The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announced that it is the new home of PENTATONE Music. The new partnership will enable students, artists, and the public to benefit from the combined resources of a leading conservatory and a legendary label. PENTATONE joins an existing alliance between SFCM and Opus 3 Artists, a renowned management company that the Conservatory acquired in October 2020. {…}
PENTATONE has announced that Sean Hickey will be its new Managing Director. Hickey’s career spans three decades in the recording industry. He was Senior Vice-President, Sales and Business Development, for Naxos of America, a company he was with for 19 years. Additionally, Hickey is an award-winning composer who has been recorded for such labels as Naxos, Delos, Our, Marquis, Toccata, {…}
PENTATONE has announced a long-term partnership with the Czech Philharmonic. In a statement, the company said, “there are a handful of orchestras in the world whose sound culture, while firmly rooted in a particular realm of repertoire, transcends generations and shifting national boundaries – the Czech Philharmonic among them. It is extraordinarily fortunate and beautifully symbolic that we have at {…}
Pentatone’s Managing Director Simon M. Eder has joined international artist management agency Intermusica as Managing Director, Business Development starting January 2022. Eder joined Pentatone in 2013 as Marketing Director and was appointed Managing Director in 2017. During his time with the label, the organization completely rebranded and flourished into the digital era. Pentatone also focused on expanding its catalog and {…}
PENTATONE is celebrating 20 years since its founding in 2001 launching a miniseries of releases, showcasing 20 years of the company’s catalogue. In a statement, Managing Director Simon M. Eder said, “I am excited that we are celebrating 20 years of PENTATONE this fall, with the label’s future never having looked brighter. In the two decades of its existence, PENTATONE {…}
PENTATONE is celebrating the two Oscar wins for “The Father.” In a statement, the company said, “We are proud to announce that the music from our recording of ‘Les Pêcheurs de Perles’ with Les Cris de Paris, the Orchestre Nationale de Lille and Alexander Bloch was used as part of the soundtrack of ‘The Father,’ which has been awarded with {…}
Lisette Oropesa has dropped the first single from her upcoming album “Ombra Compagna.” The single “Sol nascente” from her new Mozart album will be available on all platforms. The music video will first be available on Apple Music before dropping on other platforms. Oropesa’s debut album with San Francisco Classical Recording Company is set to be released on May 7 {…}
PENTATONE has announced the organization have been awarded as the International Classical Music Award’s 2020 “Label of the Year,” as well the ICMA “Vocal Music” prize for their recording of Schubert’s “Winterreise” with Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès. While the ceremony was intended for April at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Spain, the accolades were instead given out at {…}
(Credit: Jason Homa) Lisette Oropesa has announced a five year deal with San Francisco Classical Recording Company The soprano made the news official on social media stating, “Cheers! I am so incredibly happy and GRATEFUL to share that this week here in Munich, I have been recording my first ever solo+orchestra album: a full CD of Mozart Concert Arias with {…}
Pentatone has announced that it will be releasing the debut recording of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “Proving Up.” The release, which is set for August 21, 2020, will feature the original cast recording from Opera Omaha. Those cast members include Michael Slatter, John Moore, Talise Trevigne, Abigail Nims, Cree Carrico, and Andrew Harris. The opera was co-commissioned by the {…}
Credit: Dahlia Katz Composed for only two performers, the first opera written about the life of legendary cellist Jacqueline du Pré received its world premiere this past February in Toronto. Tapestry Opera, the only Canadian company dedicated to the creation, development, and performance of original Canadian operas, presented the first five performances of “Jacqueline” by Luna Pearl Woolf and Pulitzer {…}