Gala concert. Read More →
Walter Gugerbauer
Das Theater Hof (Ostbayern) hat jetzt mit Walter E. Gugerbauer und Daniel Spaw eine neue Leitung der Musiktheatersparte vorgestellt. Read More →
Following the protection measures taken by the new POTUS*, entering the United States can become a nightmare for performing artists, even when they do not come from one of the banned countries. Read More →
Carl St. Clair
The Pacific Symphony says in a press release that its musicians—members of the Orange County Musicians Association, Local 7, of the American Federation of Musicians (AF of M)- and Symphony management have ratified « a landmark contract. Read More →
One of the most powerful music managers in France, René Martin, founder of La Folle Journée de Nantes and the International Piano Festival in La Roque d’Anthéron, is launching a new classical music festival to be held from 21 to 24 September in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel (Normandy). Read More →
Vaclav Luks
(c) Petra Hajska
Der tschechische Cembalist, Hornist, Dirigent, Musikwissenschaftler und Pädagoge Vaclav Luks erhält den Mozartpreis 2017 der Sächsischen Mozart-Gesellschaft. Read More →
Yesterday, with ICMA President Remy Franck attending, the new trophy of the International Classical Music Awards was revealed in Paris. Unlike the old one, which served for the six first years of the most important international music award in the world, the new one has a more modernistic approach. Read More →
Zwei Solisten werden in diesem Jahr mit dem Preis des Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs ausgezeichnet. Dies entschied heute Abend die 36-köpfige Gesamtjury des 43. Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs, der vom 27. Februar bis 11. März 2017 erstmals in Leipzig stattfindet. Read More →
In Moscow, three music schools are to be closed because their buildings will to be demolished to build a new State run sports complex. Read More →
