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Leif Ove Andsnes receives Honorary Doctorate from The Juilliard School
In a ceremony that was streamed live on the internet, Leif Ove Andsnes received an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from the prestigious Juilliard School in New York at the school's commencement on 20th May 2016. In the citation, Leif Ove was commended on his...
Alan Gilbert appears on Charlie Rose
Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, discusses his final season as music director and the Philharmonic's 175th anniversary with Charlie Rose on PBS stations across the U.S. Watch the full interview here: http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60686138...
MILOŠ announces “Blackbird – The Beatles Album”
We are excited to announce that Miloš is set to release his new album ‘Blackbird - The Beatles Album’ in January 2016 on Mercury Classics. The fourth album of the Echo and Brit award-winning guitarist is a tribute to the classic songwriting skills of the iconic band....
Alan Gilbert Leads NY Philharmonic in Seventh Season As Music Director and Makes Debuts with Four Major European Orchestras in 2015-16
The coming season marks Alan Gilbert’s seventh as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, where, as the New Yorker observes, he “has made an indelible mark on the orchestra’s history and that of the city itself.” Besides collaborating with Composer-in-Residence...
Franz Welser-Möst wins ECHO Klassik Award for Music DVD Recording of the Year
Congratulations to Franz Welser-Möst, whose DVD recording of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier has been awarded an ECHO Klassik award in the category of Music DVD Recording of the Year. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin on 18 October 2015....
“Concerto – A Beethoven Journey” Trailer
The 15/16 season will see Leif Ove Andsnes star in “Concerto - A Beethoven Journey” (2015), a new documentary from award-winning British director and filmmaker Phil Grabsky. Scheduled for release in cinemas in September 2015, “Concerto - A Beethoven Journey” offers an...
Semyon Bychkov speaks to the BBC about Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony
Prior to his performance of Shostakovich's epic Seventh Symphony - the "Leningrad" - at the BBC Proms, Semyon Bychkov took some time to speak with John Wilson at BBC Front Row and to BBC World Service about the work, which is so connected to his birthplace. You can...
Rave Reviews for Franz Welser-Möst at the Helm of Salzburg’s New Fidelio
Franz Welser-Möst’s work on the podium for the Salzburg Festival’s new production of Beethoven’s revolutionary operatic hymn to freedom, Fidelio, has been garlanded with praise this week. Claus Guth’s new staging has provoked considerable critical debate, but the...
Final Beethoven Journey performances “Utterly Absorbing”
After an emotional farewell to The Beethoven Journey with three very special concerts at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London, the UK critics have been paying tribute to the final residency in Leif Ove Andsnes' four-year project ... "The full measure...
Alan Gilbert Receives Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Musical Direction
Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Musical Direction in the 67th Emmy Awards. The nomination was announced on 16 July 2015 for his work as Conductor and Music Director for Stephen Sondheim's...
Bychkov conducts Otello – now out on DVD
Decca Classics have released a DVD of the Met Opera Live recording of Verdi's Otello, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, on DVD. Johan Botha sings Otello, opposite Renée Fleming's Desdemona. Andreas Laska at ResMusica.com writes "Semyon Bychkov in the pit offers us...
“Magical,” “Scintillating,” “Intense” Welser-Möst & Cleveland Cap Season with “Triumphant” Daphne
Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestraclosed the 2014/15 season in “simply unforgettable” (The Plain Dealer) fashion with James Darrah’s new production of Richard Strauss’ Daphne.
Semyon Bychkov wins Best Conductor at the 2015 Opera Awards
On 26 April 2015, Semyon Bychkov was awarded the Opera Awards Best Conductor prize at a ceremony at London's Savoy Theatre, hosted by Richard E. Grant. Recently, Bychkov has conducted Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten - which also won the prize for Best Strauss...
Royal Philharmonic Society Lecture given by Alan Gilbert
On Wednesday 15 April 2015, Alan Gilbert delivered the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Annual Lecture at Milton Court Concert Hall in London to an audience of music industry leaders. His lecture, entitled "Orchestras in the 21st Century; a new paradigm"...
Leif Ove Andsnes wins Recording of the Year at BBC Music Magazine Awards
Leif Ove Andsnes and his partners, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, have recorded the five Beethoven piano concerti and the Choral Fantasy during the course of their 4-year "Beethoven Journey". The second album of the 3-disc project - Beethoven Concertos 2 & 4- was...
Exclusively available on iTunes: Deluxe Edition with Bonus Tracks
iTunes have released a deluxe edition of the Beethoven Journey box set, featuring two bonus tracks exclusively available through the iTunes store. The bonus tracks were recorded in Trondheim, Norway, specifically for inclusion in the album, which has been mastered...
Bychkov conducts inaugural “Great Conductors at the Bolshoi” concert
Following his triumphant successes in Vienna at the helm of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra both in symphonic programmes and opera performances, "Semyon Bychkov achieved moments of absolute opera glory", "...with his beautiful softly drawn movements, [Bychkov]...
Beethoven Journey Box Set Now Available
2014/15 is the crowning season of the 4-year Beethoven Journey as Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra play complete cycles of Beethoven concertos in cities around the globe Together they have recorded all of the Beethoven Piano Concertos, as well as the...
