BACKIn today’s news: Sharon Corr performs for only embryos, Bavarian State Opera hosts ‘From the House of the Dead,’ National Sawdust celebrates Hildegard Month, Daniel Hyde becomes new Music Director of Kings College Cambridge, Pianist Siegfried Mauser was sentenced to almost 3 years due to sexual coercion, interview with Andrea Zietzschmann, the new Intendant of the Berlin Philharmonie’s foundation, and Roderick Cox wins Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award.
Irish Times
Sharon Corr performs to audience of embryos
The Corrs musician plays an ‘emotional’ gig at a fertility clinic in Barcelona.
Classical Music
JAM on the Marsh returns this July
JAM on the Marsh festival returns to Romney Marsh in Kent for its fifth year, running from 5-15 July.
Financial Times
From the House of the Dead, Bavarian State Opera, Munich — grim but absurdist
Frank Castorf intriguing, chaotic staging of Janáček’s opera threatens to overwhelm the music’s subtlety.
Broadway World
Toronto Symphony Orchestra to Celebrate Peter Oundjian
June 2018 is a month-long tribute to Peter Oundjian, celebrating 14 remarkable seasons as Music Director, with stellar guest artists, powerful music, a free midday concert, and many emotions.
National Sawdust Celebrates Women & Gender Non-Binary Artists with Hildegard Month
National Sawdust, the artist-led nonprofit incubator and venue, announces June 2018 as Hildegard Month at the Williamsburg space that serves as a dynamic home for artists and new music of all kinds.
Gramophone
King’s College Cambridge names Daniel Hyde as new music director
Daniel Hyde will succeed Stephen Cleobury in one of the world’s highest profile choral posts, it has been announced today.
Die Zeit
Wo bleibt der Rabatz? Der Pianist Siegfried Mauser soll wegen sexueller Nötigung für fast drei Jahre ins Gefängnis.
neue musikzeitung
Optimale Rahmenbedingungen schaffen
Ein Gespräch mit der neuen Stiftungsintendantin der Berliner Philharmoniker, Andrea Zietzschmann.
concerti
Muss es denn schon wieder „Die Zauberflöte“ sein? Die sommerlichen Opernfestivals sind so mutlos wie selten. Doch es gibt Ausnahmen.
El País
Varios países de la UE piden crear un ‘Erasmus de la Cultura’
La iniciativa facilitaría la movilidad de los jóvenes artistas a partir de 2020.
pizzicato
Roderick Cox wins Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award
The Solti Foundation U.S. announced that Roderick Cox, 30, is this year’s winner of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award.
Sharon Corr performs in fertility clinic © Irish Times