Gustav Mahler News

Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, will lead the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 9 at the Annual Free Memorial Day Concert, today, May 28, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. This will be the 21st Annual Free Memorial Day Concert offered by the New York Philharmonic, a tradition begun in 1992 as a gift to the people of New York City. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the performance. The audio of the performance will be broadcast onto the adjacent Pulpit Green, weather permitting.

Am Samstag, 2. Juni 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper die letzte in dieser Saison von GMD Franz Welser-Möst gestaltete und moderierte Matinee der Reihe 'Positionslichter' statt.

Die Wiener Staatsoper trauert um den legendären Bariton Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, der am heutigen Freitag, 18. Mai 2012 im 87. Lebensjahr in Berg bei Starnberg verstorben ist. 'Mit Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ist ein einzigartiger Gestalter von uns gegangen, der mehrere Sängergenerationen inspiriert und uns Musikliebhaber stets berührt hat.

Music Director Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, America's oldest orchestra, came to Walt Disney Concert Hall in the final event of the LA Phil's 2011/12 Visiting Orchestras series, this Wednesday, May 9. Virtuoso pianist Yefim Bronfman joined the program, performing the West Coast premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2, by New York Philharmonic Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg. Also on the program were Dvorak's Carnival Overture and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Though Gilbert had previously appeared at Walt Disney Concert Hall (WDCH), most recently during the 2006/07 season, the performance was the New York Philharmonic's WDCH debut. See below for photos from the orchestra's knock-out concert in Los Angeles!

Am Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2012 wird um 11.00 Uhr im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper durch Staatsoperndirektor Dominique Meyer die Ausstellung 'Portraits by Fayer' anlässlich des 95.

Music Director Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, America's oldest orchestra, come to Walt Disney Concert Hall in the final event of the LA Phil's 2011/12 Visiting Orchestras series, tonight, May 9, at 8 pm. Virtuoso pianist Yefim Bronfman joins the program, performing the West Coast premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2, by New York Philharmonic Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg. Also on the program are Dvorak's Carnival Overture and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Though Gilbert has previously appeared at Walt Disney Concert Hall (WDCH), most recently during the 2006/07 season, the performance will be the New York Philharmonic's WDCH debut.

Music Director Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, America's oldest orchestra, come to Walt Disney Concert Hall in the final event of the LA Phil's 2011/12 Visiting Orchestras series, Wednesday, May 9, at 8 pm. Virtuoso pianist Yefim Bronfman joins the program, performing the West Coast premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2, by New York Philharmonic Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg. Also on the program are Dvorak's Carnival Overture and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Though Gilbert has previously appeared at Walt Disney Concert Hall (WDCH), most recently during the 2006/07 season, the performance will be the New York Philharmonic's WDCH debut.

Am Samstag, 5. Mai 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper die zweite von GMD Franz Welser-Möst gestaltete und moderierte Matinee der Reihe 'Positionslichter' statt. Gesprächspartner sind diesmal der Vorstand der Wiener Philharmoniker, Prof. Dr. Clemens Hellsberg, und die Leiterin des L'Orfeo Barockorchesters, Michi Gaigg. Ausgehend von der Frage 'Wie original ist der Wiener Klang?' werden Traditionslinien und die historische Authentizität der Wiener Spieltradition sowie die Möglichkeiten eines Originalklanges diskutiert.

Am Sonntag, 6. Mai 2012, findet um 11.00 Uhr die achte Matinee der Reihe 'Das Ensemble stellt sich vor' im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper statt.

Am Samstag, 5. Mai 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper die zweite von GMD Franz Welser-Möst gestaltete und moderierte Matinee der Reihe 'Positionslichter' statt. Gesprächspartner sind diesmal der Vorstand der Wiener Philharmoniker, Prof. Dr. Clemens Hellsberg, und die Leiterin des L'Orfeo Barockorchesters, Michi Gaigg. Ausgehend von der Frage 'Wie original ist der Wiener Klang?' werden Traditionslinien und die historische Authentizität der Wiener Spieltradition sowie die Möglichkeiten eines Originalklanges diskutiert.

Spanish conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos returns to the New York Philharmonic to conduct music from two secular cantatas: selections from Falla's Atlantida, and Orff's complete Carmina burana - which the Orchestra has not performed since 1995 - Thursday, May 31, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 1, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, June 2, at 8:00 p.m. The international cast that Mr. Fru?hbeck has assembled for these performances features American soprano Erin Morley, American tenor Nicholas Phan (in his Philharmonic debut), South African baritone Jacques Imbrailo (debut), the Spanish chorus Orpheo?n Pamplone?s, Igor Ijurra Ferna?ndez, director (debut), and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director.

Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, will lead the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 9 at the Annual Free Memorial Day Concert, Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. This will be the 21st Annual Free Memorial Day Concert offered by the New York Philharmonic, a tradition begun in 1992 as a gift to the people of New York City. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the performance. The audio of the performance will be broadcast onto the adjacent Pulpit Green, weather permitting.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) and Omniverse Vision Ltd. announced today that the critically-acclaimed performance featuring world-renowned Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil, LA Phil LIVE: Dudamel conducts Mahler 8, "Symphony of a Thousand," will be broadcast to movie theaters in six locations in the UK, beginning April 16.

France's leading contemporary ballet company, Ballet Preljocaj, performs a romantic and contemporary retelling of Snow White (Blanche Neige), based on the Grimm brothers' original fairytale. This lush, full-length story ballet by French choreographer, Angelin Preljocaj, features massive sets, 26 dancers, and an all-star roster of French artists and designers including the excesses of Gustav Mahler symphonies, sets by Thierry Leproust, and costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier.

On May 25-27, '30 Rock' star and Tony-award winning actress Jane Krakowski will bring Broadway to Colonial Williamsburg. Headlining the annual Festival Williamsburg, Krakowski, whose performance as actress Jenna Maroney on NBC's '30 Rock' earned her an Emmy nomination, will go back to her stage roots with an evening of cabaret in the Virginia Room at The Williamsburg Lodge on Sunday, May 27.

Joined by guest vocalists Michele Losier, mezzo-soprano, and Alisa Suzanne Jordheim, soprano, CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni and the Columbus Symphony will perform works inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet and A Midsummer's Night Dream.

Joined by guest vocalists Michele Losier, mezzo-soprano, and Alisa Suzanne Jordheim, soprano, CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni and the Columbus Symphony will perform works inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet and A Midsummer's Night Dream.

Almost 3000 artists from 47 nations will gather to share the live experience of theatre, dance, opera and music with audiences from approximately a third of the world's nations at Edinburgh International Festival 2012. This year the festival will take place August 9 to September 2.

Anlässlich des 20. Todestages von KS Eberhard Waechter am 29. März erinnern eine Ausstellung, eine Matinee, eine Buchpublikation sowie eine Filmvorführung an den ehemaligen Direktor der Wiener Staatsoper.

Am Samstag, 24. März 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper eine Benefizmatinee für die Angehörigen des im November 2010 in Japan tragisch verunglückten Kontrabassisten des Wiener Staatsopernorchesters und der Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Straka, statt. Zahlreiche philharmonische Kollegen stehen bei dieser Veranstaltung in unterschiedlichen Ensembles auf dem Podium.