Filippo Ciabatti
The Opera Company of Middlebury (Vermont,m U.S.) has announced Filippo Ciabatti as Music Director from 2024. Ciabatti held the position of Interim Music Director during the 2023 season. Now he has signed a three-year renewable contract. Read More →
Maxim Emelyanychev
Conductors Maxim Emelyanychev and Krista Audere are appointed to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir respectively as Principal Guest Conductors from 2025. Read More →
Conductors Elias Peter Brown and Aleksandra Melaniuk have been selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen to join the San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in the 2023–24 season as an extension of their work as Salonen Fellows in the Colburn School Conservatory of Music’s Negaunee Conducting Program. Brown was assistant conductor for the San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Night Gala and All San Francisco concerts in September, and Melaniuk will begin her work with the Orchestra in January. Read More →
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced a $14.7-million donation from the estate of H. Thomas and Mary Beck. It is the largest gift ever made to the orchestra. About $1.8-million of the $14.7-million donation was used to offset current costs. The remaining $12.9-million was transferred to the Toronto Symphony Foundation to be invested.
Maxime Pascal
(c) Phan Tu
The French conductor Maxime Pascal, 38, has been appointed as the new Chief Conductor of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. His contract is for three years, commencing in August 2024. Read More →
American violinist and conductor Jory Fankuchen joins the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra as its new principal conductor. Fankuchen studied the violin with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, before receiving his master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Lucy Chapman. A regular conductor of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, he is also music director of the Civic Strings orchestra.
Martyn Brabbins
(c) Benjamin Ealovega
British conductor Martyn Brabbins, 64, has announced that he has resigned as Music Director of the English National Opera in response to the announced cuts to ENO’s orchestra and chorus. Read More →
Ensemble Esperanza
Im Herbst 2023 begibt sich das Ensemble Esperanza auf eine Europa-Tournee nach Deutschland, Liechtenstein, Schweiz und Luxemburg und macht dabei Halt in der Philharmonie Luxembourg, wo es sein Konzertdebüt geben wird. Das Ensemble besteht aus 17 herausragenden internationalen Musikern, die aus der renommierten Musikakademie in Liechtenstein stammen. Read More →
Zum 475. Geburtstag der Sächsischen Staatskapelle Dresden veröffentlicht Profil auf 10 CDs eine Kollektion von Aufnahmen des Orchesters, die während der letzten 100 Jahre entstanden sind. Neben dem Jubiläum des Orchesters werden damit auch 100 Jahre Tonaufzeichnungen gefeiert. Read More →
Philharmonie Berlin
Am 15. Oktober 1963 wurde die Bertliner Philharmonie von den Berliner Philharmonikern und Herbert von Karajan feierlich eröffnet. Neben der Neunten Symphonie von Ludwig van Beethoven wurde damals die eigens zu diesem Anlass komponierte Fanfare von Boris Blacher gespielt. Read More →
