BACKIn Today’s News: Sheku knocked off top spot by Lord of the Rings. Simon Rattle steps in to conduct youth orchestra at Verbier. Ensemble of child prodigies plat Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Sir Bryn Terfel is opening the Eisteddfod 2018. Gatti asks for forgiveness. Minister-president Kretschmann says that it is Stuttgart’s turn in regards of the future of the Kulturmeile and the opera. The Hungarian conductor Gábor Káli has won the Young Conductors Award of the Salzburg Festival.
Classic FM
Classic FM Chart: Sheku knocked off top spot by Lord of the Rings
Someone’s managed to displace this year’s biggest chart success story… but who was expecting it to be a film score from 2002?
Rhinegold
Simon Rattle steps in to conduct youth orchestra at Verbier
Simon Rattle stepped in at late notice for conductor Iván Fischer, who had to cancel due to illness.
Classic FM
Watch a whole ensemble of child prodigies play Elgar’s Cello Concerto
This amazing bunch of musicians have won hearts all over the world with their performances of some of the great pieces of classical music.
BBC News
Eisteddfod Cardiff: Sir Bryn Terfel’s Paul Robeson tribute
Opera star Sir Bryn Terfel is opening the Eisteddfod 2018 in Cardiff Bay with sell-out concerts over two nights.
The New York Times
The Met Opera and Two Unions Reach a Deal, Very Quietly
If ratified, a tentative labor deal at the Metropolitan Opera will remove the threat of a work stoppage as the new season approaches.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Graf Gatti bittet um Verzeihung
Das Amsterdamer Concertgebouw-Orchester hat sich von seinem Chef-Dirigenten getrennt. Daniele Gatti weist die Belästigungsvorwürfe von Musikerinnen zurück. Mit seiner Erklärung redet er sich um Kopf und Kragen.
neue musikzeitung
Kretschmann sieht Stuttgart bei Kulturmeile und Opernbau am Zug
In der Frage der Zukunft der Kulturmeile und der Oper in Stuttgart sieht Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann (Grüne) die Landeshauptstadt am Zug.
musik heute
Salzburger Young Conductors Award an Gábor Káli
Der ungarische Dirigent Gábor Káli hat den Young Conductors Award der Salzburger Festspiele gewonnen. Der 35-Jährige setzte sich gegen zwei Mitbewerber durch, teilten die Veranstalter am Sonntag mit.
El País
El ucranio Dmytro Choni gana el Paloma O’Shea de piano
Se impuso en la final a seis contrincantes en un certamen de gran nivel.
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