“Il Trittico” by Giacomo Puccini, Secretly Staged at Hamburg State Opera – nmz
In Hamburg, Axel Ranisch has now invented a cinematic background story about the suicide of a fictitious actress, who is described by her manager, her sister, her directors and others in exactly the roles she then plays or sings: an extra in “Gianni Schicchi ‘, and the two leading roles in ‘Il Tabarro’ and ‘Suor […]
Goodness, humility and modesty were maxims of life – historian and cultural politician Christoph Stölzl died | nmz
The historian and former Berlin Senator for Science and Culture Christoph Stölzl is dead CDUThe politician died on Tuesday at the age of 78 in Evenhausen, Bavaria, as the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Weimar confirmed on Wednesday. In addition to numerous other functions in culture and politics, Stölzl was president of the university until […]
Golden Moral Theater – Mozart’s “Mithridates, King of Pontus” at the Berlin State Opera | nmz
It is always fascinated and amazed how the young Mozart, almost a boy, sets to music the story of a king and warlord in decline, whose two very different sons love the same woman, who is also his own bride: a mix of pathos and passion, representation and emotion, political-military and amorous plots. The then […]
To listen! The young musical talent – guitarist Kaspars Niklasons
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The album as a whole is a story about feeling in a completely different era. Whenever I came to my grandparents’ house, where I set up a studio above my grandfather’s workshop, I always had to set aside an hour to sit with my grandfather, drink coffee and talk, a new understanding of peace opened […]
Schleswig-Holstein New music Festival 2022 with a good stability | nmz
This corresponds to an employment level of 84%. “We are really delighted with this incredible results, which we would not have dared to desire of just a handful of months ago,” mentioned competition director Christian Kuhnt. That SHMF concludes on Saturday with a general performance of George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” in Kiel. enjoy […]
Beautiful New Music at the Salzburg Festival: 100 Years of IGNM and the ORF Orchestra with Haas and Ligeti | nmz
Die IGN (International Society for New Music) was founded on August 11, 1922 in the Salzburg Café Bazar. Exactly 100 years later to the day, Mozarteum rector Elisabeth Gutjahr and the Selini Quartet Vienna celebrated their 100th birthday there with works by Anton Webern, Erwin Schulhoff and Julia Purgina. The exhibition about the IGN can […]
Education instead of abuse: “Silla” by Graun at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music | nmz
“The king is as disciplined in the opera house as he is in the army,” observed Charles Burney on his famous “Musical Journey” through Europe around 1770. He was referring to Frederick II. von Prussia, who watched and controlled the Royal Opera House in Berlin with keen attention, but also shows in the Orangery of […]
Composing with the body – performance art meets experimental music in the Elbphilharmonie – Festival for Intangible Art 2022 | nmz
In the third year this is a guest Festival of Intangible Art back in the Elbphilharmonie and, in cooperation with it, will bring national and international artists from the fields of performance art and experimental music to the stages of the Kaistudio and the Recital Hall on two concert evenings (September 15-17). The violist, performer […]
Two years late: Peter Maffay receives the Frankfurt Music Prize | nmz
20.04.22 – Frankfurt/Main – The Frankfurt Music Prize 2022 goes to the singer Peter Maffay and his band. The award, which is worth 15,000 euros, is to be presented to the musicians on April 29 in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche, as Messe Frankfurt announced on Wednesday. – The 72-year-old was originally supposed to receive the award in […]
Friends of the art of music and music education | Edition: 12/21 | nmz
The board of directors of the association is completed by Cornelius Hauptmann (Baden-Württemberg) as 2nd chairman and treasurer Elisabeth Herzog-Schaffner (Bavaria). The assembly appointed Wilhelm Mixa (also Bavaria) as auditor. The non-profit association “Friends of Music and Music Education” has existed since 1982 and is based in Munich. The connection of the Mannheimer Versicherung to […]