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28. December 2020

New Year’s Eve gala at Parktheater Augsburg (December 2020)

The Metropolitan Opera will present a live-streamed New Year’s Eve Gala on December 31, featuring performances by Met stars Angel Blue, Javier Camarena, Matthew Polenzani and Pretty Yende from the Parktheater Augsburg. The concert, part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series, will be streamed live on the Met’s website at 4:00 p.m. EST/ 10:00 p.m. CET and will be available for an additional 14 days thereafter. READ MORE

23. December 2020

Christmas concert with Kent Nagano at St. Michaelis in Hamburg (December 2020)

With works by Bach, Fauré, Bruckner and Stefan Schäfer, General Music Director Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra can be enjoyed via livestream on December 26, 2020. The special concert with soprano Dorothea Röschmann from the Hauptkirche St. Michaelis is available free of charge online via the website of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester and on the orchestra’s YouTube channel.

Christmas concert St. Michaelis
Sa, 26 Dezember 2020, Curch St. Michaelis, 20.15 Uhr
Stefan Schäfer: “Yamaga” for violin solo and strings (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach: “Laudamus te” from Mass in B minor BWV 232
Anton Bruckner: Quintet in F major (arranged for string orchestra by Hans Stadlmair)
Gabriel Fauré: “Pie Jesu” from Requiem op. 48

Kent Nagano
Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano
Konradin Seitzer, Violin
Philharmonic State Orchestra

9. December 2020

Omer Meir Wellber to be new Music Director at Volksoper Wien from September 2022 (December 2020)

As of the start of Lotte de Beer’s period as Director, Omer Meir Wellber is to be Music Director at Volksoper Wien from 1 September 2022. In addition to directing new productions and repertoire performances, for five seasons he will be chiefly responsible for the musical life of the Volksoper and for the development of the ensemble, the orchestra and the chorus. From as early as spring 2021 he will be involved in the preparations for the new directorship.READ MORE

9. December 2020

Daniel Ciobanu’s Debut-CD at WDR 3 TonArt (December 2020)

The debut CD of the Romanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu was reviewed by Hannah Schmidt in the broadcast on December 9th at WDR 3 TonArt.

“Technically demanding and with mental power, the busy pianist positions himself. His interpretations are orchestral and surprising. A musician with great contrasts”.

You can listen to it here.

7. December 2020

Kent Nagano with recording in Canada’s top 20 classical albums of 2020 (December 2020)

The album Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Works for Violin and Orchestra which was released by ANALEKTA in November 2020 was named one of Canada’s top 20 classical albums of 2020 by CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Centre).

The recording with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, under the direction of Kent Nagano and with Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the OSM was recorded in concert at the Maison symphonique de Montréal in 2019 and brings together important works by Gianstera, Bernstein and Moussa.

Find more information here.

7. December 2020

BRYN TERFEL at Met Stars Live in Concert (December 2020)

Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will perform a holiday program with special musical guests, on Saturday, December 12, at 7:00pm CET/1:00pm ET, from the historic Brecon Cathedral in his native Wales, as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert pay-per-view series. Terfel will be joined by two rising Welsh singers, soprano Natalya Romaniw and tenor Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, as well as by harpist Hannah Stone, pianist Jeff Howard, and the Welsh traditional folk group Calan. The recital will be streamed live via the Met website and will then be available on demand for 14 days.
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4. December 2020

Jan Vogler – Livestream on Dreamstage (December 2020)

On December 12, Jan Vogler will perform live from the Kulturpalast together with the Dresden Festival Orchestra. The event will be broadcast live on the streaming platform Dreamstage at 8 pm. The program of this evening will combine works by Johann Adolph Hasse, Nicola Antonio Porpora and Antonio Vivaldi, among others, and will build a musical bridge from Dresden to Italy.

With the proceeds from the virtual tickets the Dresden Music Festival wants to support especially the freelance musicians of the Dresden Festival Orchestra.

Further information is available at www.musikfestspiele.com and www.dreamstage.live.

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