Utah Symphony News
American orchestra based in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Symphonic orchestra
- United States of America
Last update
2024-04-22
Refresh
2024-03-25 03:30:00
Dvořák: Cello Concerto et al. (CD Review)
[…] introduce those unfamiliar with classical music into its spellbinding realm. When I received this recording for review, I tried to remember which recording if the work I had first acquired back in the mid-1970s when I began to become seriously interested in classical music, but drew a blank. However, I vividly remember hearing the work in concert. It was March 31, 1976. One of my professors, who was going to be unable to attend the Utah Symphony Orchestra concert at which the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) was scheduled to perform the Dvořák, and knowing of my burgeoning passion for classical music, had kindly given my wife and me his tickets. Shortly before the concert, however, Rostropovich fell ill and had to cancel, so another legendary cellist stepped in at the last minute, Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976). Although he sounded a bit rusty and fumble-fingered in some of the early passages, his […]
2024-03-07 16:09:45
[…] The post appeared first on World's Leading Classical Music Platform.
2023-12-22 18:26:00
I am sadly far behind in maintaining this. Here are some updates. I'm absolutely certain that I am missing some.Donald Runnicles leaves the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the end of 2025-26.Donald Runnicles takes up the Dresden Philharmonic at the beginning of 2025-26. He succeeds Marek Janowski.Christian Thielemann succeeds Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin State Opera.Daniele Gatti succeeds Christian Thielemann at the Dresden Staatskapelle in mid-2024. (Note: he lost a job earlier in this century owing to accusations of sexual misconduct.)Krzysztof Urbański becomes chief conductor of the Bern Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of the 2024-25 season.Eric Jacobsen is now music director of the Virginia Symphony.Long Yu is now the music director of the Shanghai Symphony.David Robertson appointed creative partner of Utah Opera / Utah Symphony, for three-year period starting in 2023-24.Kwame Ryan appointed music director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as of the 2024-25 season.Philippe Auguin is conductor-in-residence of the Greek […]
2023-10-05 18:28:23
Raymond Bisha’s second podcast featuring historic recordings on the VOX label explores those made of Tchaikovsky’s music by the Utah Symphony Orchestra under Maurice Abravanel, who was the ensemble’s music director for more than 30 years. From the performances, to the production team of Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz, the liner notes by Richard Freed,
or
- Symphonic orchestras (North America).
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): U...