Die Quartette stellten für Telemann das Zentrum seines Schaffens dar, da er sie im Selbstverlag herausgeben und damit beim interessierten Publikum Geld verdienen konnte. Doch auch qualitativ schuf er mit jedem ein musikalisches Kleinod. Read More →
Jörg Widmann gehört mich zu den besten Komponisten der Gegenwart. Er schafft es immer wieder, durch originelle und hervorragend ausgearbeitete Kompositionen für sich einzunehmen. Seine Sprache ist modern, sicherlich, aber dennoch sehr musikantisch. Wenn ein Komponist beweist, wie musikantisch oder ‘melodisch’ atonale Musik sein kann, dann ist es Jörg Widmann. Read More →
When did you start playing the flute?
I decided to play the flute at the age of 7. From the beginning I liked the instrument very much. I also started to play the piano, but my mother was pushing me so hard, that at the end I disliked this instrument. But, becoming older, I appreciate the piano again. Fortunately, my mother gave me more freedom with the flute, so this was easier for me. Read More →
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director JoAnn Falletta are preparing to tour Poland in March. It will be the BPO’s first international tour in 30 years. The invitation came from Elzbieta Penderecka’s Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw. Read More →
You came back to La Scala after a 20 years gap (not counting the very recent concerts with the Academy Orchestra). A programme very much connected to your musical culture, but not at all to Italian tradition, marked this comeback. How did it work?
Actually quite well, because these musicians are technically very good. Moreover, for this music you need to be a musician with taste, with good technique and a feeling for rhythm. You need a lot of rubato, many stylistic elements that la Scala orchestra is able to give. Read More →
Mit Richard Danielpours ‘italienischem’ Quartett beginnt das Programm dieser CD, die drei neo-romantische und programmatisch konzipierte Streichquartette des 1956 geborenen amerikanischen Komponisten enthält. Read More →
After evaluating 241 applications, 116 pianists have been admitted to the preselection phase of the 19th Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, which will take place from July 25 to August, 2018. Read More →
Robert Spano, 56, has announced plans to conclude his tenure as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in June 2021. The 2020-21 season will mark his 20th year with the orchestra, making him one of the longest-tenured music directors of a major American orchestra. Following the 2020-21 season, he will assume the title of conductor laureate, and will continue to conduct it on a regular basis. A committee will be formed to begin the search for Spano’s successor. Read More →
Die Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit war das größte und zeitaufwendigste Werk des französischen Autors und Sozialkritikers Marcel Proust. Neben der Darstellung der gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen hat Proust in den zwanzig Jahren der Entstehung dieses Werkes den Wettlauf mit der eigenen ablaufenden Lebenszeit und der Erinnerung an die verlorene Vergangenheit darzustellen. Read More →
Following the unanimous recommendation of the Music Director Search Committee, the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra has named Yuga Cohler, 28, as the orchestra’s new Music Director, Broadway World Connecticut reports. Cohler will make his debut in Ridgefield on 5 May. Read More →