Actually, the Jewish Chamber Orchestra (JCOM) under the direction of Daniel Grossman in the Munich Kammerspiele theater had promised Jewish jazz after the event's title. And from Benny Goodman to the founders of the renowned jazz label "Blue Note Records" to composers like George Gershwin, one could list many Jews who had a decisive influence on jazz. But does that make jazz Jewish?Grossmann himself answered the question in the negative in his clever and amusing moderation of the evening, even...
Zubin Mehta is back at the Nationaltheater, the long-time General Music Director and Honorary Conductor of the Bavarian State Orchestra! Sometimes ailing recently, the 86-year-old opens the fourth Academy Concert with a world premiere to mark the 500th anniversary of the orchestra: "Apollon et Dionysos. Patterns, Colors and Dances for Orchestra" by Minas Borboudakis.The atmosphere in the short but powerful work of the Greek composer, who has lived in Munich for a long time, is sultry, sensual and broodingly overheated....
The storks come to Neuried at the weekend and they don't bring children with them, just instruments: the Munich student orchestra, known as the stork for short, will be making a guest appearance in the primary school auditorium on Saturday, February 4th. The program includes works by Beethoven (Egmont Overture, 7th Symphony) and Weber's Bassoon Concerto in F major. The concert starts at 7 p.m. Admission is free, donations are welcome. source site
It's a beautiful story told by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar in Entertainment : How? 'Or' What Zahia Ziouani managed to kiss a brilliant career as a conductor while her twin sister Fettouma, played by Lina El Arabi, became a renowned cellist.“Being the heroine of a biopic is an amazing experience, confides Zahia Ziouani to 20 minutes. And being embodied by Oulaya Amamra is even more wonderful. “The actress, revealed in divine and seen recently in Smoking makes you cough, and the conductor...
Blue Danube Waltz, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Radetzky March. Nice and good. Enjoying the turn of the year with familiar sounds - there is nothing wrong with that. The musical repertoire presented by the Garching Symphony Orchestra at its New Year's Concert is of course a beginning that does justice to the bon mot "Every beginning has a magic in it" in a more original and literal way: the ensemble, conducted by conductor Tamara Mersetzky, will perform on Sunday, January 22nd, in...
Saturday morning, in the Salle des Arlucs, none of the parents present were caught in the act of napping. "However, it is also for them and for that that we imagined these shows", jokes Benjamin Levy. The musical director of the National Orchestra of Cannes has just left the stage and greeted his unusual audience of the day, after the second of the "baby concerts" scheduled for the first time this season. Thirty minutes of classics, chosen especially for babies.“What...
If there had been a state election on Sunday, at least among the 2100 guests in the National Theater, the incumbent Prime Minister Markus Söder could have hoped for approval results in the single digits at best. The reason for Söder's profound self-dismantling was a very happy one: the Bavarian State Orchestra, i.e. the orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, celebrated its birthday.It was founded 500 years ago, which does not mean that the Wittelsbachs employed the 144 musicians who...
If there had been a state election on Sunday, at least among the 2100 guests in the National Theater, the incumbent Prime Minister Markus Söder could have hoped for approval results in the single digits at best. The reason for Söder's profound self-dismantling was a very happy one: the Bavarian State Orchestra, i.e. the orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, celebrated its birthday.It was founded 500 years ago, which does not mean that the Wittelsbachs employed the 144 musicians who...
charity Wincent Weiss sings with crutches and orchestra in the Elphi Appearance with crutches: Wincent Weiss sings in the sold-out Elbphilharmonie at the mini-festival "Channel Aid - live in Concert by JBL". photo © Christian Charisius/dpa Dark suit, white shirt, bow tie - and crutches with an orthosis on the foot. This is how Wincent Weiss appears on the stage of the Elbphilharmonie. But that doesn't stop him from singing for a good cause. On glowing crutches for a good...
With a ceremony on Sunday, January 8th, the Bavarian State Orchestra, which has only been called that since 1918, when the Court and National Theater became the Bavarian State Opera, will herald the celebrations of its 500th anniversary. In the anniversary year, there are many concerts and events. Because the history of this ensemble, one might have to say also of its choir, goes back to the year 1523 return. In January of this year, Ludwig Senfl took over the...
