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Tribute to Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
“What is fashion? It is what is going out of fashion. Tout est là.” His body bore the marks of a long life, but his mind remained bright, and Henri Dutilleux ...
Andris Nelsons conducts Antonín Dvořák
The Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons is less a media stunt than his colleague Gustavo Dudamel. However, he is “the other" young conductor of the beginning of our century. At 35, ...
François-Xavier Roth conducts Debussy
The French conductor François-Xavier Roth is the first to record the Suite n°1 by Claude Debussy. The musicologists Jean-Christophe Branger and Denis Herlin rediscovered the score in a library in ...
Carolin Widmann, Artist of the year ICMA 2013
“This is torture. It looks glamorous from the outside, but why do you want to do this?” ICMA: A violinist is to find his own personal sound, on the violin this ...
Denis Matsuev in New York
Denis Matsuev, an extraordinary pianist, offers, as part of the 140th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff an album that confronts the Concerto No. 2 with the Rhapsody in ...
Tribute to János Starker
János Starker. The great Hungarian-born American cellist has died on 28th April 2013 at the age of 88. The musician, who made a landmark in the history of interpretation, was ...
In Paris, Happy Birthday Sir Gardiner
Oedipus-Rex is a curious work to celebrate a birthday. The opera-oratorio by Stravinsky with a libretto by Jean Cocteau translated into Latin by Cardinal Jean Daniélou (who died in the ...
Aldo Ciccolini, Lifetime Achievement ICMA Award 2013
ICMA : This evening you are playing Liszt’s transcription of Isolde’s Liebestod. When did you first come into contact with the music of Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’? Aldo Ciccolini : In the opera ...
Cooperation between the Auschwitz Foundation and ResMusica
Because classical music is an essential part of our lives and a commitment beyond pure aesthetic issues, the Auschwitz Foundation and ResMusica initiate an editorial partnership to strengthen the links ...
Juan Francisco Gatell, tenor
“Everybody sees opera singers like Pavarotti, dressed the same. We are normal people!” ResMusica: What events triggered you to become a tenor? Juan Francisco Gatell: There were no musicians in my family, ...
17th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw
As usual, around Easter, the Warsaw Beethoven Festival makes the polish music life more lively. At this edition, which was the 17th, the program was still very extensive, mixing genres ...
Last Pollini Perspectives concert in Pleyel : a culmination
It was the last concert in the 2011-2013 Pollini Perspectives series, and the Maestro ended his Beethoven component with the last three sonatas (Pollini will record the complete cycle very soon ...
The Importance of Being Earnest, world premiered on stage in Nancy
The Opéra de Lorraine, honoring its mission as a “national opera”, is acting as a commissioner of new work, it hosting the premiere of the stage version of Gerald Barry’s ...
Tribute to Marie-Claire Alain
Further to her early studies in Saint-Germain, she became a student of Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé, from whom she obtained a first prize in five classes at the Conservatoire ...
Milan: The 2013 ICMA gala
This year’s annual gala of the International Classical Music Awards was held at the Milan Auditorium, where the laureates were treated to an enjoyable evening of music. The Symphony Orchestra ...
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 Melodyia 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 ...
John Axelrod speaks about the ICMA 2013 Awards ceremony
Maestro Axelrod speaks about the edition 2013 of the ICMA and of the prizes which will be awarded during a concert event at the Auditorium in Milan on 18th March ...
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 ...
