Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
3.4.24

Thoughts on Thoughts About Klaus Mäkelä

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A Word or Two on the (Negative) Reaction to Klaus Mäkelä’s Appointment in Chicago The Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä is 28 and ha...
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28.8.23

Remember the Blogroll?

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Ionarts was born during the golden age of blogging, in the millennium's first decade. The subsequent rise of social media proved the de...
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18.12.19

Alain Altinoglu in Rubbish Liszt and Crusading Prokofiev

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Vienna, February 26, 2019; Musikverein —Liszt’s tone poem From the Cradle to the Grave is bound be one of those works that we will spasmod...
30.9.19

Dina Ugorskaja, A Farewell

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Dina Ugorskaja, Photo © Ilja Kukuj There was a darkness in the playing of pianist Dina Ugorskaja’s, these last few years, that made her int...
24.9.19

Blusey Tuesday: Charu Suri

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Just a bit outside of our swim-lane, but why not post this, in anticipation of Indian American jazz pianist Charu Suri's Carnegie Hall d...
2.7.19

Teodor Currentzis steps down as Artistic Director of Perm Opera

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Teodor Currentzis steps down from Opera position in Perm. In a rambling three-page letter* he cites “a thorough lack of comprehension, utt...
9.6.19

Sweet Jury Duty: Wrapping Up the Leopold Mozart Violin Competition

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Augsburg, June 8, 2019, Leopold Mozart Violin Competition—After a week with five long days of trials, amounting to some 35 net hours of in...
5.6.19

The Road to the Finals: The Leopold Mozart Competition

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Leopold Mozart Competition, Round 2 (Semi Finals) Accompanists Hyun-Jung-Berger and Jose_Gallard are being poked in the ribs by jury-member...
2.6.19

A Better Way of Judging Musicians? The Leopold Mozart Competition

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Leopold Mozart Competition, Round 1 Eleven hours of listening to thirteen young violinists giving their utmost – eight net hours of Pagan...
6.3.19

Saudi Arabia to Sponsor Teatro Della Scala and Sit on Board

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Saudi Arabia to sponsor Milan Opera: @teatroallascala brings Saudi minister of culture on board of directors. "Win-win" says Inte...
25.1.19

War-Time Wilhelm Furtwängler: Questionable Greatness

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The conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler’s art has so imbued itself into the collective conscious of the music-loving public that, to this day, 65...
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16.1.19

Record Label BIS Goes Green (You Had Me at "Turtles")

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The Swedish record lable BIS, known for its pioneering work in publishing the complete works of Jean Sibelius , dedication to the SACD form...
15.1.19

In the News: A New Home For Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Previously, when the musicians of “The World’s Best Orchestra” – a.k.a. Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – wanted to practice outs...
6.12.18

News: Osmo Vänskä to Step Down from Minnesota Orchestra Post

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News: Osmo Vänskä Fixes Date to Step Down from Minnesota Orchestra Music Directorship in 2022 It’s hard to believe that Osmo Vänskä has he...
5.12.18

In the News: New SFS Music Director, Philip Glass, and Jeremy Denk

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In the News: Esa-Pekka Salonen - the Complete Sony Recordings Sony US | UK | DE Top News surely the announcement that Esa-Pek...
21.11.18

This Just In: Vast Collection of 19th-Century Italian Opera Scores to Move to Wales

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Opera Rara has announced the transfer of its Opera Rara Music Library to a new, permanent home at The Royal Welsh College of Music &...
29.3.18

Andrés Orozco-Estrada new Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra

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The Vienna Symphony Names Its New Chief Conductor The Vienna Symphony Orchestra has just announced that the successor to Philippe Jordan ...
22.2.18

City of Munich and Munich Philharmonic Renew Valery Gergiev Amidst Many Critical Overtones

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Valery Gergiev Stays In Munich, Extends Contract To 2025 So, Gergiev's contract as chief conductor of the MPhil gets extended until 20...
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