The special award of Bavaria’s culture prizes for 2024 was bestowed today on the Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv, the first woman to conduct an opera at the Bayreuth Festival.
‘Oksana Lyniv is a top-class conductor, a musical pioneer and an inspiring bridge-builder,’ said Bavaria’s Arts Minister Markus Blume.
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In the thick of this week’s pre-Christmas strikes, it has become known that Martin Ajdari, directeur général adjoint, is getting out next month. Ajdari, 56, has worked at the Opéra for 24 years. He has […]
Michael Graubart, who came to England as an eight year-old refugee from Nazi Vienna, has died after a long life of service to music and education. After first studying physics and working as an engineer […]
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