Beat Furrer honoured with the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
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23
Jan
2018
) Beat Furrer was honoured today with the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for “a life in service to music”. The Salzburg Festival congratulates him on winning this high distinction.
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Mariss Jansons celebrates his 75th birthday
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
08:30 h;
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General
(
14
Jan
2018
) The Salzburg Festival congratulates Mariss Jansons, one of the pre-eminent conductors of our time, on his 75th birthday, which he celebrates on Sunday, 14 January.
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Obituary: Gerhard Andlinger
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
15:24 h;
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General
(
8
Jan
2018
) At Christmas the Salzburg Festival received the sad news that Gerhard “Gerry” Andlinger – founder and long-time President of the Salzburg Festival Society and a generous patron of the Festival – died on 22nd December 2017 at the age of 86 in New York.
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