The Queen Sonja International Music Competition today announced a small name-change and new visual identity. Previously known as The Queen Sonja International Music Competition, the Competition is now the Queen Sonja Singing Competition. Alongside its name change, the Competition has revealed a new logo, visual identity and website. Read More →

Trio Silhouette from Hungary has won First Prize at the multidisciplinary Goodmesh Concours 2022 in Den Haag, Netherlands. The judges appreciated their excellent mixture of classical music, live dancing, lighting and visual art. Read More →

Das European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) verlegt seine Residenz dauerhaft nach Grafenegg, Niederösterreich. Dies wurde heute in Wien bekanntgegeben. Das Orchester wurde 1976 in London gegründet, übersiedelte nach dem Brexit nach Ferrara und soll noch in diesem Jahr nach Grafenegg wechseln, das bereits seit 2009 als Sommerresidenz fungiert. Read More →

Staatsoper Wien

Der Direktor der Wiener Staatsoper, Bogdan Roscic wird keinen Nachfolger für den 2025 scheidenden Musikdirektor Philippe Jordan suchen. Das erklärte er in einem Interview mit der Zeitung Standards: « Die Staatsoper war historisch wesentlich länger ohne Musikdirektor als mit, beide Modelle können große Vor- und Nachteile haben. Ab September 2025 wird das Haus keinen Musikdirektor haben. »

Sebastian Berner (born in 1994) solo trumpet in the hr-sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, won First Prize in the 7th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition in Paris. 2nd Prize went to Lennard Czakaj from Poland. The third Prize was not awarded, and French trumpeters Pierre Evano and Raphael Horrach won Fourth Prize. Read More →

The Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra, which called Founders Hall in Uptown Charlotte home for 20 years, has returned just in time for the holidays. Following a two-year break due to the pandemic, the city of Kannapolis, North Carolina, has offered the orchestra a new home at the Kannapolis Village Park as part of the Celebration of Lights. Read More →

Franco Fagioli
(c) Julian Laidig

After a single performance of Handel’s Messiah in his native country the Argentine countertenor Franco Fagioli, 41, will conduct the same work  from 15 to 18 December at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, and at the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles. Read More →

Baritone Quentin Oliver Lee, 34, died on December 1 from colon cancer, his wide said. Lee was a respected opera singer with roles in operas by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and many more, and he was also a thought after musical singer.

The latest Karajan Community Letter focuses on Karajan’s relations with tenor René Kollo who recently celebrated his 85th birthday and with stage director Michael Hampe who has died. Anton Bruckner is another topic of this week. Click here to be directed to the Newsletter. Read More →

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Beim 46. Galakonzert der SOS Villages d’enfants Monde, das vom Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL) gespielt wurde, reagierte das Publikum am Schluss mit großer Begeisterung. Ebenso Pizzicato-Mitarbeiter Alain Steffen. Read More →