The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced today the Awards for 2016. Soprano Dame Felicity Lott is honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Composer, trombonist and conductor Christian Lindberg is Artist of the Year, cellist Pablo Ferrandez Young Artist of the Year. For the first time the new Discovery Award for musicians from 12 to 18 is awarded to flutist Nikolai Song, born in 2002, of Korean-Russian parentage. Read More →
Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre present the Normandy International Baroque Music Competition, the first international competition in France for instrumental soloists in the baroque music. The competition is open to young musicians of any nationalities. The first edition will be held in September 2016 and will be dedicated to string instruments: violin, cello and viola da gamba. Registration is to be made at the website of Le Poème Harmonique from January 25 till May 29, 2016. Information: concours@lepoemeharmonique.fr.
Emmanuel Krivine
(c) Christian Aschman
Strong rumours are currently circulating about a possible nomination of Emmanuel Krivine, 68, as successor to Daniele Gatti as Music Director of the Paris based Orchestre National de France (ONF). Read More →
Laura Telly Cambier und Lukhanyo Moyake sind die Gewinner des diesjährigen Emmerich Smola Förderpreises. Das Publikum des Gesangswettbewerbs in der Landauer Jugendstil-Festhalle wählte die beiden Sieger. Begleitet wurden die Sänger von der Deutschen Radio Philharmonie unter der Leitung von Marco Comin. Read More →
Hartford Symphony’s management has announced, that it will shut down the orchestra if musicians do not accept $450,000 in wage concessions by midnight this Monday. Hartford Symphony is an orchestra based in Hartford, Connecticut. Meanwhile, Music Director Carolyn Kuan made known her willingness to reduce her salary corresponding to the cut the musicians have been asked to accept. Read More →
Primorsky Opera, Vladivostok
With the Primorsky Opera in Vladivostok now being part of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, it is among General Director Valery Gergiev’s countless duties to engage the responsible people. So he now announced the name of the musical leaders; the post of Principal Conductor has been given to Mariinsky Theatre conductor Pavel Smelkov. The Principal Guest Conductor of the Primorsky Stage is Mariinsky Theatre guest conductor Vladislav Karklin. In other words: total control.
Pavarotti in Pesaro
The villa of the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) in the city of Pesaro will be transformed into an artistic centre, the family of the singer said. A native of Modena in northern Italy, Pavarotti had fallen in 1965 for the house called Villa Giulia in Pesaro and bought it ten years later. He described the hilltop property as his ‘retreat’. Now it will become an artistic home for theatre companies, musicians and singers who will be able to work at this inspiring place.
Hans Christoph Rademann
Der Dirigent Hans-Christoph Rademann (51) bekommt den Preis der Europäischen Kirchenmusik 2016. Der von der Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd (Baden-Württemberg) vergebene Preis wird Rademann zum Auftakt des Festivals Europäische Kirchenmusik am 16. Juli überreicht. Read More →
Sidney Opera House
Das Opernhaus von Sydney und die umliegenden Örtlichkeiten wurden am Donnerstag wegen einer Bombendrohung von der Polizei geräumt und abgesperrt. Das Personal der Oper und die Besuchergruppen im Haus mussten die Oper verlassen. Mehrere Stunden später wurde Enttarnung gegeben. Nähere Angaben zum Vorfall wurden von der Polizei nicht gemacht, berichten australische Medien.
Das Saarländische Staatstheater in Saarbrücken konnte die hohen Besucherzahlen der vorherigen Saison in der Spielzeit 2014/2015 noch steigern. Insgesamt 219.898 Zuschauer besuchten alle Spielstätten und die auswärtigen Vorstellungen des Theaters. Das waren über 12.000 Besucher mehr als im Vorjahr. Eine Steigerung gab es bei den Sinfoniekonzerten in der Congresshalle unter dem neuen Generalmusikdirektor, Nicholas Milton, sowie bei der Oper.
