Nadine Sierra, Saioa Hernández, Piotr Beczała, Sonya Yoncheva, Xabier Anduaga & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2024-25 Season

The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Josep Pons conducts Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” with Alexei Botnarciuc, Daniel Kirch, Sara Jakubiak, Ángeles Blancas, and Pavel Černoch. Àlex Ollé conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 25-Oct. 7, 2024 Maria Agresta and Saioa Hernández star in Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” with Artur Ruciński, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Brian {…}

Apr 15, 2024

Gustavo Dudamel Awarded UCLA Medal

Gustavo Dudamel, the LA Philharmonic’s Music Director, will receive the UCLA Medal, the highest honor of excellence for extraordinary accomplishment given to an individual by the university. He will receive the award during a ceremony on May 7 from UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. The medal, which is designed by Tiffany & Co., is awarded to those who have achieved exceptional {…}

Mar 18, 2024

Nadine Sierra & Juan Diego Flórez to Star in ‘West Side Story’ at Gran Teatre del Liceu

The Gran Theatre del Liceu has announced that it will present Bernstein’s “West Side Story” in concert during the 2024-25 season. The company said, that the performances on July 29 and 31, will feature Gustavo Dudamel, Nadine Sierra, and Juan Diego Flórez. Dudamel famously conducted the 2021 film adaptation of the work, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. Meanwhile, both {…}

Sep 13, 2023

New York Philharmonic Receives $40 Million Gift

(Credit: Fadi Kheir) The New York Philharmonic has announced that Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang have made a gift of $40 million to the organization. The gift is meant to further expand the Orchestra’s future programming and engagement with New York’s diverse communities and the international music world. The gift marks the largest-ever single contribution to the NY Phil’s endowment {…}

Aug 25, 2023

Gustavo Dudamel to Speak at Scottish Parliament

Gustavo Dudamel will join Clare Adamson, MSP, Convener of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, in conversation at the Scottish Parliament on August 25. The special discussion is hosted by the Festival of Politics in partnership with the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), where Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela will perform their first international concerts {…}

May 25, 2023

Gustavo Dudamel Resigns As Music Director of Opéra National de Paris

The Opéra National de Paris has announced the resignation of Gustavo Dudamel as Music Director at the end of the 2022-23 season for personal reasons. In a statement, Dudamel said, “It is with a heavy heart, and after long consideration, that I announce my resignation as Music Director of the Paris Opera, in order to spend more time with my {…}

Feb 7, 2023

Gustavo Dudamel Named Next New York Philharmonic Music Director

The New York Philharmonic has announced that Gustavo Dudamel will become the Orchestra’s next Music and Artistic Director. The organization said that during the 2026–27 season, Dudamel will begin a five-year term, becoming the 27th conductor to preside over the NY Phil. Dudamel will serve as Music Director Designate during the 2025–26 season. In response to his new position, Dudamel {…}

Dec 8, 2022

Gustavo Dudamel to Celebrate Beethoven’s Birthday with Free Symphony Performance Videos

On December 9, 2022, conductor Gustavo Dudamel will begin to release complete videos for all nine Beethoven Symphonies on his YouTube channel. Drawing from his performances with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, Spain, Dudamel will release one symphony per day leading up to Beethoven’s birthday on the 17th. Soloists {…}

Dec 5, 2022

Opéra National de Paris Announces Académie de Palais Garnier Concerts

The Opéra National de Paris is set to present a series of concerts featuring artists from the Académie au Palais Garnier. First up will be an aria and ensembles concert. That showcase will feature music by Rossini, Thomas, Poulenc, Britten, Gounod, Massenet, and Donizetti from such operas as “Guillaume Tell,” “Semiramide,” “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” “Hamlet,” “Dialogues des Carmélites,” “Gloriana,” {…}

Sep 5, 2022

Gustavo Dudamel Named Officer in the French Order of Arts & Letters

French President Emmanuel Macron has bestowed conductor Gustavo Dudamel with the distinction of being an Officer in the French Order of Arts and Letters. He was issued with the honor following the performance of “Tosca” at the Opéra Bastille on Sept. 3, 2022. Dudamel was previously named Chevalier in the French Order of Arts and Letters in 2009 by former French {…}

Nov 22, 2021

Gran Teatre del Liceu Postpones Gustavo Dudamel’s Concert Due to COVID-19

The Gran Teatre del Liceu canceled its Nov. 21 concert with Gustavo Dudamel due to COVID-19. The company announced that the L’Opéra National de Paris, which was set to perform in Barcelona, was forced to cancel the concert due to a positive case of COVID-19 within the orchestra. As a result, the the Liceu is looking to reschedule the transmission {…}