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Katia Popov, concertmaster of the Hollywood Bowl Orchetstra, has died of ovarian cancer, at 50.
Katia also played with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Long Beach Symphony. Bulgarian born, she is survived by a teenaged son.
There will be a memorial service on Saturday, June 2nd at 1pm, at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, 505 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Nike Wagner, head of Bonn’s Beethoven Festival, has been obliged to drop the pianist Siegfried Mauser from her programme.
Mauser, 63, has been sentenced in Munich to two years and nine months’ jail for sexual offences as head of the Hochschule.
Remember ‘The House’?
It was a fly-on-wall documentary series that was meant to show the Royal Opera House as being relevant, contemporary and with it.
Instead, it revealed calamity and ineptitude as the company tried to keep shows on stage while looking for a place in which to spend two years of exile during reconstruction.
Now, after years of equivocation, the series has resurfaced on Youtube.
Watch the first episode here.
La Scala is about to announce a long-term baroque project with Cecilia Bartoli.
Bartoli will sing Giulio Cesare in 2019 with Philippe Jarousky and Bejun Mehta in a new production by Robert Carsen. It will be followed by Semele in 2020 and Ariodante in 2021.
La Scala has its own baroque ensemble, founded three years ago and performing one opera each year (la finta giardiniera is next). It is now trying to create a joint period instrument ensemble with Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.
William Norris is leaving after three years as managing director of Tafelmusik, the baroque orchestra and choir.
Official statement:
Toronto, May 23, 2018 … Tafelmusik Board Chair Helen Polatajko announced today that William Norris has resigned from his position as Managing Director, his last day being July 4, 2018. Mr. Norris will be relocating to London. Ms. Polatajko also stated that Tafelmusik will immediately form a search committee and engage a search consultant to begin the process of appointing Tafelmusik’s next Managing Director.
“Over the past three years, William Norris has skillfully steered Tafelmusik through a period of profound change for the organization. During his tenure Elisa Citterio was appointed Music Director, and Tafelmusik has continued to build its stature as a global leader in period performance. We are extremely grateful to William for his dedication and leadership and wish him the very best in his new endeavour,” said Ms. Polatajko.
Norris was previously creative programming director at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
John Axelrod has pulled out of the Maggio Musicale in Florence as his wife Anastasia is expecting a happy event.
He told the orchestra: ‘While I so wanted to celebrate Bernstein’s centenary and direct the fourth symphony of the Shostakovich cycle, the birth of my son is one of those moments that absolutely require my presence.’
The diva was a late cancellation for a Deutsche Oper gala in Berlin.
They called in Nicole Car, Irina Churilova and Seyoung Park to fill her slot opposite the tenor Saimir Pirgu.
The Buffalo-born US mezzo Genia Las, who has died at 92, enjoyed a vibrant career in Europe, appearing in 87 different operas.
She once told Buffalo News: ‘There I was, a young singer on my own in Europe, rehearsing with the mightiest diva of her time, Maria Callas. On the stage of the Roma Opera. And she would only talk to the conductor. … I began to feel left out, unwanted, maybe she thought I didn’t belong there. Then she looked down to the maestro in the pit and said, loud enough for everyone to hear, ‘This girl is very good.’ It was one of the soaring moments of my young life.’
The new chief exec of the storm-tossed Seoul Philharmonic is presenting a return to normalcy.
‘The orchestra has recently initiated discussions over a six-candidate list. I would like to finalize the list and have a new music director appointed by the end of this year,’ said Kang Eun-kyung at her first press conference.
Kang, who took the job in March, promises full consultation with the musicians. There are also vacancies for artistic adviser and composer-in-residence, after Unsuk Chin was fired in January.
The orchestra will make its first Europe tour for four years in November.
The Italian pianist, 76, has cancelled an Elbphilharmonie recital his weekend.
An Israel tour cancellation by Gilberto Gil, the Brazilian music star and former culture minister, is being hailed as a victory by Palestinian boycott promoters.
Here’s what Gilberto wrote: ‘We are very sorry but after careful consideration with our artists and band we will not be able to perform in Israel this year. The general sentiment of all is one of apprehension as Israel is going through this sensitive moment. We expect your understanding as this matter is also delicate for us. We love Israel and have always felt warmly welcomed. There will surely be other opportunities and we will be hoping for better times.’
We love Israel. That doesn’t sound like a boycott.
