1+ week, 1+ day ago   (279+ words) The Associazione Internazionale Culturale Musicale “Ettore Bastianini” has announced that Ludovic Tézier will receive the 2026 Premio Bastianini. Tézier will receive the prize on Sept. 26, 2026 at the Foyer “Ettore Bastianini” del Teatro dei Rinnovati di Siena, in the city where Ettore…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (143+ words) Jakub Józef Orliński has partnered with sexedpl and SKYN Poland for a safe sex campaign. The new ad featuring Orliński reads, “Does a condom ruin the mood? Is she having a treat? We’re taking these excuses to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (224+ words) Tomás García has been named Assistant Conductor of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. García is an Ecuadorian orchestra and opera conductor based in New Jersey who has conducted productions of “Don Giovanni” and “Carmen” with Rutgers Opera Theater, and has served…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (129+ words) Dutch-Argentine soprano Ana-Carmen Balestra has been awarded the GrachtenfestivalPrijs 2026 following a unanimous jury decision at Felix Meritis, appointing her Artist in Residence for the 2027 festival. The jury praised her commanding stage presence, vocal warmth, and energetic expressiveness across a finale…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1138+ words) Yet when the work received its premiere, Vishnevskaya was missing. The Soviet authorities had refused her permission to travel. This was not the last time politics attempted to contain her voice. On Oct. 25, the operatic world marks the centenary of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (296+ words) (Photo: TAM Photography) Étienne Lemieux-Després has been named the new Artistic Director and conductor of the Münchner Studienstiftungsorchester. In a statement on social media Lemieux-Després said, “It’s been a while already but I hadn’t announced it properly so here it…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (80+ words) The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra has announced Dmitry Yablonsky as its new Music Director and Chief Conductor. He will take up his post immediately. The conductor and cellist was already named conductor laureate of the Jerusalem Symphony in 2016. Yablonsky has also…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (163+ words) Israeli conductor Michal Oren has won the sixth Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition. The winner was announced at Symphony Hall Birmingham on Sept. 6 following four days of competition with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). The decision was made…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (186+ words) On August 30, Plácido Domingo received the Europa Nostra Medal of Honour. The famed singer received the medal on stage at the Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago, Italy, at the end of his Gala concert. From co-hosting…...