http://www.pr2classic.de/ pr2classic News en http://www.pr2classic.de/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.pr2classic.de/ 18 16 pr2classic News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:18:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/omer-meir-wellber/news/newsdetail/omer-meir-wellber-eroeffnet-das-opernfestival-der-arena-di-verona-mit-aida-juni-2013/ Omer Meir Wellber conducts Verdi’s Aida to open the Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona on 14... Omer Meir Wellber conducts Verdi’s Aida to open the Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona on 14 June 2013. The performance is staged by La Fura dels Baus, the renowned Catalan theatre group. 

With Aida the festival celebrates not only Verdi’s 200th anniversary in 2013 but also the first century of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival that was inaugurated with an acclaimed performance of Aida in 1913. Aida is the Arena opera par excellence: on no other stage the splendour of the pharaohs can unfold that gloriously and nowhere else the famous Triumphal March appears so monumentally. 

German public TV ZDF will broadcast the premiere performance on 16 June at 22.00 (CET). Nina Eichinger and Rolando Villazón will lead through the evening. Please click here for further information. The complete opera will be available online for free from 17 to 22 June at the ZDF Mediathek.

The premiere performance will also be broadcast live on Classica Italia (Sky Italia channel 728 and in HD on channel 729) on 14 June at 21:00 (CET).


14, 23, 27 June, 3, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 28 July, 3 August
Verona, Arena di Verona
Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona
Verdi: Aida
Hui He/Maria Jose Siri – Aida, Fabio Sartori/Jorge de Leon/Carlo Ventre – Radames, Giovanna Casolla/Daniela Barcellona/Elena Gabouri – Amneris, Andrzej Dobber/Marco Vratogna/Ambrogio Maestri/Vassily Gerello – Amonasro, Adrian Sampetrean/Vitaly Kovalijov/Marco Spotti – Ramfis, Roberto Tagliavini/Carlo Cigni/Sergej Artamonov – Re, Carlo Bosi/Antonello Ceron/Saverio Fiore – Messaggero
La Fura dels Baus – Stage design 

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]]> Omer Meir Wellber Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:56:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/management-kuenstler/jan-vogler/news/newsdetail/jan-vogler-gewinnt-pizzicato-supersonic-award-juni-2013/ Jan Vogler wins a Pizzicato Supersonic Award for his recording of Bach’s Cello suites. The magazine... Pizzicato Supersonic Award for his recording of Bach’s Cello suites. The magazine Pizzicato writes in its review:

"Jan Vogler,  one of the best cellists of the present and future generations will surely be remembered  along with such renowned musicians Piatigorsky, Casals, Starker and Du Pré. What distinguishes Vogler is, on the one hand, his wonderful sound and on the other,  the ease and enthusiasm with which he approaches each work.

Infinite richness of color, interpretations logically and consistently constructed, the art of letting the music breathe, to guide the listener while still managing to surprise them – this is Jan Vogler’s approach.  And these are also the characteristics that distinguish this new recording of the Cello Suites by Bach. As a listener, one gets completely absorbed in the music and one cannot define what precisely it is that fascinates most. In any case, this complete recording has enormous expressiveness and intensity, and will live forever within the great musical and artistic wealth of repertoire ."

Alain Steffen, Pizzicato, June 2013 



]]> Jan Vogler Wed, 29 May 2013 11:29:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/kent-nagano/news/newsdetail/kent-nagano-in-wien-benjamin-oper-written-on-skin-schoenbergs-gurrelieder-mai-2013/ At the rostrum of the Klangforum Wien, Kent Nagano conducts the George Benjamin opera Written on... Klangforum Wien, Kent Nagano conducts the George Benjamin opera Written on skin on 14, 16 and 17 June 2013 in Vienna. Written on skin is Benjamin’s first large scale opera with a text by Martin Crimp. Directed by Katie Mitchell, this time-shifting, multi-layered parable of art, politics, love and the boundaries of power caused a sensation at the Aix-en-Provence Festival 2012 and is now performed for the first time in the German speaking region.

14, 16, 17 June, 7.30 pm, Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Klangforum Wien
George Benjamin: Written on skin
Christopher Purves – The Protector, Barbara Hannigan – Agnès, Iestyn Davies – Angel 1/The Boy, Victoria Simmonds – Angel 2/Marie, Allan Clayton – Angel 3/John
Philipp Alexander Marguerre – Verrophon
Eva Reiter – Viola da Gamba


On 21 and 22 June, Kent Nagano conducts the Wiener Symphoniker. The programme will feature Schönberg‘s Gurrelieder.
    
21, 22 June, 7.30 pm Vienna, Konzerthaus
Wiener Symphoniker
Schönberg: Gurrelieder
Catherine Foster – soprano, Mihoko Fujimura – mezzo soprano, Jay Hunter Morris – tenor, Kurt Azesberger – tenor, Albert Dohmen – baritone, Sunnyi Melles – narrator,
Wiener Singakademie, Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música, Orféo Català, Choir of the Slovak National Theatre.

]]> Kent Nagano Thu, 23 May 2013 14:26:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/kent-nagano/news/newsdetail/triumphale-tournee-des-orchestre-symphonique-de-montreal-kent-nagano-mai-2013/ The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Kent Nagano have returned from a... Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Music Director Kent Nagano have returned from a memorable tour in South America (April 23 to May 3, 2013) with seven concerts in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia.

“We return to Montreal inspired, exhilarated, and full of the sights, sounds and unforgettable memories of our whirlwind South American tour. Over the course of two weeks we performed in sold-out halls to enthusiastic audiences, took in the wonderfully rich culture of five great cities, and made important friendships and connections that will last a lifetime,” said Kent Nagano.

Critics and audiences alike were vanquished by the Orchestra’s performances, as demonstrated by articles in the Latin American press:

“The first four bars was all it took... to establish that the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal bears the mark... of great orchestras... An intent audience filled Sala São Paulo to full capacity.” Sidney Molina, Folha de São Paulo, Brazil, April 25, 2013 “The balance among the tones was the work of the magnificent Nagano. A rare evening, in which the seductive powers of Berlioz, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky found magical storytellers.” João Marcos Coelho, O Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, April 26, 2013 “An unforgettable concert... Nagano’s interpretation was unique, not only because of that mutual understanding among the musicians... The audience appreciated this and applauded wildly, to an extent not seen before.” Julio César Huertas, El País, Uruguay, May 4, 2013 “The Argentine premiere of Kent Nagano, the great North American conductor of Japanese descent, could not have been more of a success... the mastery of Nagano, his ability to conceive and to realize the most extraordinary achievements in sound (with the marvelous instrument that his Canadian ensemble comprises) lit up this encounter between the conductor and his Buenos Aires audience.” Margarita Pollini, Ámbito, Argentina, May 2, 2013
The tour began in Brazil with two concerts in São Paulo (Sala São Paulo) on April 23 and 24, followed by a concert in Rio de Janeiro (Teatro Municipal) on April 25. The OSM next visited Uruguay for a concert at the Teatro del Sodre in Montevideo on April 27, before traveling to Argentina for two concerts in Buenos Aires (Teatro Colón) on April 29 and 30. The tour finished on May 3 in Colombia, with a concert in Bogotá (Teatro Mayor). The most recent visit by the OSM to Brazil and Argentina had taken place in 1998, while the concerts in Colombia and Uruguay were the first by the Orchestra in those countries.

The OSM tour blog is still online – www.osm.ca/blogue – catching the finest moments of this triumphant tour through the eyes of Kent Nagano, musicians and members of the administrative team.

]]> Kent Nagano Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Mon, 13 May 2013 11:32:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/kent-nagano/news/newsdetail/konzert-online-kent-nagano-dirigiert-orchestre-symphonique-de-montreal-april-2013/ Kent Nagano conducts the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in a concert on 16 April that is... Kent Nagano conducts the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in a concert on 16 April that is streamed on Medici TV, available until mid of July: Please click here to watch the concert for free.

The programme features the Overture to Rossini’s opera Wilhelm Tell, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 presented by Till Fellner and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6.

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano are on a tour in South America from 23 April to 3 May 2013 with concerts in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Bogotá. You can follow the orchestra  on their tour blog.

]]> Kent Nagano Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:36:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/omer-meir-wellber/news/newsdetail/omer-meir-wellber-dirigiert-orf-radio-symphonieorchester-wien-april-2013/ On 24 May, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Red Ribbon... 24 May, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Red Ribbon Celebration Concert in the Burgtheater in Vienna. The gala concert, featuring Anna Netrebko, Elisabeth Kulman, Erwin Schrott, Piotr Beczala, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, René Pape and others, supports the Clinton Health Access Initiative, one of the most important global organizations fighting HIV and AIDS. President Bill Clinton will be present and personally address the audience.

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Completing the Verdi trilogy of the Wiener Festwochen, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the premiere of “Il Trovatore” at the Theater an der Wien on 26 May. On the occasion of the composer’s 200th birthday, Wellber had been assigned to conduct Verdi’s big three operas: “Rigoletto” in 2011 and “La Traviata” in 2012. The new production of “Il Trovatore” is directed by film and opera director Philipp Stölzl.

26, 29, 31 May, 3 June, Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Artur Ruciński – Conte di Luna, Carmen Giannattasio – Leonora, Mara Mastalir – Inez, Marina Prudenskaya – Azucena, Yonghoon Lee – Manrico, Gábor Bretz – Ferrando, Tomáš Juhás – Ruiz, Karl Huml – Ein alter Zigeuner
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Erwin Ortner – choirmaster
Philipp Stölzl – Stage director

More information]]> Omer Meir Wellber Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:09:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/kent-nagano/news/newsdetail/kent-nagano-goeteborger-symphoniker-praesentieren-neue-saison-live-uebertragung-galakonzert-online-april-2013/ Kent Nagano’s first season as Principal Guest Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra will... Kent Nagano’s first season as Principal Guest Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra will be presented at a Gala Concert tonight. You can watch a live video stream of the concert at 19.15 CET (New York 1.15 pm / Moscow 9.15 pm) tonight on www.gsoplay.com. The video will be available online for 30 days.

The programme features Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” and the world première of Paula af Malmborg Ward’s „Tungle Night” – a suite for orchestra and contralto based on three songs by Wilhelm Stenhammar (composer and Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra 1907-1922). Soloist is Anna Larsson.

Kent Nagano opens the 2013/14 season with two concerts on 4 and 5 October 2013, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Galina Ustvolskaya’s Symphony No. 4 “Prayer”, and a new work by Swedish composer Henrik Strindberg.

In his role as Artistic Advisor and Principal Guest Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony, Kent Nagano will spend seven weeks with the orchestra in 2013/2014, leading 12 concerts. The programmes will focus on both traditional and new repertoire: a Bach Brandenburg concerto sharing space with Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto, and Richard Strauss’ “Sinfonia domestica” followed by Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti”. Kent Nagano is also honouring the orchestra’s Swedish tradition, conducting new works by Henrik Strindberg and Jesper Nordin, and paying homage to Stenhammar by performing his Piano Concerto No. 2 with Mari Kodama as soloist. On 8 May 2014 Kent Nagano leads the world première of Unsuk Chin’s Clarinet Concerto, with soloist Kari Kriikku, a work commissioned by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.



]]> Kent Nagano Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:01:00 +0200 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/management-kuenstler/jan-vogler/news/newsdetail/jan-vogler-im-new-yorker-sender-wabc-tv-channel-7-maerz-2013/ Sandy Kenyon: "You don’t even have to be a fan of this music to be inspired." http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=9043128&pid=null. From 29 March, the piece will run in 6000 New York cabs for one week.]]> Jan Vogler Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:55:00 +0100 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/moritzburg-festival/news/newsdetail/20-jahre-moritzburg-festival-composer-in-residence-wolfgang-rihm-maerz-2013/ It was in 1993 when cellists Jan Vogler and Peter Bruns and violinst Kai Vogler founded their own... 20^th anniversary this summer from 10-25 August 2013 under the artistic direction of Jan Vogler.

You can find the 2013 festival program HERE.

Old and new companions, such as violinists Midori, Nicola Benedetti, Kai Vogler, violist Nils Mönkemeyer, cellist Peter Bruns, pianists Kristian Bezuidenhout, Alice Sara Ott, Antti Siirala, and soprano Juliane Banse, are following Jan Vogler’s invitation this year to rehearse and perform together in Moritzburg. Composer-in-residence of the anniversary edition will be one of the most renowned and versatile contemporaries, Wolfang Rihm.

For the 8^th time, 45 students from all over the world will form the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra and rehearse and perform chamber and orchestra works together, this year under the direction of conductor Eric Jacobsen. Among others, they will present the gala concert on 11 August with violinist Midori and Berg’s violin concerto „To the Memory of an Angel“.

The program compiles works of past festival editions and CD productions: among compositions by Wolfgang Rihm, works by Schubert, Piazzolla, Schumann, Wagner, Korngold, Messiaen, Bach and others will be presented. For the first time, one of the venues will be a hangar of the Elbe aircraft factory Dresden, and furthermore the familiar baroque halls of the Moritzburg castle, Dresden’s Palais im Großen Garten and Frauenkirche, as well as the Transparent Factory of Volkswagen.

Prior to the festival, „Moritzburg Festival on tour“ will guestperform at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 7 July.

Please also visit http://www.moritzburgfestival.de/english. A video about the 2012 Moritzburg Festival with three composers-in-residence can be found here.]]> Moritzburg Festival Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:02:00 +0100 http://www.pr2classic.de/en/pr-kuenstler/omer-meir-wellber/news/newsdetail/dvd-release-omer-meir-wellber-dirigiert-tschaikowskys-eugen-onegin-maerz-2013/ Omer Meir Wellber conducts a live recording of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin that is being... Omer Meir Wellber conducts a live recording of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin that is being released as a DVD/Blu-ray from Cmajor in April 2013. The recording was made during his first year as Music Director at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia at the rostrum of the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. In Mariusz Trelinski’s production he leads “an ideally well-balanced vocal cast” (Die Welt, 5 February 2011) headed by Artur Ruzinski as Onegin and Kristīne Opolais as Tatyana. 

Mariusz Trelinski, Polish filmmaker and theater director, has created a series of dream-like, surrealist tableaux. The clear lines of the production are echoed by the slender musical design of Omer Meir Wellber –  “Young and highly talented conductor Omer Meir Wellber turns Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin into a miracle of poetry.” writes Julia Spinola in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (29 January 2011).

Please click here for a trailer of the production. 

The opera is also being broadcast on the Classica television channel on 17 April 2013 at 20.15.

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