https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The New York Philharmonic's outgoing music director Alan Gilbert was named Friday to lead the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg, whose ambitions are rising with a landmark new building. https://www.thelocal.de/20170623/ny-conductor-gilbert-to-lead-hamburgs-ambitious-orchestra Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:42:53 +0200 ny-conductor-gilbert-to-lead-hamburgs-ambitious-orchestra More than 7,500 classical musicians performed in a German football arena at the weekend to set the world record for the biggest-ever orchestra. https://www.thelocal.de/20160710/worlds-biggest-orchestra-performs-in-german-stadium Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:02:58 +0200 worlds-biggest-orchestra-performs-in-german-stadium Hundreds of amateur musicians joined the German Symphony Orchestra to play Wagner, Verdi and Bizet pieces in a flashmob concert in the Mall of Berlin shopping centre on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160517/1000-strong-flashmob-orchestra-occupies-berlin-mall Tue, 17 May 2016 12:46:20 +0200 1000-strong-flashmob-orchestra-occupies-berlin-mall Thursday is Ludwig van Beethoven's 245th birthday, and Google is celebrating by asking users to re-assemble the legendary composer's works after an accident on the way to the concert hall. https://www.thelocal.de/20151217/play-google-fetes-beethoven-with-birthday-game Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:36:14 +0100 play-google-fetes-beethoven-with-birthday-game Iran has barred famed conductor Daniel Barenboim from entering the Islamic republic because of his Israeli citizenship, thwarting his plan to lead a performance in Tehran, media reported Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150831/iran-bars-barenboim-thwarting-tehran-concert-plan Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:10:15 +0200 iran-bars-barenboim-thwarting-tehran-concert-plan The prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, regarded as one of the world's best orchestras, has chosen 43-year-old Russian conductor Kirill Petrenko as its new chief conductor, media reports said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150622/berlin-philharmonic-kirill-petrenko Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:52:35 +0200 berlin-philharmonic-kirill-petrenko Musicians from the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic failed to elect their next chief conductor Monday after more than 11 hours of suspense-filled secret voting and discussions but will try again "within a year". https://www.thelocal.de/20150512/berlin-philharmonic-fails-to-elect-new-chief-conductor Tue, 12 May 2015 10:09:06 +0200 berlin-philharmonic-fails-to-elect-new-chief-conductor The symphony orchestra of Bavarian public broadcaster BR decided to drop a musical work from its programme after musicians complained it was too loud. https://www.thelocal.de/20080405/11113 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:26:00 +0200 11113 More than 100 community and state orchestras across Germany have threatened to strike in the coming weeks due to decreasing salaries. For the first time since 1995, the Deutsche Orchestervereinigung (DOV) - the German orchestra association - has issued a strike notice. https://www.thelocal.de/20080122/10207 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:29:00 +0100 10207