Midori will celebrate the centenary of the legendary American violinist Isaac Stern, one of the most prominent artists of the 20th century, on July 23, 2020 at 02:00 Central European Summer Time (20:00, Estern Standard Time) at the 2020 Tanglewood Virtual Gala.READ MORE
Midori and many other artists are honoring Isaac Stern for his 100th birthday on July 21 with a live event as part of “Live with Carnegie Hall,” an online series featuring some of the world’s best artists, behind-the-scenes stories, excerpts from past performances, and live musical moments.
At “Live with Carnegie Hall: Isaac Stern Centenary”, Midori will be joined by Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, and Pinchas Zukerman on July 21 at 8 p.m. (CEST) to perform live on the Carnegie Hall website on Facebook or YouTube.
More about “Live with Carnegie Hall” here.
First series of The Music Room: Reflecting Beethoven set to launch online on Thursday 16 July, 9pm (CET)
The series features musicians from the BBC Philharmonic and special guests including Craig Charles, Maureen Lipman, Stephen Hough, Sally Beamish, Lorenzo Mariani, Fredun Mazaheri, Tom Redmond and Laura Tunbridge
The BBC Philharmonic is set to release “The Music Room” as of tomorrow 16 July weekly, a filmed online in-conversation series hosted by Chief Conductor Omer Meir Wellber that begins by exploring each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies.READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of the top orchestras in North America and celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. With its principal conductor Manfred Honeck and star pianist Igor Levit, it made a guest appearance at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf in 2019 as part of a European tour.
Here you can listen to the concert on 12 July at 21:05 on Deutschlandfunk.
The festival Sotto una nuova luce of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo “opens” the cultural scene in Palermo after the Corona shutdown with scenic performances at the Teatro as well as open air events at the Teatro della Verdura – Omer Meir Wellber conducts the choir and orchestra of the Teatro Massimo. Ella Milch-Sheriff’s monodrama “The Eternal Stranger” is followed ‘attacca’ by Beethoven’s Mass in C major. The concert will be streamed on ARTE Concert as well as Radio 3 RAI and Teatro Massimo TV LIVE on 5 July at 9:30 pm (MESZ). The stream will be available until 12 July worldwide and until the end of the year in Europe. READ MORE
Midori’s PSA videos with helpful tips for you and your children can now be viewed on the United Nations website. As part of her commitment as a UN peace ambassador, she sets a good example and communicates about the current situation in a child-friendly way.
For more information, also about Coronavirus COVID-19, click here to go to the UN website
Jan Vogler releases trailer to his new CD “Three Continents” and Shostakovich, which was released by Sony Classical.
More Information about the CD can be found here.
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano released Krzysztof Penderecki’s St Luke Passion with BIS-Records on 6 June 2020 – this SACD was recorded on the opening night of the prestigious Felsenreitschule Salzburg Festival in July of 2018. The renowned polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, who regretfully passed away in March 2020, was present in the audience the evening of the Salzburg concert.READ MORE
The renowned cellist and Intendant of the Dresden Music Festival Jan Vogler released his new album with SONY Classical on 19 June 2020 – combining the cello concerto “Three Continents” by Nico Muhly (USA), Sven Helbig (D) and Zhou Long (CHN) and Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto, the recording features an exciting combination of musical tradition and innovative awakening.READ MORE