The International Classical Music Awards organize theire Award Ceremony and Gala Concert today at the Bilkent Symphony Hall in Ankara. The event is hosted by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Here is the outstanding program of the Gala concert, bringing together seven soloists and four conductors. Read More →

The Royal College of Music, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano), London-based creative design consultancy Studiohead, and Skyline Whitespace, one of the leading providers of custom modular stands in Europe, have developed a new performance simulator, complete with realistic back-stage and on-stage areas as well as an interactive virtual audience and audition panel. This new training facility offers the opportunity for musicians to practise their performing and auditioning skills. Read More →

Gustavo Dudamel
Photo: Mathew Imagaing

The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced a contract extension for Gustavo Dudamel through the 2021/22 season. His original contract as Music Director commenced in the 2009/10 season for a 5-year term and was extended in March 2011 to run through the 2018/19 centennial season.

Valery Gergiev
(c) Marco Borggreve

Das Opernhaus in Primorsky soll mit dem St. Petersburger Mariinsky Theatere fusioniert werden. Das berichten russische Medien. Angeblich geht die Fusion auf eine Entscheidung Putins zurück, der damit Valery Gergiev ein neues Standbein im Nordosten Russlands geben will, von wo aus er Asien erobern soll.

Johannes Brahms

Das Brahms-Institut an der Lübecker Musikhochschule hat mit der aus dem Jahr 1873 stammende Reinschrift des Liedes ‘Agnes’ Opus 59 Nr. eine kostbare Handschrift des Komponisten Johannes Brahms ersteigert. Die 5 biete einzigartige Einblicke in Brahms’ Kompositionswerkstatt und sei eine großartige Ergänzung der Lübecker Sammlung, sagt der Leiter des Instituts, Wolfgang Sandberger.

Georges Bizet

Von der Nordsee-Insel Großbritannien dringt Sonderbares aufs Festland: Die finanzielle Situation der Opernhäuser könnte sich verbessern, wenn man mehr Opern in der Landessprache aufführen würde, wird dort verkündet. Angeregt wurde die Debatte durch die englischsprachigen Aufführungen von Wagners ‘The Mastersingers of Nuremberg’ (English National Opera) und Cavallis ‘L’Ormindo’ (Royal Opera House). Read More →

Cathy Krier

The Jury deciding upon a grant for a concert tour by a young Luxembourgish musician has given this financial aid to the pianist Cathy Krier, who currently plans the organization of a concert tour in Japan in 2015/16. Born in Luxembourg in 1985, Cathy Krier began taking piano lessons at the Luxembourg Conservatoire at the age of five. In 1999 she was admitted to Pavel Gililov’s masterclass at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. She has performed internationally and recorded several CDs. Read More →

Aaron J. Kernis

The Nashville Symphony launches a Composer Lab & Workshop aimed at providing young composers with the opportunity to develop their talents and gain hands-on experience working with a major American orchestra. Selected participants will travel to Nashville in October 2015 to hear their music performed by the Nashville Symphony Read More →

The first group of Musicians and ICMA Jury members have arrived in Ankara
(c) Nicole Franck

The first group of winners and ICMA Jury members have arrived today in Ankara, where the rehearsals for the Gala Concert with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra will start tomorrow. Among the first musicians to arrive were Young Artists of the Year Jodie Devos and Yury Revich as well as conductor Alexander Liebreich and sheng player Wu Wei. Read More →

Der Preisträger des 7. Internationalen Dirigentenwettbewerb Sir Georg Solti, Tung-Chieh Chuang, hat jetzt kurz nach diesem Sieg auch den 6. Dirigierwettbewerb der Mitteldeutschen Musikhochschulen gewonnen, der vom MDR Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig ausgerichtet wurde.