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IMG Artists Welcomes Baritone Justin Austin to its Roster for General Management
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome baritone Justin Austin to its roster for general management. He will be represented by Executive Vice President and Global Head of Vocal Matthew Horner from the company’s New York Headquarters, in collaboration with Ken Benson...

IMG Artists Welcomes Artist Manager Federico M. Benigni
IMG Artists is pleased to introduce our new Artist Manager, Federico M. Benigni. He has joined our Conductors & Instrumentalist team, and will be based in London and Rome. After graduating in Violin at the Franz Liszt Musik Hochschule in Weimar and the...

Frank Dupree Wins Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival “Young Elite” Artist Prize
Frank Dupree is honoured with a Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival “Young Elite” Artist. He shares the Ensemble award with his frequent collaborator, the violist Timothy Ridout. The prize, awarded by the NORDMETALL Foundation is endowed with 10,000 €.The award will be...

Manoj Kamps Conducts World Premiere of Seung-Won Oh’s YeonDo 14 November
Manoj Kamps conducts the official world premiere of Korean-Dutch composer Seung-Won Oh’s YeonDo on 14 November as part of the contemporary festival November Music at the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center. Performed by singer Helena Rasker, Cappella Pratensis, and the New...

Kirill Gerstein appears on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week
Kirill Gerstein took part in a fascinating discussion with artist Ai Wei Wei and political theorist Lea Ypi on creative, political and personal freedom. Listen to the broadcast here – www.bbc.co.uk Kirill Gerstein is managed in association with Enticott Music...

Hilary Hahn Wins 2021 Herbert von Karajan Award
Hilary Hahn is has been awarded the 2021 Herbert von Karajan Prize. The prestigious honour was announced following her performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 with the Staatskapelle Dresden and conductor Daniele Gatti in Salzburg on Saturday, 30 October. Arabel...

Chen Reiss and Christophe Dumaux Open La Scala’s First Ever Cavalli “La Calisto”
Soprano Chen Reiss and countertenor Christophe Dumaux take to the legendary stage of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala on 30 October for the premiere of La Scala’s first ever production of Francesco Cavalli’s exuberant baroque masterpiece La Calisto, in a new staging by...

Bruno Ravella’s “Exemplary Revelation” of Verdi’s Stiffelio at Opéra national du Rhin Through 9 November
Director Bruno Ravella’s new production of Verdi’s Stiffelio for Opéra national du Rhin is being hailed as a “revelation” (Resmusica) and “ rare show, triumphantly welcome » (Première Loge). The production, which runs through 9 November, is conducted by Andrea...