Elisabeth is Bachtrack’s German Editor and Press Officer. Before moving to London she could most likely be found on a Stehplatz at the Wiener Staatsoper or enjoying Bruckner, Wagner, Mahler, Brahms at the Musikverein. As a clarinettist she loves everything from Mozart to Artie Shaw and Mendelssohn to Hillborg.
The Chief Conductor of the BSO reflects on his achievements to date, creating a hunger for more adventurous repertoire and bringing to the stage a long-lost work by Franz Liszt.
Sorting and preparing music for a concert, bowing an opera or tracking down unpublished scores in Armenia – there is no typical day in the life of an orchestra librarian.
Works for children, guided tours behind the scenes and livestreams for school. Staatsoper Director Dominique Meyer is proud of the house's music education programme.
After a revelatory performance with his Bavarian RSO at the Barbican, Mariss Jansons was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society for being "the quintessential musicians’ musician".
James Ehnes, Steven Osborne and Alban Gerhardt captured the lamentations of Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio before they were joined by clarinettist Jean Johnson for Messiaen's quartet at St John’s Smith Square.
