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Quartet, an enchanting comedy with music
The Beecham House - named in honor of the British conductor Thomas Beecham - is in effervescence. Residents, retired former musicians and singers, prepare the annual gala, perhaps the last, ...
Baiba Skride, violonist
“In a competition, most important is having a strong personality.” ResMusica : You have been awarded the Grand Prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium in 2001. How have you been through ...
ICMA 2013 : a trophy for Vladimir Fedoseyev
In the category Historical Recordings, Russian label Melodiya won an Award for the box 'Les Ballets Russes' (catalogue No. 1001990) with Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of ...
Audite, label of the year 2013
"Right now we are considering stopping streaming altogether" ResMusica : You have won the "Label of the Year" of the International Classical Music Awards 2013, what does this award mean to ...
Riccardo Chailly at the ICMA ceremony in Milan
Maestro Riccardo Chailly, Conductor Laureate of laVerdi awarded the ICMA for the CD « Discovery » by Verdi (DECCA) with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Watch the video.
Rémy Franck, President of the Jury of ICMA 2013 thanks the Milan Symphony Orchestra
The Jury’s President of the International Classical Music Awards, Rémy Franck, thanks the Milan Symphony Orchestra « Giuseppe Verdi » for the ospitality during the 2013 Edition of ICMA. Watch the ...
In Los Angeles, Sensational Timely Debuts by Matos and Tomasson
Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s former production (Chicago, 2001; San Francisco, 2004), very slightly retouched, retains its freshness and all its brilliance here and, in particular, gets right down to essentials. Of course, ...
Love of a young woman by Tamasaburo Bando
Kunqu is an ancient traditional theater, which does qualify as opera as it includes singing and dancing, along with musical accompaniement. This art was born in the fifteenth century and ...
Iolanta and Perséphone, a successful pairing
The originality and success of this DVD results from first an unusual pairing of two works, or rather two rarities, belonging to very different eras and idioms. Indeed, aside from their ...
A quality Barber in Saint-Étienne
Alberto Zedda conducting a Rossini opera is always an important event. Even in the most famous of Rossini’s operas, this demonic conductor, together with an orchestra in a state of ...
Folle Journée in Nantes : the exquisite hour of French and Spanish music
This year, the theme was “L’heure exquise,” celebrating French and Spanish music from 1850 to the present. In that context, a great tribute was paid to the golden era of ...
Riccardo Chailly: Happy Birthday, Maestro!
ResMusica: Maestro Chailly, you can choose not to answer this first question : Will you be a candidate to replace Sir Simon Rattle in Berlin in 2018? Riccardo Chailly: Obviously I ...
Alisa Weilerstein in Paris
"The programming is conservative and stuck" ResMusica: Your debut album features the concerto by Elgar, whose discography has been dominated by Jacqueline Du Pré since she recorded it in 1965. Daniel ...
Staggering Médée by Krzysztof Warlikowski
This DVD featuring Médée provides the music lover with the opportunity to watch Christophe Rousset and director Krzysztof Warlikowski’s memorable production of Cherubini’s masterpiece. First given at La Monnaie in ...
Gergiev kicks off the complete Shostakovich’s symphonies in Paris
Valery Gergiev has returned to the marathon concert format that he first put together for the 2010-2011 season—back then it was for Mahler's complete orchestral works— this time with a ...
Louis Langrée conducts the Berlin Philharmonic
For any conductor, being invited by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert in its own hall, in a subscription concert is always a feat which made you part for ...
Don Quixote rejuvenated
José Montalvo is back as a full-fledged choreographer now that he has left his job as director of the Théâtre de Chaillot and his “partner” Dominique Hervieu. His latest creation, ...
Mariss Jansons makes the Turangalîla-Symphonie his own
If there was ever a concert distinguished by the originality of its program and the quality of its interpreters, it was surely this one. It featured the vast, if not ...
Christian Lindberg : Pettersson is gigantic !
On November 25, on a famous social network, Christian Lindberg wrote: «Having lived now for 6 months with Pettersson´s 9th symphony I am SO MUCH looking forwards to start the ...
Gens and Axelrod rediscover Berlioz and Ravel
Those scores have a mesmerizing beauty but demand a very high technical and musical level. Hence, their discography is quantitatively massive but qualitatively very (very) poor. The tone of the soloists ...
Interview with Tasmin Little on Delius anniversary
ResMusica : You have been among the few musicians championing the music of Frederick Delius throughout their career. You play it on stage regularly and lastly at the Prom’s, you ...
In Montpellier, a tribute to Elliott Carter
When Jean-Paul Scarpitta decided to produce at the Corum of Montpellier the French premiere of What Next? by Elliott Carter, the only work by the American composer for the stage, ...
