United States CONTACT!: Anders Hillborg, Poul Ruders, Yann Robin, Unsuk Chin: Liang Wang (oboe), John Schaefer (host), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor). Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium,New York City, 5.4.2013 (BH)
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Oper Frankfurt Wins Opera Company of the Year Award
Oper Frankfurt has won the „International Opera Award“ as best „Opera Company“ yesterday in London. “The Operas” – as the prizes will be known in future – were brought into being by John Allison, editor of the renowned English opera magazine “Opera”, and British buisinessmanHarry Hyman, Managing Director of the international Nexus Group company. Hyman is an extremely knowledgeable … Read more
Soaring Wagner, Savage Stravinsky
United States Wagner, Stravinsky: Thomson Smillie (guest speaker), Amy Yekel (soprano), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 20.04.2013 (TW)
First Class Performance of Wagner’s First Opera
Germany Wagner, Die Feen: Soloists, Chorus of Oper Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 20.4.2013 (MB)
Impressive Team Work in La finta giardiniera
Germany Mozart, La finta giardiniera – Die Pforten der Liebe: Soloists of Berliner Staatsoper, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christopher Moulds (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 19.4.2013 (MB)
Oleg Marshev Test Drives Whangarei’s Refurbished Steinway
New Zealand Debussy, Mussorgsky: Oleg Marshev (piano), Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 9.4.2013 [PSe]
From New to Old, With a Nod to Ansel Adams
United States Shepherd, Shostakovich, Dvořák: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21.4.2013 (MSJ)
In Istanbul, a Much Belated Premiere Executed Perfectly: Selected Works of Steve Reich.
Turkey Reich: sa.ne.na Ensemble (Amy Salsgiver, Kerem Oktem, Secil Kuran), Gulden Tezel (piano, synthesizer), Muge Hendekli (piano, synthesizer), Emre Gunay (percussions), ‘Reich: The Father of Minimalist Music” at Borusan Music House, Istanbul 18.04.13 (AM)