Blog entries for "Concert"
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 7 Dec 2016 ) From the very beginning, concerts have been one of the three pillars of the Salzburg Festival’s programme, and the formal structure of the concert programmes has demonstrated great continuity over recent decades.
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( 31 Aug 2016 )
81 concerts were presented at the 2016 Salzburg Festival. As in recent years, the Ouverture
spirituelle opened the Festival, exploring Eastern Christianity in
2016. Five sold-out concerts offered a portrayal of this highly diverse vocal
music.
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( 7 Aug 2016 ) During the Award Concert Weekend 2016, the 27-year-old Aziz Shokhakimov from Uzbekistan convinced the international jury chaired by Dennis Russell Davies in a concert with soloist Mingjie Lei and the Camerata Salzburg at the Mozarteum Foundation.
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( 25 Jul 2016 ) The Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg celebrates its 175-year anniversary this year. The orchestra has been an important part of the Salzburg Festival since its founding in 1920, says Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler during the Terrace Talk on Monday. Ever since, the Mozarteum Orchestra has performed in 885 concerts, 329 opera and 324 plays at the Festival. “Thus, it is not exaggerated to say: the Mozarteum Orchestra is a part of us. Just as we are part of the Mozarteum Orchestra,” says Helga Rabl-Stadler. This Festival summer, the orchestra will appear not only during the Mozart Matinees, but the musicians will also perform under Ottavio Dantone’s baton at the Felsenreitschule in Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 16 Jul 2016 ) The Young Singers Project was founded by the Salzburg Festival in 2008 in order to support young talents, offering them a platform to prove their abilities. During the 2016 Festival summer, numerous participants of former editions of the Young Singers Project return to the Salzburg Festival stages, starring alongside renowned Festival artists.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 8 Jul 2016 ) Tomorrow, July 9 at 9:30 am is the start of free ticket distribution for the 11th Special Appearance of the Vienna Philharmonic with young wind and brass talents from Salzburg and Upper Austria. The successful education project is a co-production of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Salzburg Festival and the Salzburg Association of Wind Bands. The project is also supported by the State of Upper Austria, the Upper Austrian Association of Wind Bands and the State of Salzburg. It takes place this year on August 28, 2016 at 11:30 am at the Felsenreitschule.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 7 Jul 2016 ) To perform once at the Salzburg Festival – this dream comes true for 13 young singers this year. They are participating in the Young Singers Project, initiated by the Salzburg Festival in 2008 to create a high-carat education platform for rising young vocalists. These talents, aged 21 to 29, arrived this week in Salzburg and are now looking forward to a varied programme.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 1 Jul 2016 ) Young stars of the classical music world are increasingly conquering stages everywhere. Thus, the Salzburg Festival is delighted to welcome the two exceptional pianists Yuja Wang and Khatia Buniatishvili as well as the amazingly talented cellist Sol Gabetta, who are sure to enchant the Festival’s audiences this summer!
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( 27 Jun 2016 ) Of course there are many experienced opera and concert conductors to look forward to during the upcoming Festival summer. However, as talented young artists join their well-known singer and instrumentalist colleagues on the Festival stages, the coming generation of conductors is also making an entrance. Among them are Constantinos Carydis, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Lionel Bringuier.
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( 29 Feb 2016 ) The Filarmonica della Scala performs on August 22, 2016 under Riccardo Chailly at the Großes Festspielhaus. At the age of only 25, the Italian Laura Marzadori was named the orchestra’s concertmaster in 2014. We spoke to her about the sound of the orchestra, Salzburg and extraordinary performance venues, and Riccardo Chailly, the new principal conductor of the Filarmonica della Scala, with her.
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