BACKIn today’s news: New Classic FM music festival announced, Sony Classical signs Hauschka, classical music played to police dogs, Toronto arts festival Luminato makes a statement with its 2018 lineup, Kirill Serebrennikow to stage at Hamburgisches Staatsoper and Berlin Philharmonic to continue collaboration with Festspielhaus Baden-Baden hosting the Easter Festival.
International Piano
Sony Classical signs pianist Hauschka
Sony Classical has signed German pianist-composer, Hauschka. The first album with the label will be a collection of solo piano works, due for release in 2019.
Classical Music
Emanuel Ax honoured by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Emanuel Ax has been awarded an American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Lifetime Award for Musical Achievement.
Call to veterans to share their experiences of military music
The Legasee Educational Trust has been commissioned to chronicle over 160 years of military music, centred around the Royal Military School of Music (RMSM) at Kneller Hall in South West London – and the organisation is seeking stories from veterans as part of its research.
The Guardian
Therapy, Mozart, play zones: it’s a Spanish police dog’s life
Madrid’s 22 police dogs will be provided with heated beds and music therapy sessions designed to reduce stress when they move into their new kennel this week.
Music Week
Classical music festival By The River to launch in August
A brand new, one-day classical music festival, By The River has been unveiled. The event will take place in association with Classic FM, and will launch this summer on the banks of Henley-on-Thames.
Toronto Star
Commercials turn to classical music for catchy sales pitches
Ad agencies are using classical music as more than a jokey device or a signifier of wealth and sophistication. The Western canon’s aura makes it just the thing for pitching luxury brands such as the Lincoln Motor Co., whose 2017 holiday ad unfolded over a track of Shostakovich’s swoony “Waltz No. 2.”
The Globe and Mail
Toronto arts festival Luminato makes a statement with its 2018 lineup.
The annual summer affair, expanded from 10 days to 19, has announced a robust schedule of programming that includes 29 events all told.
Der Tagesspiegel
Serebrennikow soll in Hamburg inszenieren
Die Hamburgische Staatsoper kündigt für die kommende Saison eine Inszenierung des russischen Regisseurs Kirill Serebrennikow an. Er soll bei Giuseppe Verdis „Nabucco“ Regie führen. Derzeit steht Serebrennikow allerdings in Moskau unter Hausarrest. Das russische Kulturministerium wirft dem Regimekritiker schwere Steuerhinterziehung vor.
Brugs Klassiker – Klassik Blog der WELT
Pierre Audi hört in Amsterdam auf: mit Henze, Landi, Stockhausen – Opera forward
Das jüngste Baby von Pierre Audi heißt Opera Forward Festival. Zum dritten Mal fand es jetzt in Amsterdam statt und es war so etwas wie der inoffizielle kreative Abschied des längstgedienten Opernintendanten der Welt.
Klassik.com
Berliner Philharmoniker bleiben Baden-Baden verbunden
Die Berliner Philharmoniker und der Vorstand des Festspielhauses Baden-Baden haben ihre Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen der Osterfestspiele bis 2022 verlängert und eine entsprechende Vereinbarung unterzeichnet.
Der russische Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikow. Foto © Bernd Weissbrod/dpa