BACKPiano recital series raises money for UK refugees
British pianist Margaret Fingerhut is touring the UK with a specially created recital programme designed to raise awareness of and funds for refugees and asylum seekers. Fingerhut was inspired by the idea of displacement and migration affecting the lives of great composers. In her concert series, titled ‘Far from the Home I Love’, she tells the stories of some of these composers through their piano music. Her programme includes works by Chopin, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov as well as a new commission from Arian, the Kurdish composer who wrote the Refugee Nation Anthem for the 2016 Olympics.
1.300 Musikenthusiasten beim „Symphonic Mob” in Berlin
Der „Symphonic Mob“ 2019 des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin (DSO) ist am vergangenen Samstagnachmittag mit überwältigendem Erfolg zu Ende gegangen. Wie schon im letzten Jahr, so strömten auch diesmal wieder rund 1.300 Musikenthusiasten zu Berlins größtem Spontanorchester mit Chor auf der Piazza der Mall of Berlin zusammen. Gemeinsam mit den Profimusikerinnen und -musikern des DSO, mit dem Geiger Christian Tetzlaff und dem Rundfunkchor Berlin unter der Leitung von Robin Ticciati brachten sie Werke von Dvořák, Massenet und Verdi zur Aufführung. Weit über 2.000 Menschen ließen sich als Publikum von dem musikalischen Spektakel am Leipziger Platz begeistern. Die Veranstaltung wurde von rbbKultur unter rbbkultur.de als Livestream übertragen, wo sie noch immer on demand zur Verfügung steht.
1.300 music enthusiasts at the “Symphonic Mob“ in Berlin
The “Symphonic Mob“ 2019 of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) came to an end last Saturday afternoon with overwhelming success. As in the previous year, once again around 1.300 music enthusiasts flocked to Berlin’s largest spontaneous orchestra and choir in the piazza of the Mall of Berlin. Together with the professional musicians of the DSO, the violinist Christian Tetzlaff and the Rundfunkchor Berlin under the direction of Robin Ticciati, they performed works by Dvořák, Massenet and Verdi. Well over 2.000 people were inspired by the musical spectacle on Leipziger Platz. The event was broadcast by rbbKultur under rbbkultur.de as a live stream, where it is still available on demand.
L’Opéra National de Lyon distingué par la 1ère édition des OPER! Awards
L’Enchanteresse de Tchaïkovsky présentée à Lyon en mars 2019, dans la mise en scène d’Andriy Zholdak et dirigée par Daniele Rustioni, vient de recevoir l’Oper! Award de la Meilleure production de l’année. Les Oper! Awards sont organisés à l’initiative d’Oper! importante revue lyrique allemande. Ils sont décernés par un jury constitué par six grands critiques musicaux allemands, et dans vingt catégories représentant le monde lyrique dans sa richesse et sa diversité. Ils ont été remis à Berlin le samedi 21 septembre lors d’un gala public au Konzerthaus de Berlin. Serge Dorny y a reçu le prix. Pour lui, cette récompense est avant tout celle d’un collectif. Il a remercié Daniele Rustioni, Andriy Zholdak, l’ensemble des artistes et des équipes de l’Opéra de Lyon « qui ont redonné vie à ce chef-d’œuvre de Tchaïkovski, singulier et trop rarement représenté ».
Lyon National Opera distinguished by the 1st edition of the OPER! Awards
Tchaikovsky’s Enchanteress presented in Lyon in March 2019, directed by Andriy Zholdak and directed by Daniele Rustioni, has just received the Oper! Award for Best Production of the Year. The Oper! Awards are organised on the initiative of Oper!, a leading German opera magazine. They are awarded by a jury composed of six leading German music critics, and in twenty categories representing the lyrical world in its richness and diversity. They were presented in Berlin on Saturday 21 September at a public gala at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Serge Dorny received the award. For him, this reward is above all that of a collective. He thanked Daniele Rustioni, Andriy Zholdak, all the artists and teams of the Opéra de Lyon “who brought Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece back to life, unique and too rarely represented”.