Placido Domingo
Der spanische Opernsänger Placido Domingo wird nicht mit dem Europäischen Kulturpreis geehrt. Bei der für den 20. Oktober in der Wiener Staatsoper geplanten Gala wird der 78-jährige Sänger wegen der gegen ihn gerichteten Belästigungsvorwürfen den Preis nicht erhalten, teilte der Veranstalter, das Europäische Kulturforum aus Dresden, mit. Angeblich soll die Verleihung des Preises an Domingo möglicherweise 2020 erfolgen. Read More →
Der in diesem Jahr zum dritten Mal vergebene und mit 10.000 Euro dotierte Preis ‘Innovatives Orchester’ der Deutschen Orchester-Stiftung geht an die Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Die Jury wählte den Preisträger aus insgesamt 31 Bewerbungen deutscher, professioneller Orchester aus. Einen Sonderpreis in Höhe von 2.500,- € erhält die Magdeburgische Philharmonie. Read More →
Zum diesjährigen Heinrich Schütz Musikfest in Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen kamen fast 5000 Besucher, was einer Auslastung von 87 Prozent entspricht, teilte der Veranstalter mit. 39 Veranstaltungen wurden dem Publikum in Bad Köstritz, Gera, Weißenfels und Dresden geboten.
Nach der Vorauswahl hat es knapp die Hälfte geschafft: Von 162 Bewerbungen in drei Alterskategorien sind insgesamt 76 Kandidaten zum 9. Internationalen Louis Spohr Wettbewerb für Junge Geiger nach Weimar eingeladen worden. Vom 22. Oktober bis 2. November stellen sie sich an der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar dem Votum einer zehnköpfigen, internationalen Jury, deren Vorsitzender Friedemann Eichhorn ist. Read More →
Based in Tourcoing, France, the ensemble La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy has found a successor for Jean-Claude Malgoire who died in April 2018. The hired French flutist and conductor Alexis Kossenko, 42, known as Music Director of the ensemble Les Ambassadeurs.
Over 10 years now, the Palazzetto Bru Zane-Centre de musique romantique française inaugurated in Venice in 2009, has strongly favoured the rediscovery of the French musical heritage of the years 1780-1920 and obtained international recognition for that repertory. Read More →
Utah Symphony & Utah Opera and Music Director Thierry Fischer announced an extension of Conner Gray Covington’s contract through the 2020-21 season, and a retention of his two titles as Utah Symphony Associate Conductor and Principal Conductor of the Deer Valley Music Festival, the latter of which he received in Spring 2019. The agreement extends the current contract, set to expire at the end of the 2019-20 season, for an additional year until August 31, 2021. Read More →
Gustavo Gimeno
(c) Alfonso Salgueiro
On Thursday night at Roy Thomson Hall, where incoming artistic director Gustavo Gimeno – he will begin his tenure in 2020 – conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra’s CEO Matthew Loden announced a $10-million donation from the Mary and Tom estate, the largest single donation in the orchestra’s history. Over their lifetime, the Hungarian-born Becks had donated more than $20-million to the TSO.
Tanglewood, Linde Center
(c) BSO/Robert Benson
Tanglewood announced its first ever year-round program to take place in the new Linde Center for Music and Learning on the festival grounds which were established as the Boston Symphony’s summer home in 1937. The new program offers participants a broad spectrum of performances and multidisciplinary activities. More information and the program can be found here.
No, it’s not the Black Friday, but the Silvery Friday, with no less than six reviews of silvery CDs published today. Six from over 250 received in September and, so far, in October. We are particularly happy that among the reviews we got two Supersonic Awards for two musicians who were both Young Artist of the Year at the ICMA (International Classical music Awards), Joseph Moog in 2014 and Christoph Sietzen in 2018. Both prove, once more, that we were right in nominating them for this award. Congrats, Joseph and Christoph!
