Tag: Oksana Lyniv
Is Teodor Currentzis allowed to conduct at the Vienna Festival? – Culture
Publicity is an insidious matter. On the one hand, it is essential for artists, festivals and opera houses to attract audiences. On the other hand, as negative advertising it can…
Festival Young Euro Classic: making music in the name of the European idea – culture
“This is where the future plays” is the motto of the Berlin festival Young Euro Classic, the week-long parade of international youth orchestras. In fact: where young people in groups…
Sofia Gubaidulina’s “The Wrath of God” at the Berlin Music Festival – Culture
Cold, shiny and hard, the voice of God cuts through the Berlin Philharmonic in mighty sound blocks of the brass. In jagged giant strides, a motif spirals upwards step by…
At the opening of the Bayreuth Festival: conversation with Katharina Wagner – culture
Interviewed by Reinhard J Brembeck Katharina Wagner is the great-granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner, the 44-year-old works as a director and has headed the Bayreuth Festival as the successor…
Oksana Lyniv is the first woman to conduct the Bayreuth Festival – Culture
As you walk up the hill to the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, you ask yourself one last time whether you would be here if you met a conductor right away. But…