From 6th to 8th of April, it was a great succès of Domingo Hindoyan in Lille where he conducted the Orchestre National de Lille and Francesco Tristano (piano) in the programme « America(s) between North and South ».
Ginastera : Estancia
Gershwin : Concerto in fa major/ An American in Paris
Chavez : Sinfonia India
Daniel Cohen has an incredible planning, with four opera productions in 3 months. From January to March of this year he conducted: Rossini’s
“Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” and Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, then « La Cenerentola » at the Israeli Opera, and more great productions yet to come. A fantastic opera marathon !
From March 2016, Mihhail Gerts conducts Tchaikovsky’s famous opera «Eugene Onegin» at the Hagen Theatre in Germany.
Upcoming performances: May 7th, 13th & 25th and June 26th.
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Samuel Burstin and his friends put into action a fine idea to raise funds for “Doctors Without Borders” by giving a “Beethoven-a-thon” with all 9 of Beethoven’s symphonies at the Great Hall in Goldsmiths (Londres). Musicians volunteered to play, so that was a joy for everyone.
Benjamin Ellin conducted the SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra at the Dvorana Union in Maribor (Slovenia) on last 21st of April, in the programme : « Tiebreak » by Vito Žurai (contemporary Sloven composer), Beethoven’s 7th Symphony and he presented his famous Trombone Concerto, ordered him by the renowned Joseph Alessi.
Kalle Kuusava makes his debut in Ural. He knows how Stravinsky’s « Jeu de cartes » should sound, as well as the famous Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in which the composer « stands up to Destiny ». Finally, Kalle knows for sure how should his motherland Finland sounds. Sibelius’s Symphony poem of the same name became the second national anthem of the country of Nordic nature, harsh legends and glorious men.
After a triumphal concert with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Andris Poga appeared at the head of the Odense Symphony Orchestra on March 31st and April 1st at the Carl Nielsen Concert Hall in Odense (Denmark). The programme includes Prokofiev’s «Lieutenant Kijé» and Mozart’s «Requiem».
Robert Trevino and Dmitri Makhtin both conquered Tuscany along with the Orchestra della Toscana. They played Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Sibelius’s Symphony No. 3 and Lemminkäinen Suite No. 4 op.22!
Dear friends,
to download the brochure of the 3rd Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition 2014, please, click on the cover of the brochure.
Roberto Forés Veses, the Orchestre d’Auvergne and Naoko Yoshino celebrated a European release of their beautiful album « Harp Concertos » (Aparté récordings).
