Roberto González-Monjas Makes his Debut with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
This weekend, Roberto González-Monjas makes his debut with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in two concerts on the 1st and 2nd July. Roberto will conduct the orchestra in an exhilarating programme of Mozart, featuring Sonata da Chiesa K. 278 and K.279, Chaconne and Pas...
Kunal Lahiry Presents Bristol’s Queer SongFest
Curated by pianist Kunal Lahiry, in collaboration with BBC Radio 3 and Bristol Pride, Queer SongFest is a concert series being performed at St George’s Bristol from the 29 – 30 June, created to make classical music accessible for the LGBTQ community in Bristol and...
Kunal Lahiry Presents Bristol’s Queer SongFest
Curated by pianist Kunal Lahiry, in collaboration with BBC Radio 3 and Bristol Pride, Queer SongFest is a concert series being performed at St George’s Bristol from the 29 – 30 June, created to make classical music accessible for the LGBTQ community in Bristol and...
Calidore String Quartet Returns to Ravinia with Beethoven
The Calidore String Quartet will perform at the Ravinia Festival this week on Thursday, June 29 at 7:30pm. They return after their debut appearance at the Festival, in which they joined the Emerson Quartet in a performance of the Mendelssohn Octet. Their program this...
Jakub Hrůša, Constantin Trinks and Christian Immler Victorious at the 2023 OPUS KLASSIK Awards
Congratulations to conductors Jakub Hrůša and Constantin Trinks and bass-baritone Christian Immler, winners at the 2023 OPUS KLASSIK Awards. Winners of the prestigious German award are selected by a specialist jury, whose members represent the music and media...
RENÉE FLEMING NAMED KENNEDY CENTER HONOREE
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that Renée Fleming will receive The Kennedy Center Honor. She is joined in the 46th class of the prestigious lifetime artistic achievement award by comedian Billy Crystal; British singer-songwriter producer,...
Conductor Vincenzo Milletarì Makes Kissinger Sommer Debut
Vincenzo Milletarì made his debut at Kissinger Sommer conducting the opening night Gala on June 16th. At the helm of the Milan Symphony Orchestra, Vincenzo shared the stage with the internationally acclaimed tenor Freddie De Tommaso and soprano Carmela Remigio, and...
Manoj Kamps Conducts Netherlands Radio Philharmonic at Holland Festival on 18 June 2023
Manoj Kamps conducts Netherlands Radio Philharmonic at Holland Festival on 18 June 2023. On the programme is William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops which has become culturally associated with 9/11 commemoration. The ceremonial “performance” will be presented by...
David Portillo Awarded 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence
Tenor David Portillo is awarded the 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence. The Sphinx Medal of Excellence is the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, recognizing extraordinary classical Black and Latinx musicians. Along with a $50,000 career grant, Sphinx...
Francesco Lecce-Chong Debuts with the Detroit Symphony
Francesco Lecce-Chong's will debut with the Detroit Symphony on June 15th, 16th and 18th. He will conduct the orchestra through a captivating program of Mason Bates' Garages of the Valley, Hindemith's Mathis der Maler, and Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with pianist...
Martijn Dendievel Named Chief Conductor of the Hofer Symphoniker from the 2024/25 season
Martijn Dendievel is named Chief Conductor of the Hofer Symphoniker. His initial four-year tenure will begin from the 2024/25 season. The young Belgian conductor, who has received multiple awards, has already been a guest conductor with the orchestra on several...
Fleming, Dinnerstein & Emerson String Quartet Reunite for West-Coast Premiere André Previn’s Penelope
Renée Fleming returns to the LA Opera stage this weekend, Saturday, June 10, in an exciting evening featuring André Previn’s Penelope, written by the late composer for her and the Emerson String Quartet, along with songs by Grieg, Fauré, Puts, Glass, Hermann, Kern,...
Julia Fischer & Kirill Troussov’s New Album “Violin Duos” Reaches No. 1 on Apple Music’s Classical Charts
Orchid Classics’ new Live series album featuring Julia Fischer and Kirill Troussov has reached the top of Apple Music's classical charts. Violin Duos, released as a streaming-only EP, features Shostakovich’s Five pieces for two violins and piano and Prokofiev’s Sonata...
Fleur Barron and Axelle Fanyo Debut with San Francisco Symphony in Saariaho’s ‘Adriana Mater’
The week following the announcement of the passing of iconic Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, the San Francisco Symphony presents staged performances of her 2005 opera Adriana Mater, conducted by their Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, and directed by Peter Sellars,...
IMG Artists Welcomes Tenor Oliver Johnston to its Roster for General Management
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome tenor Oliver Johnston to its roster for General Management. He will be represented by Isabella Pitman from the London office. British tenor Oliver Johnston is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and was a participant in the...
Mitsuko Uchida Named 2024 Ojai Music Festival Music Director
Mitsuko Uchida has been named as Music Director for the 2024 Ojai Music Festival, June 6 to 9, 2024. The Festival selects a new Music Director each year to ensure vitality and diversity in programming across the festivals. Ms Uchida has a long-association with the...
Christoph Altstaedt Conducts Hadyn’s Die Jahreszeiten at Vienna Staatsoper
Christoph Altstaedt returns to Vienna to conduct a staged production of Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten at Vienna Staatsoper on 5, 7, 9, 14, 16 June 2023. Featuring soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Josh Lovell, Martin Häßler, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, and Vienna Staatsoper...
Glorious Praise for Brenden Gunnell as Peter Grimes at Leipzig Opera
Heldentenor Brenden Gunnell has won critical acclaim in his current title-role in Britten's Peter Grimes at Oper Leipzig. The production premiered on the 13 May and runs through to the 19 October. The reviews were unanimous in their praise for his portrayal of the...
Matthew Cairns Nominated for 2023 DORA Award for “Superb” Macduff in COC’s Macbeth
Tenor Matthew Cairns is nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Individual at the Toronto DORA Awards for his “showstopping” (Ludwig van Toronto) performance of Macduff in the new Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Verdi’s MacBeth. The...
Jonathon Heyward Named Next Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director of Lincoln Center’s Summer Orchestra
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) today announced that conductor Jonathon Heyward will become the next Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director, ushering in a new era for Lincoln Center’s summer orchestra. A rising conductor on the national and international...
James Baillieu Joins Lise Davidsen at the Grieghallen
Tonight, pianist James Baillieu joins forces with soprano Lise Davidsen for a duo recital at Grieghallen, Norway. The programme boasts a wide spectrum of song cycles and poems set to music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Davidsen and Baillieu perform great...