Tag: Philharmonic
Nathalie Stutzmann makes her debut with the Munich Philharmonic. – Munich
The French singer and conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, newly appointed music director in Atlanta, makes her debut with the Munich Philharmonic. What a fine, mournful and comforting November program with choir…
Munich: The Czech Philharmonic and Víkingur Ólafsson – Munich
Three years occupy heart and brain almost painfully, while in the Isarphilharmonie the Czech Philharmonic under its chief conductor Semyon Bychkov electrifies Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11. On November 9,…
Munich Philharmonic: “Playfield Classic” in the Muffatwerk – Munich
Nomen est omen: “Ampere” is the name of the small club next to the Muffathalle, and the way Christian Prommer and Johannes Brecht electronically overwrote the capriccio from Bartók’s second…
Oksana Lyniv conducts the season opening of the Munich Philharmonic – Munich
art or politics? This question has not been easy for the Munich Philharmonic recently. And so the program for the season opening must be understood as political: the Ukrainian Oksana…
After Gergiev, the concert master also leaves the Munich Philharmonic – Munich
It was only in the spring that the Philharmoniker parted ways with star conductor and Putin friend Valery Gergiev. Now concertmaster Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici is leaving the orchestra, a part-time job…
The grandiose guest performance of the Philharmonic from Odessa in Berlin – culture
Three Ukrainian composers who have never been played in the Berlin Philharmonic, an audience well fed with people from the Ukraine, and one that is hardly known in this country…
The whole Bruckner: Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic – culture
When he presented this DVD on the press terrace of the Salzburg Festival, Christian Thielemann looked like a little child at Christmas, peering into the living room even though the…
Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic on the occasion of Paul Ben-Haim’s 125th birthday – Munich
Exactly on the 125th birthday of Paul Ben-Haim, who studied as Paul Frankenburger at the Akademie der Tonkunst (today Hochschule für Musik und Theater) in Munich and worked in Munich…
Munich: The Headphones Concert of the Philharmonic – Munich
The headquarters of Brainlab, Stefan Vilsmeier’s high-end software company, advances to become the nucleus of musical experimentation. The State Opera was a guest here three weeks ago, and now the…
Review: Daniele Gatti conducts the Munich Philharmonic – Munich
While many conductors rush to the podium, bursting with energy, 60-year-old Daniele Gatti from Milan strolls onto the stage of the Munich Isar Philharmonic. And then often not to conduct…