J 04, 2024 | Franz Welser-Most, News
The Vienna Philharmonic is pleased to announce that it has awarded honorary membership to Franz Welser-Möst. Daniel Froschauer, Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, said, “The artistic collaboration with Franz Welser-Möst began in 1998. Since then, he has led...
J 04, 2024 | News, Semyon Bychkov
Statement of the CEO of the Czech Philharmonic David Mareček: “I was much saddened to hear of Semyon’s decision not to renew his contract with the Czech Philharmonic at the end of 2027/28 season. While I totally respect the rationale, I know I speak for the whole...
J 04, 2024 | Kirill Gerstein, News
Music in Time of War, the new double-album from pianist Kirill Gerstein, places the music of Komitas, pioneer of ethnomusicology and founder of the Armenian national school of music, alongside that of Claude Debussy, a seminal composer in the late 19th and early 20th...
J 11, 2023 | Dinis Sousa, News
Dinis Sousa will conduct the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Monteverdi Choir in Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem on 29 February and 1 and 3 March 2024. They are joined by soloists soprano Lenneke Ruiten and baritone Christian Gerhaher. Brahms’s Requiem will be...
J 11, 2023 | Isata Kanneh-Mason, News
Take a celebrated musical genius, sibling rivalry, an unknown manuscript, some very persistent research and one sensational revelation, and what have you got? FANNY: THE OTHER MENDELSSOHN – the documentary from BAFTA-winning director Sheila Hayman that features global...
J 09, 2023 | Franz Welser-Most, News
September 8, 2023 Franz Welser-Möst recently had a cancerous tumor removed and will need to undergo treatment between his conducting engagements for the next twelve to sixteen months. His first period of treatment will begin at the end of October. Regrettably,...