For its 13th edition, the International Piano Competition Orléans, France, welcomes 42 selected candidates from 15 different countries. They countries will compete during four rounds for which audience is welcome. They will take place at La Salle de l’Institut (Orléans) and at the Theater (Orléans), from the 8th to the 18th of March 2018.
Der amerikanische Geiger Charles Yang wurde mit dem ‘Leonard Bernstein Award’ 2018 ausgezeichnet. Das teilte das Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival mit. Read More →
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
(c) Maxim Schulz
Die Hamburger Elbphilharmonie warnt aus gegebenem Anlass ausdrücklich vor dem Erwerb von Tickets über die Online-Plattform Viagogo. Im aktuellen Fall gehe es um betrügerische Verkäufe von Eintrittskarten für die Serie von ‘Konzerten für Hamburg’ des NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchesters im Juni 2018, teilte das Haus mit. Von diesen Karten sei bislang nicht eine einzige tatsächlich in Umlauf. Read More →
Lahav Shani
(c) Marco Borggreve
The Israeli Lahav Shani, 29, has been named Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and will succeed Zubin Mehta in 2020. Mehta became Music Director in 1977. Shani will also become the chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2018 (succeeding Yannick Nézet-Séguin) and recently became the principal guest conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, he won first prize at the Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition in Bamberg.
For the 2018 International Classical Music Awards the ICMA Jury has once again selected musicians and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievements. The independent and international Jury has chosen their favorites from 357 nominated audio and video releases. Read More →
Seine Musicale
(c) Insula Orchestra
The rumours were right. Jean-Luc Choplin quits his position as Artistic manager of the new cultural complex La Seine Musicale west of Paris. Less than a year after the inauguration of the new hall in Boulogne-Billancourt, Choplin announced that he would devote himself to other projects. La Seine Musicale says in a press release that they will establish a new artistic organization.
Statsoper Unter den Linden
Die Berliner Staatsoper ‘Unter den Linden’ will ein neues Publikum gewinnen, unter anderem über Video-Streaming, Jugendangebote und eine ‘Opern-Flatrate’. Das sagte Ko-Intendant Matthias Schulz bei einer Anhörung im Kulturausschuss des Berliner Abgeordnetenhauses.
Gustavo Gimeno
(c) Alfonso Salgueiro
Vom 19. bis zum 28. Januar 2018 spielt das ‘Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg’ (OPL) unter der Leitung seines Chefdirigenten Gustavo Gimeno sieben Konzerte in Deutschland, Österreich und Italien. Read More →
Daniel Hope
(c) Harald Hoffmann
Wegen der Veröffentlichung eines sogenannten Shreds, eines nachvertonten Videos mit satirischem Text, von Daniel Hope und Ludovico Einaudi hat der Konzertdramaturg Arno Lücker seinen Job beim Berliner Konzerthaus verloren. Der Musikpublizist Moritz Eggert wirft in einem ‘Offenen Brief’ auf seinem ‘Bad Blog of Musick’ dem Geiger Daniel Hope vor, hinter der Kündigung von Arno Lücker zu stehen.
The Russian Minister of Culture has appointed conductor Ara Karapetyan as General Manager of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera. From 1992–1997, he was conductor at the Perm Opera. He was also conductor and General Manager of the Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre in Moscow. Since 2017, he has been a guest conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. In Novosibirsk he succeeds Vladimir Kekhman who officially left this post on December 4, continuing to work in the theatre artistic director.
