The Athens State Orchestra (Kratiki Orchistra Athinon) has confirmed Katerina Chatzinkolau as its concertmster, the country’s only female orchestra leader.
Greek born, Katerina was previously 3rd Concertmaster at Duisburg Philharmonic/Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
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The highly accomplished Polish conductor Tadeusz Strugała turns 90 this week. Never a limelight seeker, he was music director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra and of the Turkish presidential orchestra. But his closest involvements were […]
The widely admired Christoph Nel died on Monday, aged 80. Working mostly in Frankfurt, he also directed in Stuttgart, Hannover, Munich, Mannheim and Berlin. The post German opera director, RIP appeared first on Slippedisc.
Preservation Hall jazz club in New Orleans has named Japanese pianist Mari Watanabe as a winner of this year’s Legacy Awards. Watanabe, 59, is the first Japanese musician to be recognised in the homeland of […]
