From the CV grapevine
/This blogpost is updated several times a week.
We heard that…
“Verona Opera Festival will celebrate 100th anniversary with 8 operas from 6/16 through 9/9.”
“French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay will quit classical music on her 60th birthday in 2025. ”
“Cellist Anastasia Kobekina signed up with Sony Classical, debut album in early 2024. ”
Kobekina with her 1698 stradivarius
“Berlin Phil gives 9 free works by 9 composers in their Digital Concert Hall - Mozart, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Haydn, Dvorak, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner”
“Violinist Stefan Jackiw broke $30,000 bow in mid-performance in Bournemouth UK last Wednesday.”
“Pretty Yende, the ‘Coronation soprano’ from South Africa, broke a leg - literally.”
soprano pretty yende
“Frankfurt Radio Symphony and music director Alain Altinoglu announce 2023/24 season - Shostakovich cycle, trumpets and more...”
“Marin Alsop was named Principal Guest Conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra...”
