Chloé Dufresne
(c) Capucine de Chocqueuse
The Colorado Springs Philharmonic has announced that French-born Chloé Dufresne is the next Music Director from the 2025-26 season. Dufresne, who lives in Paris, will take over the role vacated by Josep Caballé Domenech at the end of the orchestra’s 2022-2023 season. Read More →
With a grant of more than £174,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Buxton Opera House now has a total of £190,000 to embark on an ambitious restoration project for its beautiful Edwardian theater. Buxton is a city located south of Manchester and north of Birmingham. Read More →
The Kennedy Center renaming play is no longer only directed at renaming the opera house after Melania Trump, now a Republican politician recently introduced a bill to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts. The bill is called the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act. Read More →
Killian Farrell
(c) Andrew Bogard
Der 1994 geborene irische Dirigent Killian Farrell wird ab der Spielzeit 2027/28 Generalmusikdirektor am Staatstheater Nürnberg. Er tritt dann die Nachfolge von Roland Böer an. Read More →
Bayerische Staatsoper München
Siemens und die Bayerische Staatsoper digitalisieren den Klang des Nationaltheaters in München. Der Pressemitteilung zufolge ist das Ergebnis ‘ein digitaler Zwilling’, der Akustik, Orchesteranordnungen und Saalkonfigurationen in einem realitätsgetreuen akustischen 3D-Modell simuliert. Read More →
The Bernstein family has announced the death of Alexander Bernstein, 70, son of the conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Father of Anya, brother of Nina and Jamie, he was vice president and treasurer of the Leonard Bernstein Office, and the founder of ‘Artful Learning, Inc.
Stewart French a classical musician and filmmaker based in London, announces the launch of ‘Fly On The Wall: The Collection (2015-25)’, an online exhibition of films of many classical musicians. Read More →
Following a worldwide search that attracted more than 100 conductors, the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra has appointed Mexican conductor Felipe Tristán as its new Artistic Director, effective September 2025. Read More →
(c) HfM Weimar
Zu einem Zeitpunkt kurz nachdem der amerikanische faschistische Diktator den Rückzug der MAGA-USA aus der UNESCO angekündigt hat, teilt die Liszt-Musikhochschule aus Weimar mit, dass der Weimarer Lehrstuhl für Transkulturelle Musikforschung – UNESCO Chair on Transcultural Music Studies – bis zum 30. Juni 2029 verlängert wurde. Read More →
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA in Vancouver, Washington, has received a $1,250,000 gift from Dr. Michael C. Liu to commemorate his wife, Nien-Wei Hsiao. The orchestra’s chamber music series will be renamed, with an endowment fund established. Read More →
