Ukrainian Ambassador Calls for Salzburg Festival to Cancel MusicAeterna & Teodor Currentzis

The Ukrainian ambassador to Austria, Wassyl Chymynez, is calling on Salzburg Festival to cancel the performances of conductor Teodor Currentzis and the MusicAeterna orchestra, which is funded by Putin-funded banks. The ambassador told the Kronen-Zeitung that a performance by the group would send “a very inhumane signal” and noted that Vladimir Putin knows how to “use art very cleverly.” He {…}

Teodor Currentzis & musicAeterna Announce Lucerne Residency

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 {…}

Sony Classical, Teodor Currentzis & musicAeterna Release First of ‘Fragments’ Series

Sony Classical has launched “Fragments,” a series of iconic opera scenes, recorded in Saint Petersburg, under the direction of Teodor Currentzis. The first in this series features a segment from Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Currentzis recorded the Prelude to Act three and Violetta’s famous Aria “Addio del Passato Bei Sogni Ridenti” alongside Russian soprano Nadezhda Pavlova. The parts of Annina and {…}