A Conductor Who Wants to Put You ‘Inside the Sound’ Posted by By Joshua Barone August 16, 2023Posted inAix-en-Provence Festival, Audi, Pierre, Classical Music, Content Type: Personal Profile, Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ), Le Balcon (Music Group), Music, Pascal, Maxime (1985- ), Salzburg Festival Maxime Pascal, a latecomer to classical music, forged an unusual path to the podium that has paid off for him and for audiences.
Salzburg Festival Remains a Crammed Summer Stage Posted by By Zachary Woolfe August 9, 2023Posted inClassical Music, Hammer, Kristina, Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ), Music, Opera, Salzburg Festival, Theater, Verdi, Giuseppe, Vienna Philharmonic No other festival matches the sheer profusion of classical music, opera and theater offerings at the Salzburg Festival.
Amid Global Turmoil, Salzburg Festival Plans a Summer of Reflection Posted by By Javier C. Hernandez December 9, 2022Posted inBartoli, Cecilia, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Classical Music, Cleveland Orchestra, Currentzis, Teodor I, Fleming, Renee, Gardiner, John Eliot, Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ), Kissin, Evgeny, Monteverdi Choir, Music, Opera, Salzburg Festival, Theater, Utopia (Music Group) “Our present reality seems to be completely out of joint with universal bonds and perspectives,” the festival’s artistic director said.
The Classical Music Event of the Summer Is in Salzburg’s Shadow Posted by By Joshua Barone August 1, 2022Posted inClassical Music, Currentzis, Teodor I, Gardiner, John Eliot, Hagen Quartet, Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ), Kopatchinskaja, Patricia, Levit, Igor, Monteverdi Choir, Music, MusicAeterna, Neshat, Shirin, Rihm, Wolfgang, Salzburg Festival, Savall, Jordi, Tallis Scholars, Wiegand, Florian With surprising concerts performed at the highest level, the Ouverture Spirituelle is part of the Salzburg Festival but outshines it.
Review: Salzburg Festival Opens With Operatic Apocalypses Posted by By Joshua Barone July 27, 2022Posted inBartok, Bela, Bluebeard's Castle (Opera), Castellucci, Romeo, Currentzis, Teodor I, De Temporum Fine Comoedia (Opera), Felsenreitschule (Salzburg, Austria, Theater), Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ), Mahler, Gustav, Youth Orchestra, Music, MusicAeterna, Opera, Orff, Carl, Stundyte, Ausrine Romeo Castellucci directs, and Teodor Currentzis conducts, an unusual double bill of a Bartok classic and an Orff rarity at the Salzburg Festival.
Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna Face Scrutiny Over Russian Ties Posted by By Javier C. Hernandez July 26, 2022Posted inCentral Bank of Russia, Classical Music, Currentzis, Teodor I, GES-2 (Moscow, Russia), Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ), Kissin, Evgeny, Music, MusicAeterna, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), VTB Bank Teodor Currentzis and the ensemble MusicAeterna have faced backlash in the West over their partnership with a state-owned bank in Russia.