BACKIn today’s news: Kian Soltani signs with Deutsche Grammophon, Olsok celebrated at Trondheim Festival, and Kate conducts The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Ernst Ottensamer has died, new opera streaming platform, and Slowenian choir is “Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017”.
Violin Channel
Meet the Pros | French Conductor Stéphane Denève – Interview
The Violin Channel recently caught up with The Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor, Stéphane Denève – at the 2017 Bravo! Vail Festival in Vail, Colorado, USA.
The Strad
Cellist Kian Soltani signs with Deutsche Grammophon
Austrian-Iranian musician, 25, won the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Leonard Bernstein Award earlier this year
Pizzicato
Trondheim Festival celebrates Olsok
From 28 July to 5 August, Trondheim is celebrating Olsok with a big multicultural festival.
Classic FM
The Duchess of Cambridge went to Hamburg and conducted the opening of Beethoven Symphony No.5
The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra is usually conducted by Kent Nagano, but for this special rehearsal they let Kate take over the podium.
Limelight
Emma Matthews to head Classical Voice at WAAPA
The acclaimed Australian soprano hopes to continue performing but will be moving to Perth in January.
NPR
Sing Different: Steve Jobs’ Life Becomes An Opera
Mark Campbell is one of the most prolific and celebrated librettists in contemporary American opera.
Musik Heute
Klarinettist Ernst Ottensamer gestorben
Der österreichische Klarinettist Ernst Ottensamer ist tot.
Concerti
Beim Videodienst „The Opera Platform“ kann man sich zahlreiche Operninszenierung online anschauen.
Pizzicato
Slowenischer Chor ist ‘Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017’
Der Chor ‘Carmen manet’ aus Slowenien, dirigiert von Primoz Kerstanj wurde gestern Abend beim Wettbewerb ‘Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017’ in Riga“ ausgezeichnet.
Join @SampsonCarolyn & @jpianomiddleton for their programme entitled Reason in Madness Wed 26 Jul 7:30PM: http://bit.ly/2oUGnKl
Ernst Ottensamer (M.) mit seinen Söhnen Daniel (L.) und Andreas (R.)
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