Pires wins empire in Japan
The 2024 Praemium Imperiale in classical music has been awarded to the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires, It is worth 15 million yen, or $105,000. This year’s other category winners are film-maker Ang Lee (Brokeback […]
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Kaufmann cancels Hollywood, will not be replaced
The Hollywood Bowl has posted its regrets about the latest lapse in Jonas Kaufmann’s stuttering schedule: ‘Due to illness, Jonas Kaufmann is unable to perform during the September 12 concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Additional […]
Theater an der Wien delays reopening
Message received: After two and a half years of construction, the renovation and modernization of the Theater an der Wien has been completed and we are looking forward to celebrating the grand opening on October […]
Maestro split: Rattle and Harding to share a concert
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra have inserted an unusual programme a month from now. In the first half of the concert, outgoing music director Daniel Harding conducts works by two women composers, Lili Boulanger and […]
Maestro plays: Peter Oundjian gets an upgrade
The Colorado Symphony has promoted its principal conductor, Peter Oundjian, to music director. The agreeable Oundjian was formerly chief of the Toronto Symphony and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Long before that, he played a football […]
Breaking: First female concertmaster quits the Berlin Philharmonic
In a move that has shocked the orchestra, concertmaster Vineta Sareika has told the Berlin Philharmonic she will be leaving in February. Sareika has spent three just over three years in the seat, and the […]
Celebrated English tenor dies at 42
The vocal quartet G4 have made public the death of their former low tenor, Ben Thapa. No cause has been shared. Ben was known to have been hospitalised last month with kidney disease. G4 say: […]
A job in Kyiv for Mrs Gelb
The Canadian pro-Ukraine activist Keri-Lynn Wilson has been rewarded with the leadership of a Kyiv orchestra. Wilson is married to the Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb. From the AP: NEW YORK (AP) — Keri-Lynn […]
Just in: John Eliot Gardiner in head-on collision with his former ensembles
The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg will feature identical concerts in the same week by Christophe Rousset and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, and by the MCO’s founder Sir John Eliot Gardiner with his newly created ensemble, […]
Angela Gheorghiu blows up co-star’s encore
From the Korea Times: Renowned soprano Angela Gheorghiu caused a stir during a performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” in Seoul, halting the orchestra and interrupting her co-star’s mid-show encore, much to the dismay of opera enthusiasts […]
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