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16. July 2021

Jan Vogler at the 74th Festival de Cannes (July 2021)

Bill Murray, Cellist Jan Vogler, violinist Mira Wang and pianist Vanessa Perez present „NEW WORLDS: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION” at the 74th Festival de Cannes.

As part of the Special Screenings, the music film will be shown at 8:45 p.m. CET on 16 July at the Théâtre Claude Debussy. In the film, the artists are accompanied on their shared musical journey, taking viewers on a special time travel through musical and literary history, including works by Bach, Beethoven and Shostakovich, as well as texts by Hemingway and Whitman. The film was directed by Andrew Muscato.

15. July 2021

Francisco Fullana at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (July 2021)

Francisco Fullana will perform a concert at Schloss Bothmer with Tomomi Sato at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival with Schumann’s Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano, op. 121, and his Romance No. 2 in A major for violin and piano, op. 94. The Ensemble der Bothmer Musik will also perform Bach’s Concerto No. 4 in A major and Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G minor.

15 July 2021, 8:00 p.m., Klütz, Bothmer Castle.
Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano op. 121
Schumann: Romance No. 2 in A major for violin and piano op. 94
Francisco Fullana – violin
Tomomi Sato – piano
and with the Bothmer Music Ensemble:
Bach: Concerto No. 4 in A major for accordion and string quartet BWV 1055
Mozart: Piano quartet in G minor KV 478

For more information click here.

15. July 2021

Mari Kodama’s Sonatenabend at the 3rd Chopin Festival Hamburg (July 2021)

At the 3rd Chopin Festival Hamburg Mari Kodama gave a sonata recital, playing works by Chopin Ravel and Dutilleux.
The recital took place on 12 June 2021 and was broadcast live on YouTube.

Here you can watch the full concert:

9. July 2021

CD release “Shades of Love” – David Philip Hefti conducts the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, with Philipp Jundt, Daniel Hope and Sebastian Knauer among others (July 2021)

On 9 July, Deutsche Grammophon releases Shades Of Love – Korean Drama Soundtracks, arranged orchestrally. The music will be performed by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Philip Hefti. Soloists are Philipp Jundt, Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway (flute), Daniel Hope (violin), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Richard Yongjae O’Neill (viola) and Sebastian Knauer (piano).

Available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon and JPC as well as Deutsche Grammophon.

Please find more information here.

7. July 2021

Kent Nagano on the podcast “Embrace Everything – The World of Gustav Mahler” (July 2021)

Season 2 of the Embrace Everything – The World of Gustav Mahler podcast series, an exploration of the composer’s complete symphonies, is available here and on all audio streaming services starting today.

Season 2 focuses on Mahler’s Second Symphony in C minor (1888-1894), delving into Mahler’s musical exploration of life, death, and what lies beyond. Each episode is devoted to a movement of the symphony. Kent Nagano is featured in the episodes 1, 3 and 5.

The Embrace Everything podcast series was created and is hosted by award-winning radio producer Aaron Cohen. It explores and celebrates the music of Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) by taking a journey through his symphonies. Using interviews with leading Mahler interpreters and scholars, readings from the letters of Mahler and his contemporaries, commentary from Mr. Cohen, and the sounds of the symphonies themselves, each season of the series guides listeners through one of these landmark works in the orchestral repertoire.

2. July 2021

Omer Meir Wellber at the Teatro di Verdura (July 2021)

On Sunday, 9 July Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the Orchestra di Teatro Massimo at Teatro di Verdura in Palermo. With pianist Daniel Ciobanu, mezzosoprano Natalia Gavrilan and the choir of the Teatro Massimo, the program will include works by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.

Sunday, 4 July 2021 at 09:15 pm CET at Teatro di Verdura
Teatro Massimo Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
Piano Daniel Ciobanu
Mezzosoprano Natalia Gavrilan
Chorus Master Ciro Visco

Programme
Rachmaninov: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2 in C minor op. 18
Prokofiev: Aleksandr Nevskij, Cantata for mezzosoprano, chorus and orchestra with videoprojection of Ejzenštejn’s movie

Please find more information here, tickets can be bought here.

1. July 2021

Kent Nagano and Mari Kodama in Ravello (July 2021)

Kent Nagano, together with Mari Kodama and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin are guests at the Ravello Festival in Italy. The program of the concert on 1 July 2021 and 8:00 pm at Belvedere di Villa Rufolo will contain Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll”, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto and Schubert’s Symphony No. 3.READ MORE

1. July 2021

Midori and Festival Strings Lucerne play Beethoven (July 2021)

After the concert had to be postponed several times, the concert with Midori and the Festival Strings Lucerne can now take place on 1 July 2021 at the KKL in Lucerne.READ MORE

29. June 2021

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announces 2021-2022 season (June 2021)

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced the 2021-2022 season and will welcome back audiences to Heinz Hall with full orchestra for the first time in 18 months in September 2021 when its new season begins. The 2021-2022 season is also the 50^th anniversary of Heinz Hall, the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-2022 season will be the 14th under the direction of its Music Director Manfred Honeck and the 126th in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s celebrated history.

25. June 2021

Kent Nagano in Berlin and on tour with the DSO (June 2021)

Kent Nagano, as Honorary Conductor, conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) in its final Berlin concert of the 2020/2021 season on Friday, 25 June at 8 p.m. The Philharmonie will feature Paul Hindemith’s Chamber Music No. 1, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Seong-Jin Cho, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 3. At the Kissinger Sommer, Nagano will present the same program with the DSO on June 27 – except for Hindemith’s chamber music. On July 1 in Ravello, Schubert’s Third Symphony is preceded by Richard Wagner’s ‘Siegfried Idyll’ and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Mari Kodama.READ MORE

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