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Daniel Barenboim, a renowned classical music conductor, and pianist had recently announced the cancellation of his concert in Monaco due to his health problems.#DanielBarenboim #ClassicalMusic -
La Scala’s Acclaimed Daniel Barenboim the Latest to Lash Out at Concertgoers
Acclaimed conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has become the latest in a string of musicians to berate the audience from the stage. Angry at the audience for taking pictures, Barenboim slammed flash-happy fans at La Scala, Milan's prestigious opera house, as "badly educated.” -
Harrison Birtwistle's 'Moth Requiem,' Daniel Barenboim's 'Ring,' Levit, DiDonato, Southbank Win Big at Royal Philharmonic Society Awards
Five times a charm, or at least it is for Harrison Birtwhistle, who has just won more prizes than anyone else (as he did in December for the British Composer Awards) in the Royal Philharmonic Society's long history. In the just-announced awards, he picked up the gong for Chamber Scale Composition, for The Moth Requiem. -
The God-Child Myth: Are Child Singers Jackie Evancho, Amira Willighagen, Angelina Jordan Astar, Etc. Actually Talented?
The appeal and draw that lies in young talent far exceeds actual understanding. It just seems to be interesting to most folks, and the way that the internet trends these days makes way for these prodigies to become but a blip on your computer screen. -
Peral Music: Universal Group Gives Conductor and Pianist Daniel Barenboim a Vanity iTunes Label for Bruckner Early Symphonies, Stravinsky's Rite
PERAL MUSIC, a new digital-only label from UMG, will document Daniel Barenboim's work as a conductor, pianist and chamber musician. "I want to try and look at the future. I want to really get myself into the mentality of the digital world," Barenboim said. -
Jude Kelly's U.K. Southbank Centre Announce 2014-15 Season with Birtwistle Birthday, Anna Clyne and Barenboim Playing Schubert
The Southbank Centre is seen as an arbiter of London cultural taste, especially latterly under the leadership of Jude Kelly. And after 2013-14's season, themed after the Alex Ross book The Rest Is Noise (a brilliant conceit), there is considerable interest in her follow-up. -
Zubin Mehta Will Lead the Vienna Philharmonic in 2015 New Year's Concert
The Vienna Philharmonic recently announced that Zubin Mehta will conduct the next New Year's Concert in 2015. -
Vienna Philharmonic President and Violinist Clemens Hellsberg Suffers Broken Elbow, Will Miss New Year's Concert
Clemens Hellsberg, the Vienna Philharmonic's president and first violinist, has broken his elbow and will miss the annual New Year's Concert on Wednesday. -
Vienna Philharmonic Revokes Awards for Six Big Nazis, Is Hitler Next?
The Vienna Philharmonic has revoked awards bestowed upon six Nazis, news agencies, including Reuters, are reporting. This will be seen as a big step in the orchestra's coming to terms with a dark chapter in its past. -
WATCH: Russian/British/Jewish Pianist Evgeny Kissin on Finally Getting His Israeli Passport
Russian/British/Jewish pianist Evgeny Kissin issued the following quite emotional appeal--in Russian/English/Hebrew--for his fellow professionals' solidarity with his newest country. -
READ: Russian-British Pianist Evgeny Kissin on Getting His Israeli Passport
"I am a Jew, Israel is a Jewish state--and since long ago I have felt that Israel, although I do not live there, is the only state in the world with which I can fully identify myself, whose case, problems, tragedies and very destiny I perceive to be mine." -- Evgeny Kissin -
CONFIRMED: La Scala's Next Post-Barenboim Conductor Will Be…Riccardo Chailly
There will be cheers and champagne today, after confirmation that Chailly will, in fact, take over in Milan come 2015.
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