John Axelrod

Swiss-American conductor John Axelrod has joined the roster of Felsner Artists. The agency says: « With more than twenty-five years of experience conducting nearly 200 orchestras worldwide, John Axelrod has established himself as one of today’s leading international conductors. His extraordinarily diverse repertoire, from core classics, both orchestral and operatic, to contemporary to crossover, his innovative programming themes, musical depth and charismatic performance style have been widely praised and recognized by both audiences and critics. Read More →

Christoph Eschenbach
(c) Luca Piva

Beim rezenten Auftritt spielten die Wiener Symphoniker ausschließlich Tchaikovsky. Joshua Bell war dabei Solist im Violinkonzert. Christoph Eschenbach dirigierte außerdem die Polonaise aus der Oper Eugen Onegin und die Suite aus dem Ballett Der Nussknacker. Uwe Krusch berichtet für Pizzicato. Read More →

Rendering of new venue being developed by the Cincinnati Symphony (c) MEMI.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and his subsidiary Music & Event Management Inc. have acquired the Coney Island Amusement Park where a new $118 million Outdoor Music Amphitheater will be built. The new venue’s preliminary design is currently in progress. After 137 years, Ohio’s Coney Island amusement park will permanently cease operations on December 31, 2023.

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande has announced that it will be giving the first hologram symphony concert ever recorded, as part of the 12th edition of the artgenève fair, which will take place from 25 to 28 January 2024. In this recorded concert, 73 musicians will take virtual shape to while performing Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Read More →

Gabriel Feltz

Der 52-jährige deutsche Dirigent Gabriel Feltz wird als Nachfolger für Benjamin Reiners Generalmusikdirektor in Kiel. Feltz ist seit 2013 GMD in Dortmund und seit 2017 auch Chefdirigent der Belgrader Sinfonie. An beiden Orten ist er noch bis zum Ende der Saison 2024/25 unter Vertrag. Read More →

Lenka Hlávková, director of the Institute of Musicology, is among the victims of the mass shooter who killed 14 people in Prague and uninjured a lot of other individuals at the Faculty of Arts. Read More →

The Bayerische Staatsoper has anniub ced the death of Amercian tenor  Eduardo Villa: « He was a permanent fixture at the Bayerische Staatsoper for almost thirty years, four of them as a member of the ensemble, before and after which he was always a welcome and celebrated guest, and even more: a friend of the house. Read More →

Das saudi-arabische Kultusministerium wird in Kürze das Tariq Abdulhakim Center (TAHC) in Dschidda eröffnen. Ziel des Zentrums ist es, das musikalische und immaterielle Kulturerbe Saudi-Arabiens zu bewahren, zu fördern und zu feiern. Das TAHC umfasst ein Museum, das an den großen saudischen Musiker, Pädagogen und Sammler Tariq Abdulhakim (~1920-2012) erinnert, sowie spezialisierte Forschungs- und Archiveinheiten. Read More →

Peter Eötvös
(c) Szilvia Csib

Péter Eötvös’s latest opera, Valuska, is a stunning enactment of László Krasznahorkai’s 1989 novel ‘The Melancholy of Resistance’ wherein the lone voice of a misunderstood and publicly mocked individual is the affective focal point in a destructive and dystopian society. The Hungarian music magazine Papageno’s Alexandra Ivanoff has more information. Read More →

Michael Nündel
(c) Oper Leipzig

Berlin-born conductor Michael Nündel is to become the new Music Director of the Musikalische Komödie, Oper Leipzig’s venue specialising in musicals and operettas. His appointment begins with the 2024/25 season. Read More →