Aerial view from Amsterdam Avenue looking east; visible are a new streetscape, gardens, and theater.
Rendering by Brooklyn Digital Foundry.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) in New York announced the preliminary design for the by now rather ugly and unwelcoming Amsterdam Avenue side of its campus. The project creates a new outdoor performance venue, community park spaces, and removes the wall that has separated Lincoln Center from Amsterdam Avenue, creating new, welcoming entrances along the complex’s west side. Read More →
Marin Alsop
(c) RSO Wien, Lukas Beck
The ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO Wien) has made its outgoing chief conductor Marin Alsop an honorary conductor. The musicians conferred the title on her on Monday. In doing so, they honored the US-American’s commitment to the orchestra. Read More →
Polish alto Jadwiga Rappé died on May 16, 2025 in Warsaw, aged 73. In 1980 Rappé won first prize at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig and in 1981 the gold medal at the International Festival of Young Soloists in Bordeaux. Read More →
King Donald I of America
A dictator and fascist like Trump needs stupid people to adore him. That’s why museum funding and programming in the United States have experienced an unprecedented assault in the first 100 days of Trump’s term. National museums got caught up in his hunt against programs to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion and access programs (DEIA), he called « illegal and immoral » in an executive order. Both the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Smithsonian Institution, a nationwide network of museums, eliminated their DEIA offices within a week. Read More →
The 2025 Reine Elisabeth Piano Competition has announced the finalists. The finalists come from 7 different countries. Read More →
With just a few days to go until the Birgit Nilsson Prize 2025 is revealed on May 21, this year’s Stipendium has been announced. Swedish Soprano Karolina Bengtsson will receive the scholarship worth 250.000 SEK (ca. 25.000 US dollars) when she performs in Västra Karup church on August 8. Read More →
Gewandhaus Leipzig
(c) Remy Franck
Vor 50 Jahren, am 9. August 1975 verstarb in Moskau der russische Komponist Dmitri Shostakovich. Das Gewandhaus Leipzig nimmt das Datum zum Anlass eines großen Festivals. Michael Oehme berichtet. Read More →
Das Duo GlossArte, bestehend aus Lea Suter und Juan Martínez González, hat den H.I.F. Biber Preis 2025 gewonnen. Read More →
Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
(c) Bohumil Kostohryz
50 Jahre Orchestre de Chambre Luxembourg: Am Ende der Jubiläumsspielzeit feierte das Orchester dieses Ereignis mit einem in allen Hinsichten gelungenen Geburtstagskonzert. Alain Steffen berichtet. Read More →
Die geplante GEMA-Reform, die das bisherige System der Unterscheidung zwischen künstlerischer (E) und unterhaltender (U) Musik grundlegend verändern sollte, ist nach intensiven Gesprächen während der GEMA-Versammlung vorerst gestoppt worden, nachdem es im Vorfeld öffentlich einen erheblichen Widerstand gegen das Reformvorhaben gegeben hatte, Read More →
