The Fondazione Teatro La Fenice has announced 35-year-old Italian conductor and right-wing politician Beatrice Venezi as Music Director. Venezi will officially take up her new post in October 2026, with a term that will run through 2030. Read More →
With the closing tonight, September 23, Musikfest Berlin 2025 closes its 21st edition after a run of 33 concerts, 122 works by some 70 composers and the participation of 27 instrumental and vocal ensembles from Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, London, Rome, Odessa, Sweden and South Korea, together with 45 soloists. More than 49,000 people followed the program from August 30 to September 23 at the Philharmonie Berlin, its Kammermusiksaal and the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Musikverein Wien
Der Saisonauftakt im Musikverein Wien bot ein außermusikalisches Intermezzo, aber eben auch große Musik, serviert von Gästen. Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato wohnte dem Abend bei. Read More →
Christoph König
(c) François Zuidberg
Die Solistes Européens Luxembourg starteten sehr erholt und in bester Form in ihr erstes Konzert dieser Spielzeit, dies mit einem gelungenen Programm. Alain Steffen berichtet. Read More →
Simone Young
(c) Nic Walker
Australian conductor Simone Young, 64, has renewed her contract as chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra through 2029. She began her tenure in 2022. Read More →
The 31st Leos Janacek Competition, hosted by the Faculty of Music of the Janacek Academy of Performing Arts in Brno has announced the winners. Read More →
The Poitiers based Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle-Aquitaine has appointed cellist Raphaël Merlin as Artistic Director of from January 2026. He will replace Jean-François Heisser, who has been at the helm of the orchestra for 25 years. Read More →
Deutsche Oper Berlin
(c) DOB
Die Deutsche Oper Berlin wird nach dem Weggang von Donald Runnicles im Sommer 2026 keinen neuen Generalmusikdirektor bekommen. Der designierte Intendant Aviel Cahn setzt stattdessen auf ein Dirigententeam, wie er jetzt bekanntgab. Read More →
French cellist and conductor Roland Pidoux died at the age of 78. In 1968, with Jean-Pierre Wallez, he founded the Ensemble Instrumental de France, later to become the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris. In 1969 he joined the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, then from 1978 to 1987 the Orchestre National de France as principal cellist. Read More →
Opernhaus Chemnitz
(c) Nasser Hashemi
Das sächsische Chemnitz punktet jetzt als europäische Kulturhauptstadt des Jahres 2025 mit der Uraufführung einer Oper, ‘Rummelplatz’des Komponisten Ludger Vollmer nach dem Romanfragment von Werner Bräunig. Michael Oehme berichtet. Read More →
