Aufgrund einer Erkrankung muss der französische Dirigent Raphaël Pichon seine Teilnahme an der bevorstehenden Konzerttournee mit dem Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) kurzfristig absagen. Davon betroffen sind alle Termine. Read More →
Esa-Pekka Salonen
(c) Andrew Eccles
The Hong Kong Philharmonic announced that the Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, 66, will be Composer-in-Residence for the 2025/26 season. The appointment matches with the inaugural season of Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski as Music Director Designate. He will begin his tenure as Music Director in the 2026/27 season. Read More →
Kennedy Center, Washington
Deborah Rutter who served as the first woman president of the Kennedy Center from 2014 to 2025 and was fired by the fascist in charge of the American White House, was heavily criticized by the current Trump appointee, Richard Grenell, who accused the former management of financial mismanagement and “fraud”. Deborah Rutter, an internationally respected arts manager, issued a detailed statement rejecting those claims of financial mismanagement. Read More →
The Birgit Nilsson Prize – the world’s largest prize in classical music at 1 million US dollars – honours the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence for outstanding artistic achievements, giving special recognition to the 2021 premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Opera Innocence. It is the first festival to receive the Prize, to be presented on October 21 by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at Konserthuset Stockholm. Read More →
Staatskapelle Dresden
(c) Matthias Creutzinger
Sachsen ist ein wirkliches Kulturland. Neben seinen Kunstschätzen feiert hier die Musik immer wieder Hoch-Zeiten. Nur zwei Tage nach dem Auftakt des großen Shostakovich Festivals in Leipzig begannen in Dresden die Musikfestspiele 2025. Michael Oehme berichtet. Read More →
Die Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK), gratuliert ihrem Studierenden Johannes JJ Pietsch zum Sieg beim Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Er hat Österreich beim Eurovision Song Contest in Basel vertreten. Unter seinem Künstlernamen JJ gewann er die ESC-Trophäe für Österreich. Read More →
Yaniv Dinur
Tallahassee Symphony in Florida’s capital city has named Yaniv Dinur, a Jerusalem-born conductor as Music Director. He will succeed Darko Butorac who completed his 11-year tenure in 2023. Read More →
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 →
