Cristian Macelaru’s contract as principal conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester has been extended till the end of the 2024-2025 season. Macelaru, Solti Conducting Award laureate, is also expected in Paris from September 1st, 2021, to lead the Orchestre National de France as the new music director. Photo : Cristian Macelaru © Thomas Brill
Ennio Morricone, the most famous composer of film music, has just passed away at the age of 91. His name remains associated with film director Sergio Leone but he composed also for many movie directors such as Brian de Palma, John Huston, Bernardo Bertolucci or Quentin Tarantino. Morricone lived in Rome and composed so many […]
Before a great 2020-2021 season, the Dresden Semperoper unexpectedly ends its 19-20 season with excerpts from Verdi’s Don Carlo performed by superstar Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov. A Beethoven concert conducted by Christian Thielemann is also scheduled for a restricted audience obeying the current hygiene regulations… Photo : Anna Netrebko et Yusif Eyvazov © Julian Hargreaves
The rumor about Jonas Kaufmann denied! Here and there on social media, the cancelation of the famous tenor’s Christmas tour 2020 is announced, but this is fake news. Jonas Kaufmann has confirmed that the tour will be held unless of course COVID-19 prevents it. Munich, Frankfort and Paris are awaiting to welcome the event. […]
A new job for Renaud Capuçon. While he is already the brilliant artistic director of the sumptuous Easter Festival of Aix en Provence, the famous violinist has been appointed artistic director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. His contratc starts with the 2021-2022 season. Photo : Renaud Capuçon © Herve COSTE/MAXPPP
Let’s talk about 2023 in Leipzig? Gotthold Schwarz, the current Cantor of Leipzig will retire in June 2021. His successor will have a real challenge. Indeed, he will take over from another great Cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach who was appointed to this position on April 22, 1723, exactly 300 years in 2023. Celebrations are coming […]
Opera but not only … While digital platforms offer a generous supply of opera performances onlibe, orchestras are also offering their best. This week, the Philadelphia Orchestra honors its principal guest conductor, Stéphane Denève with a concert online and also a complete library of performances through Listen On Demand. Photo : Stéphane Denève […]
Tugan Sokhiev will defintly perform at Toulouse’s La Halle aux Grains but Eugene is not expected anymore. As part of the prestigious concert series, Les Grands Interprètes – Toulouse, the two events scheduled for March 10 & 11, 2020 at the Halle aux Grains performed the Bolshoi troupe are not canceled. The concert version of […]
Excellent news, great conductor Mirga Grazinytė-Tyla (the music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) is expecting her second child in August 2020. The bad news is she won’t be able to conduct the first concerts of her 2020-2021 season. Photo : Mirga Grazinytė-Tyla © Frans Jansen
In these hard times the news has been quite unnoticed, however, our Australian friends can be happy to welcome back one of their own. Indeed, the conductor Simone Young has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, from the 2022 season. After Charles Mackerras and Stuart Challender, she is only the third Australian […]
