The state theatre of Kassel, where the young Gustav Mahler learned the conducting ropes, has chosen the Lithuanian Ainars Rubikis as its Generalmusikdirektor.
Rubikis, 45, was formerly GMD at the Komische Oper Berlin.
The post Germans appoint Lithuanian GMD appeared first on Slippedisc.
Flight into Egypt Akili Tommasino, Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Met Museum in New York, artist Julie Mehretu, and artist Fred Wilson, take us on a virtual tour of […]
The young Danish conductor Christian Øland has been named chief of the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra. Based in southern Jutland, the orchestra covers both Denmark and northern Germany. Øland, 30, is a graduate of the Sibelius […]
From a Barrons interview with Weston Sprott, dean and director of the Preparatory Division at the Juilliard School, and trombonist in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra. I balance full-time teaching at Juilliard and full-time performing with […]
