Zubin Mehta
(c) Wilfried Hässl

Sein 80-jähriges Bestehen feierte das ‘Israel Philharmonic ‘ am 26. Dezember 2016 im Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv. Chefdirigent Zubin Mehta dirigierte ein reines Beethoven-Programm mit Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfmann und Amanda Forsyth. 3sat zeigt am Samstag, 14. Januar 2017, 20.15 Uhr, die Aufzeichnung davon. Read More →

Elbphilharmonie

In Hamburg wurde gestern das teuerste Konzerthaus Europas eingeweiht. 789 Millionen Euro hat es gekostet und wurde zum neuen Wahrzeichen der norddeutschen Hafenstadt. Alain Steffen war für Pizzicato bei den Feierlichkeiten dabei. Read More →

Die Sektion Musik des österreichischen Gewerkschaftsbunds hat an die Österreichischen Abgeordneten des Europaparlaments einen offenen Brief geschickt und fordert darin eine faire Bezahlung von Urhebern und Interpreten bei Übertragungen und Vermarktungen ihrer Werke im Internet. Read More →

Yves Abel
(c)Francesco Martinelli

Das NWD-Magazin ‘Intermezzo’ meldet, der kanadische Dirigent Yves Abel, Chefdirigent der Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie in Herford, verlängere seinen Vertrag bis zum Jahr 2020. Abel leitet das Herforder Orchester seit 2015, und sein aktueller Vertrag läuft bis 2018. Read More →

Elena Schwarz
(c) Priska Ketterer

Swiss-Australian conductor Elena Schwarz who was born in 1985 in Lugano, has been appointed assistant conductor of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra for the year 2017. She succeeds Marzena Diakun and was selected after a competition with more than 150 candidates from all over the world. Read More →

Der Italiener Andrea Sanguineti (*1983) wird seinen Vertrag als GMD des Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theaters Görlitz-Zittau und Chefdirigent der Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie nach Ende der Spielzeit 2017/2018 nicht verlängern, teilte das Theater mit. Sanguineti ist seit 2013 auf diesem Posten.

Lan Shui
(c) Harrison Parrott

Chinese-American conductor Lan Shui, 59, has announced today, that he will quit his job as Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in January 2019, after the orchestra’s 40th anniversary. He is Music Director of the orchestra since 1997. The Straits Times reports that Shui wants to spend more time with his wife and two sons, aged 11 and eight months. Read More →

(c) Belgrade Land Development Public Agency

Architects Dragan Marcetic, Milan Maksimovic and her associates are the winners of the competition for the design of a new concert hall for the Belgrade Philharmonic. 34 projects were in competition. The new performing arts centre will consist of a large concert hall with 1,500 seats and a stage of 500 square meters, plus one multipurpose hall with up to 400 seats.

Hamburg’s ominously expensive and highly mediatised Elbphilharmonie had serious security lacks in the online ticket shop, German media report. Apparently it was quite easy not only to visualize tickets bought before by patrons, but also to reprint them. So if during the next months there will be two or more people wanting to sit one particular seat, the question will be who was the original buyer. Maybe patrons should take their credit card receipts with them… According to the arts centre, the security gap has been repaired a few days ago.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and its 87 musicians yesterday announced the ratification of a new contract, more than eight months prior to the current contract’s expiration on August 31, 2017. Read More →