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Higher, Further, Stronger

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

The Berlin Phil and Sir Simon are going to do all that at the special festival that will open the Olimpics in London next July. This promises to be quite an event, the ultimate party of the year, for 25.000 … Continue reading →

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Like a virgin

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

That’s how he feels with Carmen, according to News.de: every conductor must make it his own, since it’s an all-time favorite. This is the production that will mark the start of the Salzburg Festival, on March 31. And guess who … Continue reading →

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No more Salzburg

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Yes my dears. The Berliners and Simon have decided to bid adieu to the Easter Salzburg Festival, since there are no “financial possibilities” that can guarantee the presence of the Berliner Philharmoniker in that world famous festival. The last performance … Continue reading →

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“I love Salzburg in the springtime…”

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

And why, you might ask… well, it is not just a very beautiful city, and Mozart’s hometown, but it will also host a great program for the Easter Festival. And Sir Simon tells us all about it:

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Happy birthday, Salzburg Festival

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

The Salzburg Festival will be celebrating its 90th birthday this year and everyone with a name in the world of classical music -and beyond- is invited to a huge piece of birthday cake. So maestro scaligero Daniel Barenboim is going, … Continue reading →

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Simon at the Proms

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

The Proms are getting started and Simon is sooo there: he will be leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment into Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet: Sun 1 August 2010 :: 6.30pm Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms Berlioz Romeo and … Continue reading →

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Not living on the past

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

The Salzburg Easter Festival is hear, the Bach’s Passion staged by Peter Sellars is also near, but our man does not put on any airs, as this interview in El Cultural shows us: “They ask you how things are going, … Continue reading →

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Magdalena goes back for more..

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

For more singing, that is. She will be back in Scotland in August for the Edinburgh International Festival with the ensemble Private Musicke, in order to deliver ‘an intimate recital’ (..) of early renaissance song. Kronos Quartet is also making … Continue reading →

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The Salzburg Easter Festival: Bach like never before

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

Oh yes, Sir Simon and the berliners have mischievous plans for next Easter: they involve Bach, his St. Matthew’s Passion and Peter Sellars… well, it has been done to Haendel’s Messiah, so they could be thinking ¿why not Bach? As … Continue reading →

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Festival of British Youth Orchestras, cancelled – No money, no music

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

In these times of financial problems and tight budgets, culture is sacrificed in order to make extra bucks for other things.  And among the many victims of this process, the Festival of British Youth Orchestras is one more. The organising … Continue reading →

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