Prokofiev’s opera “War and Peace” in Geneva
Prokoviev wanted his opera War and Peace, based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel, neither to focus on war scenes nor mass scenes. When, in the middle of the Second World War in 1941, he began work on it, he...
Francisco Tanzer on his 100th birthday
Francisco Tanzer was born in Vienna on 12 September 1921. In 1938 he emigrated via Czechoslovakia to Paris and later on to Portugal, New York and California. He was a member of the US Army from...
Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival 2021
From 16 to 19 September 2021, Rotterdam will once again host the annual Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival. This time the theme is St. Petersburg.
Valery Gergiev still calls Rotterdam his...
Shostakovich-Symposium 2021 in Berlin
The 20th Musicological Shostakovich Symposium is to be held in Berlin from 24 to 25 September 2021. The theme this year is “Shostakovichs Musical Language - Compositional Techniques and Narratives”.
Peter Ruzicka’s KAMMERSYMPHONIE in Meiningen
On 29 September 2021, the Meininger Hofkapelle, under the baton of General Music Director Philippe Bach, will premiere Peter Ruzicka’s KAMMERSYMPHONIE. Three Pieces for Ensemble.
30th death of the Georgian composer Zulchan Tsintsadze
Born on 23 August 1923 in Gori, Zulchan Tsintsadze was a double talent as a performing cellist and composer. He died in Tbilisi on 15 September 1991. Until 1945, he studied cello at the Tbilisi...
Ballett “Come in” featuring music by Vladimir Martynov
This year, on 20 February 2021, Moscow-born Vladimir Martynov turned 75. The Ballet of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf and Canadian choreographer Aszure Barton pay tribute to the famous...
Shostakovich and Gubaidulina in the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin
As part of the Edward W. Said Days of the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin, there will be a chamber concert on 30 September 2021 in the Pierre Boulez Saal of the Akademie featuring, among others,...