Topic: NEWS performers
Dan Ettinger, who has spent the past five years as Daniel Barenboim's protégé and assistant, has been appointed to be the new music director of The Mannheim Opera House in Germany at the age of 36. The three-year contract is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2009. MORE


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The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields had plenty before Tuesday's downbeat in Jones Hall. First, Murray Perahia, the announced conductor and piano soloist, withdrew from the 11-city tour after his doctors recommended extended rest to recover from a skin infection. Then his replacement, Sir Neville Marriner, who founded the Academy in 1959, stabbed his left hand with his baton during Tuesday's rehearsal onstage. 
Pianist Murray Perahia releases new CD of Bach Partitas after three year period of no recording. Recovering from hand injuries developing a decade ago.
Young German Pianist, MARTIN STADTFELD
Maria Malibran was born March 24, 1808, in Paris, France...she died Sept. 23, 1836, in Manchester, England. Spanish mezzo-soprano of exceptional vocal range, power, and agility. 