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2024-01-15 11:00:43
Royal Festival Hall, London Anne-Sophie Mutter gave the UK premiere of John Williams’ second Violin Concerto in a concert of the US composer’s music that placed the violin front and centreYou don’t need to be a film buff to know
2023-03-17 21:30:00
Conductor Karina Canellakis has withdrawn from some of her upcoming programs because she's expecting a child in May. Here are notes about the conductors who will leading those programs.Jonathon Heyward, New York Philharmonic, April 27-29. The program is as originally scheduled: Brahms’s Violin Concerto, with Christian Tetzlaff, Zosha Di Castri’s Lineage, and Lutosławski’s Concerto for OrchestraOsmo Vänskä, Philadelphia Orchestra, April 20-22. Perry Study for Orchestra, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 with Inon Barnatan, Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) Best wishes to Canellakis for the easiest possible childbirth.
2023-02-08 05:59:00
[…] with the Vienna Philhamonic).James Gaffigan appointed Music Director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, succeeding Henrik Nanasi, who left several years ago. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic: Ryan Bancroft is chief conductor designate. He starts in 2023-24.Anja Bihlmaier is the new chief conductor of the Residentie Orchestra, The Hague.Dalia Stasevska is the new chief conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.Daniela Candillari named principal conductor of OTSL.Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, where Klaus Mäkelä, now their artistic partner, becomes chief conductor in 2027.Jonathon Heyward becomes music director of the Baltimore Symphony, succeeding Marin Alsop. Baltimore is not in great shape; they've had terrible management and terrible financial problems, although they've also hired Mark Hanson, who is known to be competent.Thomas Søndergård becomes music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, succeeding Osmo Vänskä. (The NY Times can manage the umlauts in Vänskä, but not the diacriticals in Søndergård. C'mon, you can do better than that.) Two interesting things about Søndergård: he was a timpanist, unusual among conductors, who […]
2023-01-06 23:25:00
[…] with the Vienna Philhamonic).James Gaffigan appointed Music Director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, succeeding Henrik Nanasi, who left several years ago. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic: Ryan Bancroft is chief conductor designate. He starts in 2023-24.Anja Bihlmaier is the new chief conductor of the Residentie Orchestra, The Hague.Dalia Stasevska is the new chief conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.Daniela Candillari named principal conductor of OTSL.Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, where Klaus Mäkelä, now their artistic partner, becomes chief conductor in 2027.Jonathon Heyward becomes music director of the Baltimore Symphony, succeeding Marin Alsop. Baltimore is not in great shape; they've had terrible management and terrible financial problems, although they've also hired Mark Hanson, who is known to be competent.Thomas Søndergård becomes music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, succeeding Osmo Vänskä. (The NY Times can manage the umlauts in Vänskä, but not the diacriticals in Søndergård. C'mon, you can do better than that.) Two interesting things about Søndergård: he was a timpanist, unusual among conductors, who […]