Piotr Beczala, Magdalena Kožená & Asmik Grigorian Lead Gewandhausorchester Leipzig’s 2023-24 Season

The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Andris Nelsons conducts a concert that includes Hanna-Elisabeth Muller and Kirill Gerstein. Thomas Ades and Sibelius are featured on the program. Performance Dates: Sept. 14 & 15, 2023 Andris Nelsons conducts a Mendelssohn program with soloists Elsa Benoit, Werner Gura, and {…}

Feb 12, 2021

Riccardo Chailly’s Contract With Orchestre du Festival de Lucerne Extended

(Credit: Riccardo Chailly’s official website) Maestro Riccardo Chailly’s contract as the Music Director of l’Orchestre du Festival de Lucerne has been extended until the end of 2026. Riccardo Chailly currently serves as the Music Director of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In his long and fruitful career, Maestro Chailly served as the first music director of the Orchestra Sinfonica {…}

Feb 11, 2021

Mahler Festival in Leipzig Postponed Until 2023

(Credit: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig official website) The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has announced the postponement of its famed Mahler’s Festival and will now take place in 2023. The Mahler Festival 2021 was to have taken place at the Gewandhaus from May 13 to May 24, 2021, but “the unpredictability of the perpetually developing Covid pandemic accounts for infinite imponderables in the realms of {…}

Oct 6, 2020

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Extends Andris Nelsons Contract

(Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has announced that it has extended the contract with its Gewandhauskapellmeister Andris Nelsons. The new contract also includes the musical direction of one production each season at the Oper Leipzig. Andris Nelsons simultaneously extended his contract as the Music Director with the Boston Symphony Orchestra until 2025. The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Boston Symphony {…}

Sep 2, 2020

John Storgårds Takes Over BBC Proms Concert

(Credit: Marco Borggreve) BBC Proms has announced a cast change for its upcoming live performance. Conductor Omer Meir Wellber has had to withdraw from the performance on September 2, 2020 due to illness. John Storgårds will take his place. Due to the cast change, the program has been adjusted accordingly. Instead of the Aziza Sadikova’s “Marionettes” and Haydn’s Symphony No. {…}