(c) Martin Hoffmeister
The Gala concert of the International Music Awards 2016 takes place today, 01 April, at the Kursaal in San Sebastian. The event is hosted by the Euskadi Orchestra (Basque National Orchestra) and Donostia 2016. The audience will experience two premieres. It is the first time that ICMA are able to present a world premiere performance, since the Artist of the Year, Christian Lindberg, has written a piece especially for this evening, The Tale of Kundraan. Read More →
Cecilia Bartoli
(c) Ulli Weber/Decca
Italian mezzo Cecilia Bartoli doesn’t like to board a plane. She told the magazine Gramilano that, whenever possible, she is travelling by train or by sea. To go to New York, the singer took the Queen Elizabeth. She even told the reporter: « When I went to St Petersburg I took a train from Switzerland to Lübeck in Germany, where I boarded an icebreaker which got me there in three days. »
The European contest for percussion solo and low brass instruments (trombone, althorn, baritone, saxhorn, euphonium, tuba) will be organized by Luxembourg’s music association UGDA on Sunday, 13th of November 2016, at the Conservatoire of Luxembourg-City. Six different levels (four in percussion) are proposed to enable beginners as well as advanced soloists to participate in the competition. Contestants aged not over 26 years may enter. Application will be closed on October 10th, 2016. Read More →
There is more news in the case of the transformations at the Paris Opera Garnier. The management of the opera house wanted to eliminate some separation walls in order to get more seats. Now, because the old separation walls were not stored, but rather destroyed without any authorization, and the transformation work does not fulfill the requirements of historic buildings, the case is finally transferred to the Criminal court. Read More →
Melvyn Tan
In an interview with ‘classicfm’ pianist Melvyn Tan has said something remarkable, which music students should take in consideration. « … another way is to learn how to practise. A lot of students don’t really know how to practise. The way to practise, I think, is to really listen to yourself, but in a very analytical way. So you almost don’t think of the musical emotions in the piece, but you’re thinking of being able to project each note, thinking about why the composer wrote certain sequences of notes. And then you apply it to a much bigger canvas, you apply the colour and then emotions – and that is a long process. »
Statsoper Unter den Linden
Im Oktober 2013 sollte die Berliner Staatsoper ‘Unter den Linden’ nach Renovierung wiedereröffnet werden. Dann kam der Bauskandal. Die Kosten stiegen ins Unermesslich und der Eröffnungstermin wurde immer wieder verschoben. Jetzt wird der 3. Oktober 2017 als neuer Termin genannt. Ob er wohl diesmal stimmt?
Karina Cannelakis
© Todd Rosenburg
The Solti Foundation U.S. has announced that the Foundation’s seventh $25,000 grant, The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, goes to Karina Canellakis, currently in her second season as Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony. Read More →
Ferruccio Busoni,1928
Zum 150. Geburtstag von Ferruccio Busoni gestalten Klavierstudenten des Salzburger Mozarteum aus der Klasse von Prof. Claudius Tanski am Freitag, 1. April 2016, um 12 Uhr ein Konzert am Grab des Komponisten auf dem Friedhof Stubenrauchstraße in Berlin. Am Abend desselben Tages wird das Konzert um 19 Uhr in der Kirche St. Marien am Bergheimerplatz 1 in 14197 Berlin wiederholt. Read More →
Mit Agostino Steffanis ‘Amor vien dal destino’, 1709 in Düsseldorf uraufgeführt, setzt die Berliner Staatsoper am 23. April, ihre Reihe der Wiederentdeckungen fort. Dann ist die Oper nach über 300 Jahren erstmals wieder szenisch auf der Bühne zu erleben. Read More →
Mitsuko Uchida
(c) Marco Borggreve
Die Pianistin Mitsuko Uchida hat einem Bericht des Hamburger Abendblatts zwölf Steinway D-Flügel verworfen, die man ihr zur Auswahl vorgesetzt hatte. Die Pianistin soll im Auftrag der Elbphilharmonie drei Flügel für den neuen Hamburger Konzertsaal aussuchen. Nach dem Misserfolg des ersten Tests, sollen ihr im Sommer weitere Steinways zur Auswahl angeboten werden.
