BACKIn todays news: Ycat select finalists, baby-opera is coming to the Met, Bowhead whales sing jazz, Mozart is played with light beams, the Dublin Piano Competition turns 30, Alan Gilbert’s plans for the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, German theatres and orchestras apply for UNESCO World Heritage, and Swiss scientists reconstruct Pasticcios of Mayr and Donizetti.
Classical Music
Ycat finalists prepare for public auditions
The Young Classical Artists Trust (Ycat) has named the eight artists who will appear in this year’s public final auditions.
Opera Now
The Met to showcase opera for under twos
Ten free performances of BambinO will take place at the Met’s List Hall from 30 April to 5 May. The show is intended for children aged between six and 18 months old.
The Guardian
Bowhead whales: jazz artists of the deep whose calls rival birdsong
From late autumn to early spring, off the east coast of Greenland, some 200 bowheads, serenade each other with compositions from a vast repertoire of song.
Dallas News
True stories from wounded war veterans inspire a new opera
A new one-act opera dramatising present-day soldiers’ recoveries and homecomings after battle injuries will have its world premiere at Texas Christian University.
Mashable UK
YouTuber performs mesmerising rendition of Mozart using vibrant colours
Rousseau’s channel is dedicated to playing classical music but with a visualiser that shows the notes scrolling down to the keys and then exploding when played.
Limelight
Musica Viva announces 2018-2019 FutureMakers
Musica Viva has announced the participants in its 2018-2019 FutureMakers program. Pianist Aura Go and percussionist Matthias Schack-Arnott will follow the inaugural FutureMakers – Arcadia Winds – to become the second stream of musicians to go through the two-year program.
Irish Times
Dublin piano competition celebrates 30-year anniversary
The Dublin International Piano Competition, which will run from Friday, May 18th, to Tuesday, May 29th, is 30 years old.
Die Welt
„Ich will auch Risiken eingehen“
Er ist der neue Star in Hamburgs klassischer Musikszene: Alan Gilbert wird im kommenden Jahr neuer Chefdirigent des NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchesters.
Musik Heute
Deutsche Theater und Orchesterlandschaft für Unesco-Liste eingereicht
Die deutsche Theater- und Orchesterlandschaft soll als immaterielles Kulturerbe der Menschheit anerkannt werden.
Codex Flores
Rekonstruiertes Pasticcio von Mayr, Donizetti und weiteren Komponisten
Ein Team rund um den Schweizer Musikwissenschaftler Nicolas Trees hat ein Pasticcio von Johann Simon Mayr, Gaetano Donizetti und weiteren Autoren mit dem Titel «Die kleinen Strassenmusikanten» rekonstruiert.
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Charlotte Hoather as Uccellina in BambinO (2017) © James Glossop