The Munich Philharmonic has named Florian Wiegand the new intendant of the orchestra. The city council announced the news on July 3, 2024. Wiegand, who is the current concert director of the Salzburg Festival, will begin his new position in fall 2024 and in September 2025, he will officially assume his position as the Intendant. Throughout his career, Wiegand has {…}
The Munich Philharmonic has appointed a new Music Director. The organization said that Lahav Shani will succeed Valery Gergiev after he was fired in February 2023 for continuing to support the Putin regime in the midst of the war in Ukraine. Shani is a 34-year-old conductor born in Tel Aviv who studied at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel {…}
The Munich Philharmonic has canceled its upcoming performance of Tan Dun’s “Buddha Passion.” The orchestra noted, that “due to ongoing travel restrictions and quarantine regulations when traveling from or to the People’s Republic of China, we must, unfortunately, postpone the performance of Tan Dun’s “Buddha Passion.” The special instrumentation required for the work, with indigenous singers and traditional Chinese instruments, {…}
The Munich Philharmonic and Rotterdam Philharmonic are terminating their relationship with Valery Gergiev. In a statement, Mayor Dieter Reiter of Munich said, “Munich is parting from principal conductor Valery Gergiev. With immediate effect, he will no longer be conducting concerts of the Munich Philharmonic. Valery Gergiev has not spoken out despite my call to ‘clearly and unequivocally distance himself from {…}
The Munich Philharmonic is calling on Chief Conductor Valery Gergiev to distance himself from Putin. In a statement by the Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter, “I have clarified my stance against Valery Gergiev and urge him to also clearly and indisputably distance himself from the brutal assault, Putin against Ukraine and now especially against our partner city Kyiv. If Valery {…}
(Credits: Staatsoper Berlin official website / © Raphael Brand / Felix Broede / Marie Staggat) The Munich Philharmonic has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal performances only. Soprano Julia Lezhneva and contralto Sara Mingardo perform works by Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi alongside conductor Andrea Marcon and the Philharmonischer Chor München. {…}
The Munich Philharmonic is showing solidarity with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In a tweet responding to the Vienna Philharmonic’s open letter, the orchestra said, “We want to join the Vienna Philharmonic in expressing our solidarity with our fellow orchestra colleagues at Met Orchestra in New York!” The orchestra is the latest entity to throw its support behind the Metropolitan Opera {…}