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Théâtre du Châtelet Taps Key Figure as Its Next Director

February 2, 2023 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Olivier Py is to be the new artistic director of Paris’s famed Théâtre du Châtelet. Py, former director of the Avignon Festival, is something of a cultural hero, and news of his appointment had been deemed "a sure promise … » Read
 

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Tanglewood 2023: The Full Monty, Ever Fresh

February 2, 2023 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
This summer, for the first time since 2019, Tanglewood will present a full slate of programs between June 22 and Aug. 27. BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons will be much in evidence, leading ten concerts, including the BSO’s July 7 opening … » Read
 

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Anne Frank, the Opera, to Premiere at Indiana U

February 2, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The world premiere of Anne Frank , an opera by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Shulamit Ran and librettist Charles Kondek, will mark the culmination of an effort begun in 2008 by conductor Arthur Fagen. A professor of music and chair of the … » Read
 

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Philly Pops Finds an Alternative Venue. For Now.

February 2, 2023 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Having been evicted from the Kimmel Center , the Philly Pops will stage two of its upcoming three scheduled concerts at the Met Philadelphia. "Get Up, Stand Up: The Encyclopedia of Soul," with Broadway vocalist Joshua Henry, conducted by Rickey … » Read
 

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Tania León Named Composer in Residence with London Phil

February 2, 2023 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has selected Tania León as its next composer-residence for a two-year term, beginning September 2023. Among her obligations are a world premiere in 2023/24 and a U.K. premiere during the following … » Read
 

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Hong Kong Sinfonietta Taps German Music Director

February 2, 2023 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Hong Kong Sinfonietta has named German conductor Christoph Poppen as its next music director, a notch or two up from principal guest, a post he’s held since 2015. He takes on the new role as of 2023-24, succeeding the Yip Wing-sie, who … » Read
 

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New Artist of the Month: Composer Emma O’Halloran

February 1, 2023 | David Patrick Stearns, Musical America
Older man. Younger man. A dimly lit hotel room. Cheap beer. A financial transaction. Such was the visual image that Irish composer Emma O’Halloran built to frame the soundworld of her breakthrough opera,  Trade , right down to the buzz … » Read
 

Reviews

Saint-Saëns Justly Illuminated by the OAE and Steven Isserlis

February 1, 2023 | Mark Valencia, Musical America
LONDON—Camille Saint-Saëns has been unfairly pigeon-holed, not least by his contemporaries such as Debussy and Berlioz, as a conservative composer of little depth or originality. (The latter famously slighted the younger composer with … » Read
 

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Louisville O Heads Underground with Yo-Yo & Davóne

February 1, 2023 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
On April 29, members of the Louisville Orchestra and their Music Director Teddy Abrams ( Musical America 2022 Conductor of the Year ), along with bass-baritone Davóne Tines ( MA 2022 Vocalist of the Year ), the Louisville Chamber Choir, a … » Read
 

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Nazi-era Composer, Now 102, Sees His Music Come to Light

February 1, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Founded in Vienna in 2006, the Exilarte Center for Banned Music locates, preserves, and presents music lost during the Holocaust. The forensic musicologists who work there function as the "monuments men" of Nazi-era composers and manuscripts, and … » Read
 
 

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