Friday, September 25th, 2015
By: Frank Cadenhead Here is the story: a young black conductor from Charleston, South Carolina just triumphed over 237 other candidates to win victory in one of the top conducting competitions in the world. This was on Sunday, September 20 at the competition in Besançon, France. He was just 23, seven to ten years younger […]
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Tags: Alexander Gibson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erina Yashima, Esa-Pekka Salonen, George Pehlivaia, Gerd Albrecht, Gustavo Dudamel, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Jiri Kout, Jonathon Heyward, Kazuki Yamada, leonard bernstein, Lionel Bringuier, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lu Shao-Chia, Michel Plasson, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan.Marco Parisotto, Ontario Philharmonic, Ricardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Sergiu Comissiona, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Yutaka Sado
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 31, 2015 MUNICH — Arts projects in Europe with any visual aspect to them nowadays migrate to DVD whether or not there is a need, partly to justify public subsidy through distribution. Many are operas filmed too often, like Nationaltheater Mannheim’s just-released Der Ring des Nibelungen, which joins DVD tetralogies […]
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Tags: Alessandro Corbelli, Alvis Hermanis, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antifonale Ambrosiano, Antonio Pappano, Archiv, Armonia Atenea, Bartoli, Bejun Mehta, Benoît Jacquot, Berlin Philharmonic, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, B’Rock Orchestra Ghent, CD, Daniel Behle, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Die Soldaten, DVD, Edgardo Rocha, Emmanuelle Haïm, Erato, EuroArts, Frédéric Antoun, Georg Friedrich Händel, George Petrou, Gluck, Hippolyte et Aricie, Ingo Metzmacher, Iphigénie en Aulide, Iphigénie en Tauride, Ivan Alexandre, Javier Camarena, Jean-François Lapointe, John Osborn, Kaufmann, Kolokola, Konstantin Wolff, Kristina Hammarström, Laura Aikin, Laurent Alvaro, Le comte Ory, Le Concert d’Astrée, Libreria Musicale Italiana, Liliana Nikiteanu, Lo frate ’nnamorato, London Symphony Orchestra, Luciana d’Intino, Marc Minkowski, Massenet, Michel Plasson, Mikhail Petrenko, Mireille Delunsch, Moshe Leiser, Muhai Tang, Nicolas Testé, Nuccia Focile, Oliver Widmer, Opéra National de Paris, Opernhaus Zürich, Opus Arte, Orlando, Otello, Patrice Caurier, Pergolesi, Peter Kálmán, Pierre Audi, Rachmaninoff, Rameau, Rebeca Olvera, René Jacobs, Review, Riccardo Muti, Roberto de Simone, Rolando Villazón, Rossini, Simon Rattle, Sophie Karthäuser, Sophie Koch, Stéphane Degout, Sunhae Im, Teatro alla Scala, Ugo Guagliardo, Véronique Gens, Vienna Philharmonic, Warner Classics, Werther, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yann Beuron, Zimmermann
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