The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer as its next Music Director from March 2020. Fischer will conduct the Orchestra for eight weeks in 2020 and for 12 weeks in subsequent years. According to a statement by the orchestra, the Swiss conductor was the search committeeâs first choice. Read More →
An Andrea Lucchesinis Schubert-Interpretationen scheiden sich die Geister. Die beiden Sonaten D. 959 und D. 537 sowie das Allegretto D. 915 spielt er aus einem Geist heraus, musikalisch sehr ĂŒberlegt, souverĂ€n in der Gestik, mit viel Kraft und Lebendigkeit. In den schnellen SĂ€tzen gibt es viel leidenschaftliches DrĂ€ngen, starke Kontraste und eine groĂe dynamische Spannweite. Read More →
Since ancient times, philosophers have sought to cultivate happiness and well-being. Their intuitions about the benefits of shared creative experiences have now been confirmed by pioneering scientific research conducted by University College London (UCL) in partnership with Eric Whitacre and Music Productions. The detailed study, led by UCL Senior Research Fellow and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Dr Daisy Fancourt, shows how singing in a virtual choir delivers significant psychological benefits. Read More →
A calm and elegant gentleman – who only gets angry when a fellow journalist asks him the reason for such a high amount of the Nilsson prize ($ 1 million) and he then replies with annoyance that « no one asks such questions to players or Nobel laureates: and music does much more for peace compared to what they do! » – Reisch listened to Nilsson for the first time in Vienna in 1965: this was followed by two hundred other live performances, including 35 times as Isolde (« but none was the same as the previous »).
Vier moderne, aber durchaus zugĂ€ngliche, allesamt mitreiĂende Blockflötenkonzerte in superben Interpretationen: Michala Petris neueste CD-Produktion enthĂ€lt nur Welt-Ersteinspielungen und ist ĂŒberaus spannend. Read More →
Aside from his regular education, he has also received musical stimuli from attending masterclasses with renowned bassoonists, such as Sergio Azzolini and Bence Boganyi. During his high-school years, he got his first major orchestral experiences. Matko Smolcic performs regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. Since his repertoire stretches from Baroque to Contemporary music, he performs at a vast number of events and festivals both in his native Croatia and throughout Europe (Slovenia, England, Austria, Switzerland, Wales etc.). Read More →
When more than two decades ago you were still a young and promising pianist, you denied harbouring the dream of becoming an acclaimed and recognized pianist. Now that the ‘no dream’ has come true, and so many things and successes have happened in your well-established concert career, do you still think the same way?
Yes, I maintain my answer of that time. My aim is to enjoy the music, each and every one of the projects that I have the opportunity to face, plus my family and my environment. Read More →
How does one become a composer today?
In reality, I never thought about being a composer. In my case it was completely irrational. I remember perfectly the first time I wanted to compose something. I was tired of hearing the same thing from my Walkman and I chose to record something created by myself with instruments that I could play. Read More →
Die sechs Haydn gewidmeten Streichquartette von Mozart zerfallen von der Entstehungszeit her in zwei Dreiergruppen. Mit je einem Werk dieser beider Untereinheiten erscheint die jĂŒngste Einspielung des âAuryn Quartettâ. Die Quartette gehören zu den groĂen BeitrĂ€gen, die auch Beethoven inspirierten. Read More →
Diese Bearbeitungen von Bach-StĂŒcken im Stile von World- resp. Jazz-Liedern sind auf jeden Fall hörenswert. Arrangiert vom Gitarristen Gil Dor behĂ€lt Bachs Musik ihre UrsprĂŒnglichkeit, gewinnt aber durch eine neue Einfachheit an Reiz dazu. Die israelische SĂ€ngerin Noa sieht ihr Projekt als eine LiebeserklĂ€rung an die Musik von Bach und diese Liebe und Respekt spĂŒrt man in jedem der elf Lieder. Read More →