Les Talens Lyriques Announces 2022-23 Season

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Les Talens Lyriques announced its 2022-23 season which begins this August. This season marks the company’s 30th anniversary. Listed below are the vocal and operatic parts of the season, which is led by Christophe Rousset. Soprano Sandrine Piau and Les Talens Lyriques ensemble will open the season with “Cantates arcadiennes de Rome à Paris” at the Festival de Musique de Menton. {…}

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Valery Gergiev Does Not Qualify for European Sanctions

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Following questioning on why Valery Gergiev is not on the European sanctions list, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra of the Dutch Parliament said he did not meet the criteria. The Minister said in response to parliamentary questions from D66, “He now meets ‘insufficiently’ the criteria and ‘the objective of the sanctions.” In his response, the minister couldn’t say whether Gergiev had {…}

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Report Released on Putin Supporter Valery Gergiev’s Numerous Properties & Illegal Activities

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Supporters of opposition leader Alexey Navalny have released a report about Putin supporter and confidant Valery Gergiev revealing the conductor’s property and some of his illegal workings. According to the report Gergiev has been on the front lines with Putin signing every open letter for the dictator and has participated in all propaganda shows. The report also showed that in an {…}

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Soprano Channa Malkin to Give Recital at Fundación Juan March

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(Credit: Channa Malkin) Dutch soprano Channa Malkin will give a recital at the Fundación Juan March, thus making her debut in Spain. The program for the concert includes songs by Modest Mussorgsky, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, and Josef Malkin. The concerts are part of a tour centered around Malkin’s most recent album “This is not a lullaby” which was inspired by the {…}

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Netherlands Imposes New COVID-19 Measures as Partial Lockdown Fails

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(Credit: Arenda Oomen) The government of Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte has unveiled new set of restrictive COVID-19 measures in order to prevent a full breakdown of healthcare system. Rutte has imposed a partial lockdown on Nov. 13, but the number of daily COVID-19 infections skyrocketed to 23,709 new cases on Nov. 23, 2021, which is 40 percent higher {…}

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Obituary: Legendary Conductor Bernard Haitink Dies at 92

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On Oct. 21, 2021, conductor Bernard Haitink died at the age of 92. The conductor died peacefully at home with his wife and family. Born in Amsterdam, Haitink was the son of Willem Haitink, a civil servant who was to become director of the Amsterdam electricity board, and Anna Clara Verschaffelt, who worked for Alliance Française. He went on to study {…}

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Joana Mallwitz to Lead Konzerthausorchester Berlin as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

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(Photo: Lutz Edelhoff) Joana Mallwitz will lead Konzerthausorchester Berlin as its new Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, replacing Christoph Eschenbach. Mallwitz is scheduled to assume the role at the start of the 2023-24 season. Since 2018-19, Mallwitz has served as General Music Director at Nuremberg State Theatre, where she won Conductor of the Year in 2019. At the 2020 Salzburg {…}

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Music of Remembrance Announces 2021-22 Season

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Seattle-based Music of Remembrance has announced its 2021-22 season. The season’s main theme will be “Power of Perseverance,” in honor of the challenging times we live in. “The pandemic forces us to summon our deepest resources so that we can continue a journey of courage and commitment,” said Artistic Director Mina Miller in a press release. “Our season’s theme is {…}

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Teodor Currentzis & musicAeterna Announce Lucerne Residency

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Conductor Teodor Currentzis and his musicAeterna are set to present their first international residency in Lucerne this October. The residency will take place between Oct. 6-8 with attendees able to engage in masterclasses, roundtables, and live performances. On Oct. 6, participants will engage with modern academic music, specifically French composer Philippe Hersant’s chorus opera “Tristia.” The performance in Lucerne will {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques Announces 2022-23 Season

Valery Gergiev Does Not Qualify for European Sanctions

Report Released on Putin Supporter Valery Gergiev’s Numerous Properties & Illegal Activities

Soprano Channa Malkin to Give Recital at Fundación Juan March

Netherlands Imposes New COVID-19 Measures as Partial Lockdown Fails

Obituary: Legendary Conductor Bernard Haitink Dies at 92

Joana Mallwitz to Lead Konzerthausorchester Berlin as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

Music of Remembrance Announces 2021-22 Season

Teodor Currentzis & musicAeterna Announce Lucerne Residency