Salome Kammer: New Director at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich

We are delighted to announce that Salome Kammer will become the new director of the department of music at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste) in fall 2024. With this election, the department of music will be led by a woman for the first time in the history of the academy. Salome Kammer lives in Munich and will take over this position from the composer Nikolaus Brass. The Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts is an association of important people of the artistic métier. It has been founded by the Bavarian County and is divided into the five departments Fine Arts, Literature, Music, Performing Arts and Film- and Media Arts.

In July 2024, Salome Kammer also has been awarded the prestigious Musikpreis der Landeshauptstadt München 2024.

(published on 16 September 2024)

Sarah Maria Sun: Debut at La Fenice

On 13 September 2024 the soprano Sarah Maria Sun will give her debut at the Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice with the performance of Luigi Nono’s La Fabbrica Illuminata. Sarah Maria Sun is taking on this piece at short notice in the staged production by Daniele Abbado and costume-designer Giada Masi. In celebration of the anniversaries of Luigi Nono and Arnold Schönberg, La Fabbrica Illuminata will be combined with Schönberg’s monodrama Erwartung in one evening. Jérémie Rhorer will conduct the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, furthermore Heidi Melton will sing Erwartung and the sound director is Alvise Vidolin.
Further performances will take place on 15/17/19/22 September 2024.
Sarah Maria Sun already has performed La Fabbrica Illuminata many times to great acclaim, only recently at the Grafenegg Festival at the end of August 2024.

(published on 11 September 2024)

Anna-Lena Elbert: Zerbinetta in Budapest

Following her successful debut as Zerbinetta at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto in June, the soprano Anna-Lena Elbert will sing this role again in performances on 8/10/11 September at MüPa (Béla Bartók National Concert Hall) in Budapest and on 24/26/27 October 2024 at the Teatro Olimpico Vicenza. Iván Fischer will lead the Budapest Festival Orchestra and is responsible for the stage direction, further roles are sung by Emily Magee (Ariadne) and Andrew Staples (Bacchus) i.a..

(published on 2 September 2024)

Tora Augestad performs Weill & Paus in Oslo

On 6 September 2024 the Norwegian mezzo-soprano Tora Augestad will present Kurt Weill‘s Seven Deadly Sins and Marcus Paus’ Hate Songs with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra KORK in Oslo / NRK Radio Hall. She already recorded both cycles to great acclaim together with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on CD (LAWO): Augestad’s recording is the best out there. Oh, yes! (The Arts Desk). The Lotte-Lenya-Award winner Tora Augestad will demonstrate her brilliant interpretation in these cabaret song cycles in Oslo. Marcus Paus has dedicated his Hate Songs to Tora’s voice and acting qualities. Nathanël Iselin will lead the orchestra KORK and Magnus Staveland, Kevin Skelton, Gunther Vandeven and Olle Holmgren will accompany Tora as Anna I and Anna II in Weill’s Deathly Sins.

(published on 1 September 2024)