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THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSICAL EVENTS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA IN THE PAST MONTH
WHOBROUGHTTHEHOUSEDOWN?
KirillPetrenkomadeahighly-anticipatedreturntotheBerlinPhilharmonic
in March. It was the first time the Russian-born conductor had led the
OrchestrasincetheJune2015announcementofhisappointmentasSimon
Rattle’s successor. Petrenko will take up the position of Chief Conductor
in2018.ForhisMarchouting,heconductedMozart’sHaffnerSymphony,
John Adams’sThe Wound-Dresserand Tchaikovsky’sPathétique. The concert
earned standing ovations and a five-star review fromBachtrack.ARGERICH SPREADS THE
LOVE, LUNENBURG
Forsixyoungpianists,a
week-long workshop with the
legendary Martha Argerich
in the tiny Canadian port
village of Lunenburg in Nova
Scotiawasadreamcometrue.
Argerich also performed at a
gala concert to raise money
for the Lunenburg Academy of
Music Performance.JAHO TRIUMPHS IN
BUTTERFLY, LONDON
Albanian soprano Emonela
Jaho, who recently starred in
La Traviatafor Opera Australia,
hasreceivedecstaticreviews
for her unforgettable portrayal
of Cio-Cio-San inMadama
Butterflyat Covent Garden.
Starring in the Leiser-Caurier
revival, she was making her
London debut in the role.WILDE ABOUT ODYSSEY
OPERA, BOSTON
Odyssey Opera rediscovered
a gem when they performed
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s
adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s
comedyTheImportanceofBeing
Earnest.The1962chamberopera
for two pianos and percussion,
which borrows freely from
othercomposers,hadonlybeen
performed twice in the 1970s.
MUSICIANS GIFT FEES TO
REFUGEES, LEIPZIG
Inagestureofsupportand
empathy, violinist Anne-Sophie
Mutter, conductor Herbert
Blomstedt and the Gewandhaus
Orchestra donated their fees
from a concert in March to two
refugee education charities.
The gift totalled €60,000 (AUD
$84,000). The concert was
devoted to Beethoven.