28. February 2020
28. February 2020
Midori celebrates Beethoven in Luzern (February 2020)
On Sunday, 1 May 2020, Midori will play a violin concerto and two romances by Beethoven and will thus be the focus of this concert under the baton of Daniel Dodds of the Lucerne Concert Series of the Festival Strings Lucerne titled “Beethoven zelebriert”. This programme, orchestra and conductor, repeat itself at Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden. The concert in England will take place on 6 March.READ MORE
21. February 2020
Midori congratulates Christoph Eschenbach with Mozart (February 2020)
In honour of the 80th birthday of Christoph Eschenbach’s, Music Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, a grand celebration takes place. On February 25 at the Konzerthaus Berlin many renowned artists congratulate the conductor by presenting outstanding works. One of the congratulators is Midori, she will play a Mozart Duo together with Nils MönkemeyerREAD MORE
20. February 2020
Omer Meir Wellber conducts premiere at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig (February 2020)
Omer Meir Wellber will conduct a work commissioned by the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig on 20, 21 and 23 February: the monodrama The Eternal Stranger by Ella Milch-Sheriff, which found its inspiration on the occasion of Beethoven’s anniversary and deals with the various facets of foreignness. The programme also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, whereby the violin is played by Jacob Reuven on the mandolin – so to speak as an “immigrant” into a Central European piece of music.READ MORE
19. February 2020
Kent Nagano inaugurates new Octobasses of the OSM (February 2020)
14. February 2020
Kent Nagano in Paris – Orchestre Philharmonique Radio France (February 2020)
On 15 February, Kent Nagano will present the following program together with the Orchestre Philharmonique Radio France:
Grime: Fanfaren
Benjamin: Sometimes Voices
Adámek: Man Time Stone Time (Auftragswerk von Radio France / SWR)
Combier: Neues Werk für Solocello (Auftragswerk von Radio France – Uraufführung)
Messiaen: Drei kleinen Liturgien über die Allgegenwart Gottes
The concert will be available in 3D sound on hyperradio.radiofrance.fr and will be broadcast on France Musique on 22 April.
For further information, please click here.
14. February 2020
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrates 125th anniversary in 2020/21 season (February 2020)
Under the banner “Pittsburgh Symphony and You: Extraordinary Together”, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Manfred Honeck announced its 125th anniversary season yesterday that will feature special artist debuts, collaborations and concerts.
“Our 125th anniversary season is a tribute to Pittsburgh, to this orchestra’s treasured heritage and to its bright future. It is so exciting to present for the first time a major work like Mahler 8, an exceptional residency with Yo-Yo Ma, the unique artistic partnerships and community engagement, and all of the many premieres, debuts and Pittsburgh firsts. Our 125th Celebration season will be inspiring, thought-provoking and riveting—and we can’t wait to share it with you,” said Manfred Honeck.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will welcome many of the world’s greatest artists to the Heinz Hall stage, including Emanuel Ax, Karina Canellakis, Matthias Goerne, Hélène Grimaud, Pablo Heras-Casado, Gianandrea Noseda, Vasily Petrenko, Gil Shaham, Christian Tetzlaff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Juraj Valčuha, and finally Yo-Yo Ma who will visit Pittsburgh for an unprecedented three-day residency. The orchestra will showcase 10 artist debuts and introduce five new works and world premieres as well as the Pittsburgh and Heinz Hall premiere of Mahler 8, known as the Symphony of a Thousand. A new Steinway concert piano will also be making its debut to open the season.
For the first time in Pittsburgh history, all nine Beethoven symphonies will be performed in one week by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Manfred Honeck.
“This great orchestra is known throughout the world for its rich history of the world’s best musicians and conductors, as well as its deep commitment to the people of the Pittsburgh region. It is only fitting that the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 125th anniversary season with significant partnerships, collaborations, premieres and debuts that extend and amplify our distinguished history,” said Melia Tourangeau, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
In this distinguished history, Music Director Manfred Honeck stands in tradition of past Music Directors such as renowned Fritz Reiner (Music Director from 1938 – 1948), André Previn (1976-1984), Lorin Maazel (1988-1996) and Mariss Jansons (1997-2004).
Find out more about the upcoming season here.
In August and September 2020, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony embark on a 12-concert, 11-city, five-country European Festivals Tour. The Pittsburgh Symphony is the only American orchestra that will perform at the prestigious Salzburg Festival and will be a featured orchestra as part of the Opening Weekend at the Beethovenfest in Bonn as well as at the Rheingau Musik-Festival, in Ljubljana, at the Lucerne Festival, in Grafenegg, at the Philharmonie Essen and other cities to be announced shortly. Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the orchestra as soloist in nine of the concerts while pianists Rudolf Buchbinder and Lukáš Vondráček also appear as featured soloists.
10. February 2020
Kent Nagano on France musique (January 2020)
France musique will broadcast different interviews with Kent Nagano the entire week of 10 February.
Listen to the interviews here.
@francemusique will broadcast interviews with Kent Nagano the entire week of 10 February: Listen to part one here: https://t.co/WOH43rgpDV
— PR2 classic (@pr2classic) February 10, 2020
10. February 2020
Omer Meir Wellber in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Antwerpen (January 2020)
Omer Meir Wellber will be giving his debut with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and with it at the same time his debut at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. With works by Wagner, Mahler and Tschaikowski, the established conductor will have concerts in Utecht, Amsterdam and Antwerpen.READ MORE
31. January 2020
Jan Vogler’s contract as director of the Dresden Music Festival extended to 2026 (January 2020)
Jan Vogler will remain director of the Dresden Music Festival for the upcoming years: The internationally acclaimed cellist has extended his contract with the state capital of Dresden to 2026. In 2009, he assumed the role of director of the festival, founded in 1978, and has since endeavored to establish it as one of the most important and successful classical music festivals in Europe. From 2009 to 2019, the Festival’s revenue from ticket sales and funds from sponsors has increased fivefold.