On 7 May 2015, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Riccardo Muti, will offer a free, on-demand video stream of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The music will be available from 11 a.m. Central American time for viewers worldwide at www.cso.org/Beethoven9, where currently two video trailers as well as the downloads of the programs notes are made accessible. Read More →
Due to health problems, violinist Midori has been advised by her doctor not to travel. She has cancelled her appearances in association with the London Symphony Orchestra’s International Violin Festival this week.
Nach 265 Jahren ist das bedeutendste Zeugnis der Bach-Ikonografie, das Bach-Portrait des Leipziger Kunstmalers Elias Gottlob Haußmann aus dem Jahr 1748, auf dem Weg zurück nach Leipzig. Der amerikanische Philantroph Dr. William H. Scheide hatte an seinem 100. Geburtstag das Bach-Archiv Leipzig zum Erben dieses bedeutenden Schatzes seiner Sammlung bestimmt. Read More →
Shortly after the dismissal of the former manager Boris Mezdrich, Novosibirsk Opera is heading in a new direction. The theatre will become a platform for Sino-Russian cultural projects. This was agreed at a meeting in Moscow by the Minister of Culture of China, Luo Shugan, and the new manager Vladimir Kehman. Mezdrich was fired after the Russian Orthodox Church and some activists reacted negatively to the staging of Wagner’s Tannhäuser directed by Timothy Kulyabin.
After the cancellation of several performances due to the mandatory curfew and current safety concerns after the huge riots in Baltimore, musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will gather in front of Meyerhoff Symphony Hall at noon this Wednesday to give a free concert « in support of our community. » The musicians, who are donating their services, have invited « friends, BSO family and all who love the great City of Baltimore » to the event.
Der finnische Dirigent Jukka-Pekka Saraste (58) verlängert seinen Vertrag als Chefdirigent des WDR Sinfonieorchesters Köln bis zum Sommer 2019. Er ist seit 2010/2011 Leiter des Ensembles. Daneben ist er Künstlerischer Berater des ‘Finnish Chamber Orchestra’ und Intendant des ‘Tammisaari Festival’.
Am 29. Mai feiert in Wien ‘All for Autism’, eine künftig jedes Jahr stattfindende Benefizreihe, ihre Premiere. Diesjähriger Initiator ist der junge Violinist und ‘ICMA -Young Artist of the Year 2015’, Yury Revich, organisatorisch unterstützt durch die ehemalige Opernsängerin, Musikagentin und Veranstalterin, Irina Gulyaeva. Read More →
Nachdem am 1. Oktober 2014 der spektakuläre neue Konzertsaal für das Nationale Symphonieorchester des Polnischen Rundfunks (NOSPR) – der bereits heute als einer besten in Europa gilt – eröffnet wurde, wartet Katowice vom 15. bis 24. Mai 2015 mit einer weiteren musikalischen Novität auf. Unter der künstlerischen Leitung des Chefdirigenten des NOSPR, Alexander Liebreich, wurde das Musikfestival ‘Katowice Kultura Natura’ ins Leben gerufen, das mit renommierten polnischen und internationalen Solisten, Ensembles und Orchestern ein ebenso vielseitiges wie ambitioniertes Programm präsentiert. Read More →
British violinist Daniel Hope (41) has been appointed Principal Conductor of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, starting with the 16/17 season. Hope will be the successor to Sir Roger Norrington. He is supposed to do more than music, as the orchestra’s manager says: « With his musical and communications skills, Hope will strengthen the profile and global reach of the orchestra. In exchange, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra will provide the musical backbone for Hope’s various projects. »
After a cancelled season 2014/15, the Sacramento Philharmonic has announced a seven-concert season for 2015-16. According to a report in the Sacramento Bee, the return of the orchestra to the concert hall will begin with a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at the Community Center Theater on June 27. The season will end in May 2016 with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. After its merger with the local Opera company, the two operate under an umbrella organization called the Sacramento Region Performing Arts Alliance.