The Rio de Janeiro based Petrobras Symphony Orchestra has just launched the Maestro Isaac Karabtchevsky Conducting Competition, aimed at Brazilian conductors between the ages of 18 and 45. With entries open until July 4, the competition celebrates the legacy of conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky, who at the age of 90 continues to lead the orchestra as artistic director, and reinforces the group’s vocation for training new talents. Read More →
Orchestre classique de Montréal has anbnounced the appointment of Canadian-Romanian conductor Andrei Feher (*1991) as Music Director. In 2018, at age 26, Feher was appointed Music Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, making him one of the youngest to lead a major Canadian orchestra. His contract as the Music Director was extended until the end of the 2026-27 season but abruptly ended in the fall of 2023 due to the symphony’s bankruptcy. Read More →
The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in Easton, Maryland, honored two major cultural leaders with its 2025 Legacy Awards at a sold-out Gala Dinner The MSO presented its National Legacy Award to Deborah Rutter, former President of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, fired by the White House fascist leader, and its annual Legacy Award to Maestro Julien Benichou, former Music Director of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and current Principal Conductor of the Washington Opera Society. Read More →
With music from five centuries, this year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival paid homage to the city of Venice and saw a high percentage of 99 percent of seats filled. Approximately 11.720 guests attended the festival. Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Hungary were the ten most highly represented countries, among a total of 49 nations.

Das Duo FourTe, Eva-Maria Weinreich und Tomohito Nakaishi, legt bei Genuin sein Debüt-Album vor, mit symphonischen Dichtungen von Franz Liszt auf zwei Klavieren. Read More →

Nach der rein digital erfolgten Veröffentlichung der Earth Symphonie von Jake Runestad präsentiert BR Klassik nun ein Album, auf dem neben diesem Werk auch Lux Aeterna von Morten Lauridsen zu hören ist. Read More →

Der französische Tenor Jean-François Borras hat eine kräftige, klare und hell timbrierte Stimme mit präsentem unteren Register, schöner Mezza voce und einer strahlenden, virilen Höhe ohne jede Schärfe. Er hat für seinen Gesang eine bemerkenswerte Kontrolle bis in die Pianissimo-Phrasen hinein. Read More →

Dieses umfassende 8-CD-Set Ist wohl die umfassendste Kollektion von konzertanten und Kammermusik-Werken des Komponisten Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948). Es enthält konzertante Werke (Violinkonzert, Oboenkonzert, Serenade für Streicher, Concertino für Englischhorn und Concertino für Fagott, Hörner und Streicher), die komplette Kammermusik (Violinsonaten, die Cellosonate, Klaviertrios, das Klavierquintett, Streichtrios, Quartette und Quintette) sowie Werke für Klavier solo. Read More →
Since the hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center in Washington by the fascist US leader, the performing arts institution has been on a downward spiral with plummeting ticket sales and and lower donations. Now it is said, that Trump is aiming to give the Kennedy Center a MAGA makeover. “The building is falling apart,” Trump said. “I don’t want to scare people. It’s in fine shape, but it’s falling apart.” So the question to the schizophrenic is: Is the building in fine shape or is in falling apart? Read More →

Diese Box mit 60 CDs des italienischen Dirigenten Carlo Maria Giulini ist eine wahre Schatztruhe. Die Warner-Aufnahmen stammen aus drei Jahrzehnten; sie setzen 1952 mit Glucks Oper Iphigénie ein und schließen 1980 mit Beethovens Missa Solemnis. Read More →