Der Amoklauf in Graz hat zu einer Flut an Absagen im Kulturleben geführt. Die Oper Graz setzte ihren Betrieb angesichts der Ereignisse bis auf weiteres, « mindestens bis einschließlich Donnerstag“, aus. Davon betroffen sind unter anderem die Ballett-Premiere von ‘Karneval der Tiere’ und die geplante letzte Aufführung der Puccini-Oper ‘Le Villi’. Der Grazer Musikverein sagte das für Mittwoch geplante Abonnementkonzert des Opernstudios der Wiener Staatsoper ab. Die Kunst-Universität streich Aufführungen von Händels Giulio Cesare in Egitto.
Der Aufsichtsrat der Hamburgischen Staatsoper hat der vorzeitigen Auflösung des Vertrags mit dem Intendanten des Hamburg Ballett, Demis Volpi zugestimmt. Er hatte erst im vergangenen September die Nachfolge von John Neumeier übernommen. Read More →
Antonin Dvorak
The Antonín Dvorak Prize 2025 will be awarded to mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena and conductor Simon Rattle, the Academy of Classical Music announced on Tuesday. They will receive the award on December 14 at a ceremony in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle. Read More →
Maria Joao Pires
Maria João Pires, 80, has cancelled concerts in Faro, at was scheduled for June 18th, at Teatro das Figuras, in Faro, Braga and Sintra due to a ‘slight stroke’. It is not known if other concerts scheduled for the 22nd in Monaco and the 30th in Den Haag will be cancelled too.
Isaac Karabtchevsky
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 →
Salzburg
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.
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 →
The Jury of the ninth edition of the triennial Sendai International Music Competition in Japan awarded no First Prize after six violinists performed two concerti alongside the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Hirokami Junichi. Read More →
