Asher Fisch
The musical director of the Tyrolean Festival, Israeli conductor Asher Fisch, has been forced to withdraw shortly before the start of the winter season due to injury.
As announced in a press release on Wednesday, Fisch has reportedly injured his shoulder. All affected productions have already been recast.
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1819, von Joseph Karl Stieler
Gestern Abend wurden die drei Finalisten der Telekom Beethoven Competition 2025 bekannt gegeben: Jonas Stark (Deutschland), Amir Ron (Israel) und Seth Schultheis (USA). Read More →
Sixty-three -year-old Argentinian tenor and conductor José Cura will serve as principal guest conductor of the Eastern Bulgarian Stara Zagora Opera next season, the institution’s press office announced. Cura, who lives with his family in Madrid, has been working as a conductor and director for many years.
Nathalie Stutzmann
The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra announced the appointment of Nathalie Stutzmann, 60, as Music and Artistic Director for a four-year term beginning in September 2026. She will succeed Kazuki Yamada, who arrived in Monaco in 2016, and will be the first woman to hold this position. Read More →
In Southern California, opera singer Jubilant Sykes, 71, was found stabbed to death. According to American media, Santa Monica police announced that the internationally well-known baritone was found dead in his home on Monday evening with multiple stab wounds after an emergency call was received reporting an assault. Read More →
The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie (France) and the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève (Switzerland) have created a joint project, the Orchestre des Alpes et du Lac Léman, which brings together more than 60 musicians around a common ambition: to expand the repertoire, enhance the visibility of orchestral music, and develop artistic and educational projects on a cross-border scale. Read More →
Riccardo Muti
(c) CSO
Der 84-jährige italienische Dirigent Riccardo Muti erhält den Ratzinger-Preis 2025. Er wird ihn am 12. Dezember aus den Händen von Papst Leo XIV. entgegennehmen, teilte die Vatikanische Joseph-Ratzinger-Benedikt-XVI.-Stiftung mit. Die Überreichung findet im Rahmen eines Weihnachtskonzerts unter Mutis Leitung in der vatikanischen Audienzhalle statt. Read More →
Tan Dun
The recipient of the newly created Beethoven Friendship Award, presented for the first time on December 17 in Bonn, is the Chinese-American composer and conductor Tan Dun (born 1957). Read More →
Bruno Borralhinho
Der 43-jährige portugiesische Dirigent und Cellist Bruno Borralhinho wird ab der Spielzeit 2026/27 neuer Musikdirektor des Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theaters und Chefdirigent der Erzgebirgischen Philharmonie Aue. Read More →
At today’s Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm, a new composition by 34-year-old Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad is to be premiered. It is a piece including a marimba solo. Read More →
