Evgeny Nikitin – jumped or pushed – does the right thing and vacates Bayreuther Festspiele’.
Where else but in Bayreuth, – with its very sinister dark past and Nazi symbolism, would a ‘sin of youth’ – as his Nazi tattoo has been described – stop a singer from participating in a major cultural event like the Bayreuther Festspiele’ . http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16118550,00.html
But the ‘sin of [...] Continue Reading…
* May 22nd 1813, Leipzig – † February 13th 1883, Venice
Richard Wagner was a German composer, perhaps he was ’THE’ German’ composer – at least that is what he would have thought – or put otherwise - ”Who was Richard Wagner’s favorite composer?” – Answer – Richard Wagner!
He would turn 199 years old today if that were possible- but it isn’t and instead we have [...] Continue Reading…
Internationally renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim, musical director of the Staatsoper in Berlin and a select number of European orchestra players performed Tuesday in Gaza to show its solidarity with the besieged Palestinian population there.
Barenboim and his musician friends entered into Gaza from an Egyptian border crossing and conducted two pieces by WA Mozart – this type of international classical concert are very [...] Continue Reading…
Liebe Freunde der Konzertabende, ich werde des Urlaubes wegen in aller Kürze und ohne
angehängten Flyer zu den nächsten beiden Konzerten einladen:
Am kommenden Samstag, dem 30.4. um 20.30 Uhr spielen zwei unter Kennern zur Spitze zählende Pianisten ein Konzert der two piano series mit den Beethoven Klavierkonzerten No.3 und 5.
Ulugbek Palvanov, dessen Gestaltungskraft und Virtuosität atemberaubend sind, wird das 3.Klavierkonzert in [...] Continue Reading…
Simon Rattle
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim Conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle Conductor
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor »Pathétique«
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Both the Berlin Philharmonic and the Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra will perform a benefit concert for victims of Japan’s earthquake next week, Tuesday 29th March in Berlin.
The concert will take place at the Berliner Philharmonie and will be conducted respectively by both the orchestra’s principal conductors Sir Simon [...] Continue Reading…
Tomorrow evening, the Berlin musical neighbours, conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Daniel Barenboim will perform together with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra in a benefit concert for one of the three Berliner opera houses – the Staatsoper.
Berlin musical neighbours, the conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Daniel Barenboim will perform together with the Berlin Philharmonic in a benefit concert for one of the three [...] Continue Reading…
The Argentinean/Israeli/Palestinian [yes he holds a honourary Palestinian passport!] conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim will today receive the Dresden-Preis from the hands of former German Federal President Richard von Weizsacker.
The prize is awarded to those who try to foster friendship and for their efforts to end conflict between states and peoples.
The award includes a financial reward of 25,000 Euros – while [...] Continue Reading…
Daniel Barenboim – Wikipedia foto – Alkan
World famous pianist/conductor and peace activist Daniel Barenboim and the mostly still amateur youth musicians of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra have won this year’s ‘Westphalian Peace Prize.’
The prize, presented every 2nd year, with a finanical prize of 50,000 Euros is awarded to either individuals and/or groups of young people who have shown exemplary acts of friendship and reconciliation.
As a sign of gratitude for [...] Continue Reading…
The first new production at the ‘new’ temporary ‘Deutsche Staatsoper im Schiller Theartre’ in Berlin opened this evening to mixed reviews or if you are reading this ‘mixed-up’ reviews.
The opera, called ‘Metanoia – über das denken hinaus’ which could be loosely translated as ‘ Metanoia – thinking outside the box’ is a world premiere and has been composed by Jens Joneleit.
The Opera [...] Continue Reading…
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