Karel Marek Chichon new Principal Conductor of the German Radio Philharmonic

Beginning with the 2011/12 season Karel Mark Chichon will assume the post of principal conductor of the German Radio Philharmonic of Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern. His contract will initially run for three seasons, until July 2014.

Karel Mark Chichon will succeed Christoph Poppen, who served as artistic director during the fusion of the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra and the SWR Radio …

New Principal Conductor for the Stuttgart RSO

With the beginning of the 2011/12 season the French conductor Stéphane Denève will become the principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO). He will succeed Sir Roger Norrington, who has led the Stuttgart RSO in this same capacity since 1998 and whose contract runs out in 2011.

Stéphane Denève is currently in his fifth season as music director of the Royal Scottish …

Ernst von Siemens Music Award to Michael Gielen

The conductor Michael Gielen is this year's recipient of the international Ernst von Siemens Prize (endowed with 200,000 euros) for his life's work. Born in Dresden in 1927, Gielen immigrated with his family to Argentina in 1940 and returned to Europe in 1950. After stints in Vienna, Stockholm, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Cincinnati he was for ten years the director of the Frankfurt Opera and …

Grand Prix du Disque

Grand Prix du Disque for Koechlin

The recording of Charles Koechlin's Les Bandar-log op. 176 and Offrande musicale sur le nom de BACH op. 187 by the Stuttgart Radio Symphony under the conductor Heinz Holliger (SWR music / hänssler CLASSIC 93.221) has been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in the category “Symphonic Music.”

The prize is the most prestigious French distinction for music …

Grammy Nominierung für die SWR Bigband

Grammy Nominierung für Fun Time

Das Album „Fun Time“ der SWR Big Band mit Sammy Nestico (SWR music / hänssler CLASSIC, CD 93.247) ist in der Kategorie „Best Large Jazz Ensemble“ für den Grammy Award nominiert worden.Sammy Nestico zählt zu den weltweit bekanntesten Jazz-Komponisten und Arrangeuren. Die Liste der Stars, mit denen er zusammengearbeitet hat, ist schier endlos: sie reicht von Frank …