The 2025 Reine Elisabeth Piano Competition has announced the finalists. The finalists come from 7 different countries. Read More →
With just a few days to go until the Birgit Nilsson Prize 2025 is revealed on May 21, this year’s Stipendium has been announced. Swedish Soprano Karolina Bengtsson will receive the scholarship worth 250.000 SEK (ca. 25.000 US dollars) when she performs in Västra Karup church on August 8. Read More →
Gewandhaus Leipzig
(c) Remy Franck
Vor 50 Jahren, am 9. August 1975 verstarb in Moskau der russische Komponist Dmitri Shostakovich. Das Gewandhaus Leipzig nimmt das Datum zum Anlass eines großen Festivals. Michael Oehme berichtet. Read More →
Das Duo GlossArte, bestehend aus Lea Suter und Juan Martínez González, hat den H.I.F. Biber Preis 2025 gewonnen. Read More →
Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
(c) Bohumil Kostohryz
50 Jahre Orchestre de Chambre Luxembourg: Am Ende der Jubiläumsspielzeit feierte das Orchester dieses Ereignis mit einem in allen Hinsichten gelungenen Geburtstagskonzert. Alain Steffen berichtet. Read More →
Die geplante GEMA-Reform, die das bisherige System der Unterscheidung zwischen künstlerischer (E) und unterhaltender (U) Musik grundlegend verändern sollte, ist nach intensiven Gesprächen während der GEMA-Versammlung vorerst gestoppt worden, nachdem es im Vorfeld öffentlich einen erheblichen Widerstand gegen das Reformvorhaben gegeben hatte, Read More →
75-year old Rock’n’roll singer Bruce Springsteen might not be in Pizzicato’s musical focus, but what he said yesterday in a Manchester concert is too good for not being published here. He said: « In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.” Read More →
Einstimmig hat der Kreistag des Landkreises Harz der Fusion der Philharmonisches Kammerorchesters Wernigerode GmbH (PKOW) mit der Harztheater gGmbH sowie dem Gesellschaftsvertrag zugestimmt. Die Fusion soll zum 1. Januar 2026 wirksam werden. Read More →
Paweł Kubacka from Poland has won the 15th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition. His violin Sona was recognized as the best among the 76 instruments submitted to the competition. His violin Luna won Second Prize. Read More →
The Peruvian tenor Luigi Alva (Luigi Ernesto Alva y Talledo) died yesterday at the age of 98. His focus was on operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gioacchino Rossini. His interpretations of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia were particularly appreciated. Read More →
