Report | Musikfest Berlin: Bauhaus Opera Undone, Week 3 Highlights
Musikfest Berlin went into its final week with the Berlin Philharmonic returning on Sept. 17, this time under their chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, for two…
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Report | Musikfest Berlin: Period Beethoven & Italian-tinged Debussy Week 2 Highlights
Even though one of the main focuses of Musikfest Berlin is newer music of the 20th and 21st centuries, it also holds a place for…
Esprit Orchestra: In conversation with Steve Reich, Vito Žuraj, Julia Mermelstein, and James O’Callaghan
Echoes of some of the most singular and intriguing contemporary music written by Canadian and international composers will resonate this spring in Toronto’s Koerner Hall…
Report | Musikfest Berlin: Big, bold and bracing programming at Europe’s best kept festival secret
Musikfest Berlin is a late summer festival which you’re unlikely to see on the same culture vulture circuit that includes Salzburg, Bayreuth, Aix-en-Provence, and Munich.…
Bruckner and Blomstedt in Berlin are worth the journey
Did you catch Herbert Blomstedt and Maria João Pires with the Berlin Philharmonic on Saturday? All it took was a smartphone, a subscription to the…
Montreal Renew Financial Funding to the OSM
CANADA The mayor of Montreal Denis Coderre engage to give 100 000$ per year to the OSM. « Through its international stature, the OSM is a…
Lebrecht Weekly – Elgar, Martinu: Cello concertos (Sony Classical)
The Argentine-born Sol Gabetta, now in her mid-30s, made her first recording of the Elgar concerto six years ago in Denmark, an impressive performance stressed…
Video of the Day – Karajan: the 25th Anniversary of His Death
It was 25 years ago this month (July 16) that Herbert von Karajan passed away. He was 81 and still conducting regularly even though he had…
Video of the Day – Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale
Berlioz was one of the most innovative orchestrators in the history of music. He had a genius for combining instruments to produce unusual sonorities, and…
Video of the Day – Van Zweden Gets a Call From the VPO
Last year Jaap van Zweden got a call from the Berlin Philharmonic to fill in for an ailing conductor. He did and made his debut…
