Nikolai Song & ICMA President Remy Franck
(c) Christine Kocher
The 13 years old flutist Nikolai Song, winner of the first ICMA Discovery Award, was honoured by ICMA President Remy Franck at the Next Generation Festival in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, where the young musician performed during two concerts. Read More →
Ensemble Esperanza
(c) Christine Kocher
The Next Generation Festival organized at the Grand Resort in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, is ending tonight with performances by the vocal sextet Sjaella and the Ensemble Esperanza, a chamber orchestra created in 2015 by the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein. Read More →
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Two pianists and a soprano join 15 gifted string players (three string quartets, two violinists and a violist) on the roster of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust’s Award and Fellowship winners for 2016. A Special BBT Chamber Music Prize for Italian musicians worth €25,000 is also being given this year in honour of Claudio Abbado and his commitment to chamber music. Read More →
The Opera Festival of Aix-en-Provence has postponed the production of Ondrej Adamek’s Seven Stones from 2016 to 2018, for budgetary reasons. Festival manager Bernard Foccroulle said, the festival suffered hugely from a reduction of public funding. By postponing Seven Stones he hopes also to find co-producers for the new work.
Georges Prêtre
Der 90-jährige französische Dirigent Georges Prêtre feiert am nächsten Montag den 50. Jahrestag seines Debüts an der Scala mit einem Konzert, an dem der österreichische Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder mitwirkt. Die Proben für das Konzert laufen seit Mittwoch an der Scala, teilte das Mailänder Opernhaus mit. Prêtre hatte 1966 an der Scala mit Gounods ‘Faust’ debütiert. Die Hauptrollen sangen damals Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda und Nicolai Ghiaurov.
Ton Koopman
Ton Koopman will conduct the modern premiere of a previously unknown cantata by George Frideric Handel for soprano and instrumental ensemble on April 9 in Amsterdam. Read More →
Die in der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung (DOV) organisierten Berufsmusiker begrüßen laut Pressemitteilung den Referentenentwurf des Bundesministeriums der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz zum Urhebervertragsrecht, der gegenwärtig im Deutschen Bundestag diskutiert wird. Read More →
The Festival of Aix-en-Provence and the Beijing Music Festival announced a collaboration agreement for 5 years between 2016 and 2020. In October 2016 the agreement will begin with Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 64, (1991 and 2015 productions) directed by Robert Carsen at the Poly Theatre in Beijing. Read More →
Leonard Slatkin
Rumors in the French press say, that the contract of Leonard Slatkin as Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL) is likely not to be extended in 2017. It looks like the mayor’s office might propose one supplementary year, yet, at the same time, the politicians in Lyon look forward to hire a European and above all a younger Music Director.
