Giancarlo Guerrero
Giancarlo Guerrero, the Nashville Symphony’s music director since 2009, has signed a contract extension through the 2024-25 season. According to a press release, that will make him the second-longest-serving conductor in the orchestra’s history. Giancarlo Guerrero, 47, a native of Costa Rica, is also principal guest conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency.
In 1941, over 110,000 people were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators at Babi Yar near Kiev in the Ukraine. It began when 33,771 Jews were killed on just two days, 29th and 30th September 1941, and it continued for the next several years with the murder of tens of thousands of more Jews, as well as Roma/Gypsies, Soviet prisoners-of-war, Ukrainian national activists, and Communist party members from various parts of Ukraine. The 75th anniversary of the worst of these massacres are commemorated by several concerts in Kiev. Read More →
Moscow Trio
At the Moscow Conservatory, the Moscow Trio was awarded a certificate of ‘Record for longevity’ of the Russian Book of Records. The ensemble consists of Russian pianist Alexander Bonduryansky, violinist Vladimir Ivanov and cellist Mikhail Utkin. According to the diploma, the Moscow Trio is Russia’s only ensemble to play in the same line-up for 40 years. Read More →
Philharmonie Luxembourg
(c) Wade Zimmermann
Mit dem Schulanfang beginnt auch für die Musiker des ‘Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg’ wieder der Konzertbetrieb. In der ersten Probewoche mit ihrem Chefdirigent Gustavo Gimeno laden die Musiker das Publikum ein, einer Orchesterprobe im Großen Auditorium der Philharmonie beizuwohnen. Das Lunch Konzert am 20. September um 12:30 bietet die Möglichkeit, in der Mittagspause, bei freiem Eintritt, eine halbe Stunde Musik zu genießen. Vor und nach dem Konzert gibt es kulinarische Angebote im Foyer der Philharmonie. Read More →
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (NY) announced Saturday that a six-year agreement with the orchestra’s musicians has been reached, the longest in the orchestra’s history. The new contract provides for wage increases totalling 12.6 percent from the current $48,120 to $54,177 in 2022. Read More →
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and its musicians have agreed on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) over a year in advance of the current contract’s expiration. The new CBA runs from the 2017-18 through the 2019-2020 seasons. Read More →
Zum elften Mal verleiht der Verband deutscher Musikschulen (VdM) den Leopold-Preis der seit über 20 Jahren ‘gute Musik für Kinder’ kürt. Er wird seit 1997 für CDs, MCs, CD-ROMs und DVDs vergeben, die wertvolle Produktionen zum Thema beitragen. Produzenten, Verlage und Tonträgerhersteller können sich mit ihren Musikproduktionen für Kinder bewerben, um von der Experten- und Kinderjury empfohlen zu werden. Read More →
Despite the local government’s threat to close the orchestra, the musicians of the Filarmonica de Gran Canaria went on strike today. Astonishingly, this strike is not backed by the Union FSC-CCOO, yet this organization has asked from the Government a ‘sensible solution’ to the strike and to avoid the closure of the Foundation.
Pietari Inkinen
Der finnische Dirigent Pietari Inkinen (36) wird mit Beginn der Saison 2017/18 neuer Chefdirigent der Deutschen Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. Er ist der Nachfolger des Briten Karel Mark Chichon, der die Position nach sechs Jahren an der Spitze des Orchesters abgibt. — Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen, 36, has been named Music Director of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserlautern. He will succeed Karel Mark Chichon in 2017. His contract has been signed for 4 years.
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Opéra Bastille, Paris
The National Opera in Paris says in a press release that the public audit of the opera house for the period 2005-2014 has exposed figures that have, meanwhile, largely been corrected. While the opera’s car park has been completely liquidated, the costs for taxis (management, artists) has been reduced from €93,349.38 in 2014 to €60.000 in 2015 (-30%). Read More →
