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Rattle+Berlin Phil = Beethoven !
2016-05-16 11:44:00 UTCHere is the second set of the Beethoven’ Symphonies by Sir Simon Rattle. The first one was recorded for EMI (now Warner Classics) in 2003 with the Vienna Philharmonic. As for each Music Director of the legendary Berlin Philharmoniker, Sir Simon had to record this cycle due the fact it… -
Dutch National Opera Awarded “Opera Company of the Year 2016”
2016-05-16 10:46:00 UTCThe Dutch National Opera was crowned Opera Company of the Year 2016 at the International Opera Award Ceremony in London’s Savoy Theatre on Sunday night May 15. This means that the Dutch National Opera can be called best opera company in the world for the coming year. The jury praised… -
Chng Hak-Peng, CEO of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
2016-05-16 09:27:00 UTCThe Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a full-time ou permanent professional orchestra with ou of 96 members. Nowadays The SSO makes its performing home at the Esplanade Concert Hall, and also plays regularly at the Victoria Concert Hall, home of the SSO since 1979. The SSO scheduled over 50 symphonic… -
Sakari Oramo wins Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award
2016-05-12 06:04:00 UTCSakari Oramo, Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Conductor, impressing the jury with “the combination of passion and searching intelligence he brought to a vast range of music” in performances with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the UK throughout… -
Jan Vogler, Humanist and Cellist
2016-05-09 16:03:00 UTCThe Cellist Jan Vogler is one of the most dynamic figure of Classical music. He has been Artistic Director of the Moritzburg Festival near Dresden since 2001, and Intendant of the Dresden Music Festival since October 2008. In 2006, he received the European Award for Culture and in 2011 the… -
LSO Live : Scriabin : Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
2016-05-07 15:24:00 UTCValery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their revelatory Scriabin cycle with the release of Symphonies 1 & 2. Epic in scope, Scriabin’s highly original First Symphony was composed at the turn of the twentieth century. The ambitious work consists of six movements, the last of… -
Season announcement 2016/17 Kent Nagano and Hamburg State Opera
2016-04-25 11:55:00 UTCKent Nagano, General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Georges Delnon, director of the Hamburg State Opera and John Neumeier, Director and Chief Choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet, presented their new season 16/17 yesterday, 19 April 2016 Kent… -
Pierre Pentchev, painter : new exhibition in Paris
2016-04-25 11:46:00 UTCPierre Pentchev, President of Music&Arts networks, is a also a accomplished painter. His next exhibition “Souvenir d’un lieu cher” is scheduled from the 16th till the 28th of May 2016 at the IG Gallery Paris (12 rue Durantin - 75018 Paris - Abbesses Subway Station)About Pierre Pentchev : Pierre…
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Musethica : Avri Levitan’s TEDxZaragoza
2016-04-14 11:50:00 UTCAvri Levitan explains: “How do we teach music performance? There are thousands of academies all around the world, in almost every city. Most people begin to learn in a young age of 5 to 6 years and some of them dedicate their life to music so they continue towards higher… -
Interview with Avri Levitan, the co-founder and artistic director of Musethica
2016-04-14 11:30:00 UTCThis concept was created in 2012 in Zaragoza (Spain) and officially launched by Professor Carmen Marcuello and Avri Levitan. It has grown incredibly fast and the concept spreads all around the world. To explain briefly: Musethica is an education program for excellent young musicians. It is a new model… -
Katowice Kultura Natura Festival 2016: Spirituality
2016-04-14 09:18:00 UTCIn May 2015, the City of Katowice—the capital of the Polish region of Silesia—introduced a new music festival called Katowice Kultura Natura Festival 2015: Metamorphoses, taking place in the newly opened music hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (NOSPR) under the artistic direction of the… -
Alexander Liebreich conducts Szymanowski and Lutoslawski
2016-04-11 15:55:00 UTCThe Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra is Poland’s leading performing ensemble and one of the finest broadcasting orchestras in Europe. Built on a long tradition and often featuring works by Polish composers, the PNRSO performs throughout the world as a musical ambassador of Poland – that is demonstrated on this… -
Boston Symphony Orchestra 2016-2017
2016-04-09 13:13:00 UTCThe Boston Symphony Orchestra has unveiled their programme for the season year under their artistic direction of Andris Nelson. With several premieres of commissioned pieces as well as a more traditional repertoire that reflects both the orchestra’s strong German musical roots and Nelson’s influence of Russian classical music, the 2016/2017… -
Moritzburg Chamber Festival 2016
2016-04-09 12:43:00 UTCFor the 24th consecutive year, the Moritzburg Chamber Music Festival brings the art of music-making to the tranquil and lush town of Moritzburg, located a short distance from Dresden (Germany). This exceptional Festival continues to bring together artists from around the world for an intense two-week exchange of musical ideas,… -
Mason Bates : works for orchestra on SFS Media
2016-04-09 12:32:00 UTCMichael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) release a new recording featuring Bay Area composer Mason Bates’s three largest electro-acoustic orchestral works on SFS Media The album of Bates’s largest orchestral works features the first recordings of the SFS-commissioned The B-Sides and Liquid Interface, in addition… -
Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 1–9
2016-04-07 16:01:00 UTCThe Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle are releasing their recording of the complete symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven in an exclusive hardcover edition. The recording will be available from 29 April on the orchestra’s own label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, and contains the symphonies on five CDs and a Blu-ray… -
The Los Angeles Philharmonic appoints Susanna Mälkki as Principal Guest Conductor
2016-04-07 15:51:00 UTCThe Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced today the appointment of Susanna Mälkki as Principal Guest Conductor of the LA Phil. She assumes her new role in the 2017/18 season for a three-year term. This prestigious position has been held by only two previous conductors: Sir Simon Rattle (1981-1994) and Michael… -
Detroit Symphony Orchestra 2016-2017
2016-04-02 09:09:00 UTCIn recent years, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) under the artistic direction of Leonard Slatkin has developed a unique programme pairing classical symphonic repertoire with ventures into contemporary music. The forthcoming 2016-17 season’s programme, presented earlier this year, develops this line even further The orchestra will perform 25 classical concerts,… -
Alexandre Bloch in Lille !
2016-03-31 05:54:00 UTCAdmired for his energy and enthusiasm, 30 years old Alexandre Bloch is the ADAMI talent of 2012 and a winner of the prestigious competition Donatella Flick, the principal guest conductor at the Düsseldorf Symphoniker, and a representative of the new generation of the most promising conductors. He… -
Montreal Symphony Orchestra 2016-2017
2016-03-22 16:52:00 UTCMontreal Symphony Orchestra, led by maestro Kent Nagano announced its 83rd season created with a lot of diversity, new vision and complexity. Series of hundred concerts starts in September with Carmina Burana, continues with Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Bernstein’s airs from West Side Story and A Quite Place… -
Ginastera centennial celebrated all around the world
2016-03-20 17:45:00 UTCThe year 2016 is a one big celebration of the centennial of Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera. All around the world, leading orchestras and classical music festivals and venues announced Ginastera’s music in their program for this season. The biggest homage will be paid in his native city, Buenos Aires, where… -
Helsinki Phil Orchestra and Susanna Mälkki to record with Bis Records
2016-03-17 07:19:00 UTCThe Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestra’s new chief conductor Susanna Mälkki and BIS Records have signed a recording contract which will result in an initial four discs to be recorded over the next few years. The first album to be released will contain music by Bartók and will be recorded in… -
The 20th edition of Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (Warsaw)
2016-03-17 07:04:00 UTCThe 20th edition of Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (Wielkanocny Festiwal), which is currently one of the largest and most important music events in Poland, takes place this year on 12-25 March in Warsaw. The opening concert on March 12 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall with the Ninth Symphony conducted… -
Ginastera Orchestral Works with Juanjo Mena
2016-03-15 09:55:00 UTCWith Heitor Villa-Lobos and Carlos Chávez, Alberto Ginastera is one of the three greatest figures of Latin American music of the twentieth century. In 2016 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Except the Danzas Argentinas for piano and the Danzas from the ballet Estancia, Ginestera remains unknown… -
Dazzling recording debuts for Enrique Mazzola and his Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France
2016-03-08 07:38:00 UTCFor several seasons, Enrique Mazzola and his French orchestra are certainly the most thrilling event for the skotey Parisian music lover. Each ONDIF series based on brilliant orchestral programming is sold out at the new Philharmonie. This perfect association between a dynamic orchestra and a new generation’s Maestro makes ONDIF…