French Pianist Alexandre Kantorow, 22, won First Prize at this year’s Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. He is the first Frenchman to win the competition since its creation in 1958. Alexandre Kantorow was born in Clermont-Ferrand in 1997 into a family of musicians, his father is the violinist and conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Read More →
American conductor John Devlin has been selected to succeed André Raphel as the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra’s next Music Director. Devlin will begin his tenure with the orchestra from Wheeling (West Virginia) WSO by leading the orchestra on Labor Day Weekend beginning with Music Under the Stars. He will continue to conduct the subscription concerts season as well as Ohio Valley’s annual holiday event, Symphony On Ice. Read More →
The French National Opera in Paris seems to have difficulties in finding a successor for Stéphane Lissner. Le Figaro says, Lissner is likely to stay until 2022, with, as assistant-director, Alexander Neef, known for his job at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto and as artistic director of the Santa Fe Festival.
A most embarrassing incident happened at this year Tchaikovsky Competition. The press release says: « Due to a gross error committed by an employee of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov on June 25, 2019, before the Competition performance of An Tianxu, the musical scores by Piotr Tchaikovsky (1st Piano Concerto) and Sergei Rachmaninov (Paganini Variations) were arranged in a reverse order (on the conductor’s and the orchestra’s stands) which differed from the pattern requested by the participant. Therefore, the performance began with a failure. » Indeed, the young pianist was most confused about hearing another music from the orchestra than the one expected and had difficulties to adjust his playing. Read More →
Carlo Rizzi
c) Tessa Traeger
British label Opera Rara has announced the appointment of Italian conductor Carlo Rizzi, 58, as Artistic Director to succeed Sir Mark Elder who will be stepping down in September 2019. Read More →
92 junge Pianisten bewarben sich bis Mitte Mai um eine Teilnahme an der International Telekom Beethoven Competition 2019. Die Aufnahmekommission hat nun 27 Pianisten ausgewählt, die vom 6. bis 14. Dezember im Wettbewerb antreten sollen. Read More →
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has announced the winner of the tenth annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers: Los Angeles-based Australian-Canadian composer Veronika Krausas. Read More →
There will be fierce competition on the podium when 20 young, talented ensembles battle for the prizes, honor and future concerts in Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition October 2019. Read More →
Daniel Hope
(c) Harald Hoffmann
Der 45-jährige britische Geiger Daniel Hope wurde gestern von der Mitgliederversammlung des Vereins Beethoven-Haus Bonn zum neuen Präsidenten gewählt. Daniel Hope wird das Amt im kommenden Jahr antreten. Er löst dann die seit 2013 amtierende Präsidentin, die Bratschistin Tabea Zimmermann, ab, teilte der Verein mit. Sie wurde zum Ehrenmitglied des Vereins Beethoven-Haus gewählt. Read More →
Der Entwurf eines gläsernen Konzertsaals
Foto: Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten
Sein neues Konzerthaus ist noch nicht gebaut, und doch veranstaltet das Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks am 29. Juni einen « Tag der offenen Tür » genau dort, wo der Saal einmal stehen wird, im Münchner Werksviertel-Mitte. Read More →
