Simon Rattle
(c) BR/Ackermann
Das Symphonieorchester und der Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks freuen sich « über die Auszeichnung mit dem renommierten International Classical Music Award (ICMA) für die Aufnahme von Joseph Haydns Die Schöpfung unter ihrem Chefdirigenten Sir Simon Rattle », teilte der BR heute mit. Die Aufnahme gewann den Award 2026 in der Kategorie Chormusik. Read More →
Tenor Finnur Bjarnason was announced as the Director of Iceland’s new National Opera, for an initial 5-year term. For the first time in Iceland’s history, opera has a lawfully guaranteed position alongside drama and dance. Read More →
Unter dem Titel ‘Spring in the Heart of Winter’ hatten Joshua Bell und die Academy of St Martin in the Fields für ihr Konzert in der Luxemburger Philharmonie ein recht schlüssiges Programm mit Earth von Kevin Puts, dem 3. Violinkonzert von Camille Saint-Saëns und der 1. Symphonie von Robert Schumann zusammengestellt. Alain Steffen berichtet. Read More →
Today, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of the awards for the 2026 edition. Jury President Remy Franck says: « After careful consideration, much listening, and with all their expertise the ICMA jury members have chosen the winners from a nomination list comprising 307 releases and a wide range of artists and labels. The winner list includes many renowned as well as young musicians and no less than 17 international labels! Congratulations to all of them. Our awards offer numerous benefits to the winners, artists, as well as to labels, enhancing their reputation and boosting their motivation. » Read More →
Swedish Baritone Luthando Qave has been awarded the 2026 Birgit Nilsson Stipendium worth approximately € 23000). Bengt Hall, Chairman of the Foundation for the Birgit Nilsson Stipendium said: « With his fresh and youthful voice, Luthando Qave displays a remarkable baritone quality. » Read More →
Now it is official: The Washington National Opera announced that it had decided to end its arrangement with the Kennedy Center, though it said it was hoping for an “amicable transition.” Read More →
Riccardo Muti
(c) CSO
Today, Italian conductor Riccardo Muti and his Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra are performing for inmates at a prison in Milan called Carcere di Opera, so named because it is located in the municipality of Opera, which is part of the Milan metropolitan area. The concert is a charity event organized by several organizations. Read More →
Andras Schiff
(c) Nadia F Romanini
Ab dem 14. Januar und für drei Abende ist Andras Schiff zu Besuch in der Tonhalle Zürich. Zum ersten Mal dirigiert er das Tonhalle Orchester. In Klavierkonzerten von Bach und Beethoven tut er das vom Flügel aus, in der zweiten Konzerthälfte präsentiert er Werke von Lutosławski, Bartók und Bach. Read More →
Fabrice Bollon
(c) Britt Schilling
Der 61-jährige Franzose Fabrice Bollon bleibt Generalmusikdirektor und Chefdirigent der Staatskapelle und Oper Halle. Er ist seit der Spielzeit 2022 / 2023 auf diesem Posten. Der neue Vertrag beginnt zur Spielzeit 2027/2028 und gilt bis zum 31. Juli 2032. Read More →
Benjamin Levy
(c) Yannick Perrin
The Orchestra of the Spanish Basque Country– Iparraldeko Orkestrak – has named Benjamin Levy as its Music Director, starting in September. Benjamin Levy, born in Paris in 1974, is the founder and music director of the Pelléas Chamber Orchestra. Read More →
