Der Sprecherrat des Deutschen Kulturrates hat Christian Höppner, Generalsekretär des Deutschen Musikrates, in seiner Sitzung in geheimer Wahl einstimmig zum Präsidenten des Deutschen Kulturrates wiedergewählt. Höppner wird seine zweite Amtszeit für weitere drei Jahre antreten. Read More →
The ‘Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs 2016’ (17th edition) was awarded to Karol Beffa for his Concerto for Viola and Strings. The competition was run by over 1000 students and teachers representing 35 French high schools. Other Composers in competition were Régis Campo, Bechara El-Khoury, Laurent Lefrançois, Jacques Lenot and Christian Zanési.
The Star-Telegram in Fort Worth is reporting about the death of two children and the stabbing of their mother. The family is the one of Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko, who lives separated from his wife and has filed for divorce. Kholodenko is scheduled to play this weekend with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. An update will follow as soon as more details are known.
Die Landeskapelle Eisenach hat den 34-jährigen Österreicher Andreas Fellner als neuen Chefdirigenten verpflichtet. Fellner, bislang Kapellmeister am Theater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach, wird im Herbst in Eisenach Nachfolger von Daniel Klajner, der als Intendant ans Theater Nordhausen geht.
Richard Wagner
« Surrender the ring! No right to it! » – What Wotan sings at the beginning of the fourth scene of Wagner’s Rheingold is becoming reality in Berlin. According to German press reports, both opera houses, Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper, plan a new Ring cycle at the same time. Read More →
Gustav Malher
From 6 to 13 May 2016 the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra will organize the 5th Mahler Conducting Competition. Out of 381 applicants from 64 countries, 14 candidates have been invited to Bamberg, 11 males and 3 females. Read More →
The Gala concert of the International Music Awards 2016 takes place at the Kursaal in San Sebastian, on 1 April 2016, 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 →
Young Polish Pianist Szymon Nehring, whose Chopin-Szymanowski-CD recently won our Supersonic Award, was one outstanding soloist yesterday evening at the Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, with the Santander Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk. Read More →
'Cité de la musique' at Ile Seguin
(c) Shigeru Ban & Jean de Gastines
The new Musical City at Ile Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, a Western suburb of Paris, which is supposed to become a tough competitor for the new Philharmonic Hall in the East, has been delayed by half a year. Read More →
Hans Sommer
‘Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße’ wird morgen, am 18. März, von TPT Theater und Philharmonie Thüringen unter der Leitung von GMD Laurent Wagner in Gera aufgeführt. Es ist dies eine phantastisch-romantische Oper von Hans Sommer (1837-1922). Sommer komponierte zahlreiche Klavier- und Orchesterlieder sowie insgesamt zehn Opern. Read More →
