Piotr Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovskys vorletztes Bühnenwerk, Pique Dame, steht als zentrale Festivaloper auf dem Programm der diesjährigen Opernfestspiele Heidenheim und feiert am 5. Juli in der Inszenierung von Tobias Heyder Premiere. Weitere sieben Aufführungen finden bis zum 27. Juli statt. Read More →

Yuri Temirkanov
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In a financially bad situation, the Baltimore Symphony is preparing to reduce its season from 52 to 40 weeks and cut the musicians’ pay roughly by 20 percent. The musicians are locked out and negotiations appear to be in a deadlock. Now, Yuri Temirkanov, the former Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony, has written a letter from Russia expressing his support for the musicians. Read More →

Im zweiten Jahr unter Alexander Liebreich habe sich das Richard-Strauss-Festivals sinnvoll und zeitgemäß weiter entwickelt, teilt der Veranstalter mit. « Die Programmgestaltung zielte mit dem übergeordneten Motto ‘Poesie’ darauf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen und das Werdenfelser Land als Ort der Inspiration von Richard Strauss für ein sehr breites Publikum, von langjährigen Strauss-Anhängern bis zu jungen Musik-Entdeckern erlebbar zu machen ». Read More →

Die Mitgliederversammlung der Wiener Symphoniker hat in Abstimmung mit dem Aufsichtsrat des Orchesters den deutschen Orchestermanager Jan Nast als Nachfolger Johannes Neuberts zum neuen Intendanten bestellt. Antreten wird Nast die Stelle am 1. Oktober 2019. Read More →

Der Norweger Per Boye Hansen, der am 1. August sein Amt als neuer Künstlerischer Leiter des Pragers Nationaltheaters und der Nationaloper antreten soll, muss mit erhebliche Startschwierigkeiten rechnen. Die Mitarbeiter des Hauses sind mehrheitlich gegen ihn und haben das unmissverständlich kundgetan. Read More →

After 40 years, Stephen Gunzenhauser, 77, will retire as conductor of Lancaster Symphony (Pennsylvania) following the 2019-20 season, the Orchestra said. He was appointed in 1979. Read More →

Marc Minkowski
(c) Marco Borggreve

Marc Minkowski is Director General of the Bordeaux National Opera and conductor of the house’s orchestra. Yet, during past weeks tensions have steadily increased with the orchestra’s musicians who question the « technical, musical and human » qualities of the conductor as it reads on the leaflet distributed by the musicians to the audience. French media report that he is well accepted as General Manager, but not as a conductor. Almost 95% of the orchestra’s members no longer want to be conducted by Minkowski.

Ken-David Masur
(c) Ross Buckley

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association announced Thursday that Ken-David Masur has been named Principal Conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the CSO’s training ensemble for professional musicians. Read More →

The International Tchaikovsky Competition named the winners in several categories. Gold medals went to the 30-year-old violinist Sergey Dogadin from Russia, 20-year-old cellist Zlatomir Fung from the USA, 30-year-old bass Georgios Alexandros Stavrakakis from Greece, 21-year-old mezzo Maria Barakova from Russia, 25-year-old flautist Matvey Demin from Russia and 19-year-old French-horn player Zeng Yun from China.

Dominique Meyer
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/ M.Po

As foreseen, French cultural manager Dominique Meyer, currently the director of the Vienna Opera, was appointed yesterday as super-intendant of La Scala in Milan, the city’s mayor announced. Read More →

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