Internationally renowned conductor Tugan Sokhiev divides his time between the symphonic and lyric repertoire, guest conducting the most prestigious orchestras around the world.
As Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from…
In 2019, aged 22, Alexandre Kantorow became the first French pianist to win the gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, where he also won the Grand Prix, which has only been awarded three times before in the competition’s history. Hailed by…
"I consider you the greatest musical talent in present-day Russia", Russian music critic Hermann Laroche is said to have told Peter I. Tschaikowsky (born on April 25th 1840 in Votkinsk). And indeed, with his emotion-laden, voluptuous music, the…
Sergei Rakhmaninov, one of the greatest pianists of all time and one of the most outstanding melodists amongst composers, was born at Oneg, near Novgorod, on 20 March 1873 (1 April New Style), into a musical family. In 1888 Rakhmaninov began to study…
With his highly virtuosic 24 caprices for violin solo, Niccolò Paganini created a stroke of genius, which inspired such composers as Schumann, Brahms and Liszt. Schumann composed his own piano accompaniment for the work, while Brahms transcribed the…
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Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakow
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, born in 1844 and died in 1908 in Russia, is considered one of the most important composers of the country. As a naval officer, he took part in a circumnavigation of the world, during which he completed his 1st Symphony. He…
Internationally renowned conductor Tugan Sokhiev divides his time between the symphonic and lyric repertoire, guest conducting the most prestigious orchestras around the world.
As Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from…
In 2019, aged 22, Alexandre Kantorow became the first French pianist to win the gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, where he also won the Grand Prix, which has only been awarded three times before in the competition’s history. Hailed by…
"I consider you the greatest musical talent in present-day Russia", Russian music critic Hermann Laroche is said to have told Peter I. Tschaikowsky (born on April 25th 1840 in Votkinsk). And indeed, with his emotion-laden, voluptuous music, the…
Sergei Rakhmaninov, one of the greatest pianists of all time and one of the most outstanding melodists amongst composers, was born at Oneg, near Novgorod, on 20 March 1873 (1 April New Style), into a musical family. In 1888 Rakhmaninov began to study…
With his highly virtuosic 24 caprices for violin solo, Niccolò Paganini created a stroke of genius, which inspired such composers as Schumann, Brahms and Liszt. Schumann composed his own piano accompaniment for the work, while Brahms transcribed the…
more
Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakow
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, born in 1844 and died in 1908 in Russia, is considered one of the most important composers of the country. As a naval officer, he took part in a circumnavigation of the world, during which he completed his 1st Symphony. He…
Die Sopranistin und Dirigentin Barbara Hannigan verkörpert Musik mit einer unvergleichlichen dramatischen Sensibilität und ist eine Künstlerin und kreative Vorreiterin. Mehr als 30 Jahre nach ihrem professionellen Debüt hatte Hannigan die Ehre, für…
Die Sopranistin und Dirigentin Barbara Hannigan verkörpert Musik mit einer unvergleichlichen dramatischen Sensibilität und ist eine Künstlerin und kreative Vorreiterin. Mehr als 30 Jahre nach ihrem professionellen Debüt hatte Hannigan die Ehre, für…
Christoph (Stofferl) Well wurde als 14. von 15 Kindern der Lehrerfamilie Well 1959 in Günzlhofen geboren. Mir drei Jahren trat er zum ersten Mal mit seinen Eltern und Geschwistern öffentlich auf. Mit neun erhielt er von seinem Bruder eine Trompete um…
Seit 2018 ist Shani Chefdirigent des Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Ab der Saison 20/21 übernahm er die Position des Musikdirektors des Israel Philharmonic Orchestra und löste damit Zubin Mehta ab, der diese Position 50 Jahre lang innehatte. Zuvor…
Clara-Jumi Kang wurde in Mannheim als Kind südkoreanischer Eltern geboren. Klavier- und Geigenunterricht erhielt sie bereits im Alter von drei Jahren. Ab dem fünften Lebensjahr wurde sie an der Musikhochschule Mannheim von Valery Gradow unterrichtet.…
