Karl-Heinz Steffens
(c) Stefan Wildhirt
The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet announced the appointment of Karl-Heinz Steffens (*1961) as Music Director as from the next season on. Steffens is also Music Director of the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. He began his career as a clarinettist. Read More →
With Filippo Gorini winning the International Beethoven Competition in Bonn, another scholarship student of the International Music Academy Liechtenstein has added his success to the impressive list of winners among the Academy’s students in 2015. Read More →
Filippo Gorini
Der 20-jährige Italiener Filippo Gorini hat den Internationalen Beethoven Wettbewerb 2015 in Bonn 2015 gewonnen Er setzte sich gegen Ben Cruchley und Moritz Winkelmann durch. Filippo Gorini überzeugte die neunköpfige Jury unter der Leitung von Pavel Gililov mit seiner Interpretation von Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 5, begleitet vom Beethoven Orchester Bonn unter Leitung von Stefan Blunier. Filippo Gorini erhielt zudem den Publikumspreis für den besten Finalteilnehmer. Read More →
Maggy Nagel
(c) Service Information et Presse / Yves Kortum
Unser Leser kennen sie, die unmögliche Kulturministerin Maggy Nagel, wandelndes Stopschild des Luxemburger Kulturlebens. Ihre Zeit ist offenbar abgelaufen, ihr Titel hängt nur noch an einem Nägelchen, und die Brünnhilde dürfte demnächst unsanft abstürzen. Read More →
Bayreuth, Festspielhaus
Wie die Tageszeitung ‘Die Welt’ berichtet, hat eine Messung der Temperaturen im Bayreuther Festspielhaus ergeben, dass Festspielbesucher im Laufe der letzten Saison Temperaturen von 26 bis etwas mehr als 30 Grad ertragen mussten. Besonders warm wird es dort, wo VIPs und z.B. die Bundeskanzlerin sitzen. P.S.: Wenn Sie jetzt grinsen, machen Sie sich der Schadenfreude schuldig.
Concert Hall Katowice
(c) Sammy Hart
Katowice in southern Poland has been awarded the status of UNESCO City of Music. The Silesian city boasts such prestigious ensembles as the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra with its recently-opened concert hall, the Silesian Philharmonic, the Silesian Quartet, and the Camerata Silesia Choir. Katowice is also the venue of thirty music festivals. It will host the International Classical Music Awards ICMA in 2018. Katowice is the first Central and Eastern European city to win the title.
African-American coloratura soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs died last Tuesday, December 8, at the age of 90. She was one of the first black singers to make a major international career in opera. Her voice was light and she gained praise for her refined vocal technique and lively interpretations. Read More →
Ludwig van Beethoven
Erstaunlich: kein asiatischer Pianist schaffte es in die Endrunde des Bonner Beethoven-Wettbewerbs: Ben Cruchley (Kanada), Filippo Gorini (Italien) und Moritz Winkelmann (Deutschland) heißen die Finalisten. Die neunköpfige Jury unter der Leitung von Pavel Gililov kürte die drei jungen Pianisten unter den sechs angetretenen Halbfinalisten, zu denen noch Dorothy Khadem-Missagh, Jianing Kong und Georgy Voylochnikov zählten. Read More →
One former employee of the Bordeaux Opera and her partner are in trial since yesterday, being accused of embezzling €2,4 million between 2002 and 2012, when the fraud was finally discovered. The question today is why nobody at the opera house and nobody at any governmental controlling institution noticed that the woman diverted so much money into her own accounts.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) published another, in fact the third three consecutive balanced financial result, with even a small surplus of $30,000. Subscription sales – in terms of revenue, and households subscribing – grew across every product for the fourth consecutive season. $17.42 million in fundraising supported operations with an additional $1.9 million in payments added to the endowment.
