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Alejo Pérez will bid farewell as Music Director of Opera Vlaanderen in the autumn with a new production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal and with Mahler's Lied von der Erde. In an interview, he reflects on an intensive and successful time with the orchestra.

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Hyung-ki Joo and Asmik Grigorian will perform their thrilling song recital A Diva is Born at the Salzburg Festival on 24 August.

NEW RECORDINGS

Under the direction of Titus Engel, the WDR Symphony Orchestra has recorded Betsy Jolas' Musique d'hiver, which has now been released on the NEOS label together with other organ works by the composer.

IN CONVERSATION

Hyung-ki Joo and Asmik Grigorian will perform their thrilling song recital A Diva is Born at the Salzburg Festival on 24 August.

NEW RECORDINGS

From 18 July, Holly Hyun Choe will return to conduct the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra in numerous concerts, before making her debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra at the end of August.

The sea of sound: Before Toshio Hosokawa's new opera Natasha premieres at the New National Theatre in Tokyo on 11 August under the direction of Kazushi Ono, we are publishing an excerpt from the composer's work notes.

Instrumentalist of the Year: Antje Weithaas receives the OPUS KLASSIK 2025!

Johannes Klumpp and the Heidelberger Sinfoniker are awarded the OPUS KLASSIK for their complete recording of all Haydn symphonies, completed in autumn 2024. Our congratulations!

NEW WITH US

We are delighted to welcome composer Sivan Eldar to karsten witt musik management, and to announce a major world premiere: From 6 July, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence will present her second opera The Nine Jewelled Deer.

IN CONVERSATION

In an interview between her spring engagements in Lyon and Montreal, Jenny Daviet surprises us with her unexpected approach to roles and works and reveals her dreams for the future.

Milica Djordjević becomes Professor of Composition at the Musikhochschule Lübeck.

Edition Peters, part of Wise Music Group, has announced the signing of composer, drummer, and visionary musical innovator Lukas Ligeti to its roster.

As composer-in-residence at the Grafenegg Festival, Fabián Panisello has written the orchestral work Mariposas, which will be premiered by the Tonkünstler Orchestra under his direction on 24 August.

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NEW RECORDINGS

Toshio Hosokawa's one-act opera Futari Shizuka with Ryoko Aoki in the title role and his acclaimed flute concerto Ceremony have now been released on CD, recorded by the Residentie Orkest under Jun Märkl for the Naxos label.

NEW RECORDINGS

‘Breakneck virtuosity’: Jeremias Schwarzer's album with four concertos for recorder by Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Liza Lim, Dai Fujikura and Iris ter Schiphorst, recorded with four top-class orchestras, has now been released.

We congratulate Titus Engel on winning the Swiss Music Prize 2025.

Toshio Hosokawa has received the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for the "extraordinary reach of his music, which tends a bridge between the Japanese tradition and contemporary Western aesthetics", according to the jury.

NEW RECORDINGS

Mariam Batsashvili's new solo album Influences with works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt was launched by Warner Classics on 16 May.

NEW RECORDINGS

Out now: Carlotta Dalia's album Segovia, a tribute to the pioneer of classical guitar playing and recorded on his own historical guitar.

IN CONVERSATION

In April and May 2025, the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar presented Mieczysław Weinberg's opera The Passenger in a new production staged by Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito under the musical direction of Roland Kluttig. We spoke to the conductor about his special relationship with Soviet music and the significance of Weinberg's opera for the memory of Nazi atrocities.

Holly Hyun Choe becomes Principal Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

Congratulations to Samir Odeh-Tamimi and the JACK Quartet: they each receive one of the coveted Italian Premio Abbiati critics' prizes.

NEW RECORDINGS

Congratulations to Peter Rundel: the recording of Hèctor Parra's opera Les Bienveillantes, premiered under his direction at Opera Vlaanderen in 2019 and released on three CDs in 2024, has been awarded the prestigious Grand Prix international du disque by the Académie Charles Cros.

IN CONVERSATION

Five questions for the JACK Quartet: For the Musikkollegium Winterthur magazine, the musicians gave humorous and revealing insights into their musical and literary passions.

CERHA 100

In 2026, the music world will celebrate Friedrich Cerha's 100th birthday. In view of this occasion, we would like to draw your attention to a selection of the most important works by the composer, who died in February 2023 - and to the website friedrich-cerha.com.

ON OUR BEHALF

Variations on a theme: On the occasion of kwmm's 20th anniversary, filmmaker Uli Aumüller listened in on us with his camera and created a portrait of the company from 18 conversations about our work.

The 2025 Grawemeyer Music Composition Award goes to Christian Mason for his ensemble work Invisible Threads.

IN CONVERSATION

On the occasion of the new recording of Stockhausen's epochal piano work Mantra, Götz Schumacher talks in an interview about the intensive relationship that has connected the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo with the work since its beginnings.

Shiyeon Sung becomes Principal Guest Conductor of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla.

NEW RECORDINGS

Milica Djordjević's portrait CD of orchestral works, released by BR-KLASSIK/musica viva, has received the prestigious Italian critics‘ prize Premio Abbiati del Disco and is included in the list of the best of the German Record Critics’ Award.

NEW RECORDINGS

Ying Wang's portrait album RE:Wilding, recorded by the SWR Symphonieorchester, Klangforum Wien, ensemble reflektor and Quatuor Diotima, among others, has now been released on the Kairos label.

IN CONVERSATION

There are good reasons to celebrate in Porto: the Remix Ensemble is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025. The ensemble's artistic director Peter Rundel looks back at its beginnings.

IN CONVERSATION

Hyung-ki Joo and Asmik Grigorian will perform their thrilling song recital A Diva is Born at the Salzburg Festival on 24 August.

NEW RECORDINGS

EVENTS

THU 07.08.

Shiyeon Sung: The Arts Centre, Melbourne

Antje Weithaas: Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo

SAT 09.08.

Antje Weithaas: St. Johannis, Ansbach

Simon Steen-Andersen: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

Michael Wendeberg: Palais Salfeldt, Quedlinburg

Shiyeon Sung: The Arts Centre, Melbourne

SUN 10.08.

Michael Wendeberg: Dom zu Halle

JACK Quartet: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

François-Frédéric Guy: Festival Musique en Sol

MON 11.08.

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

Holly Hyun Choe: Deutsches Haus, Flensburg

Anton Gerzenberg: Boulez and Beethoven at the Accademia Chigiana

TUE 12.08.

Holly Hyun Choe at SHMF

Anton Gerzenberg: Duo with Matteo Cesari in Siena

WED 13.08.

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

THU 14.08.

Ondřej Adámek: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

Lukas Ligeti: University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

FRI 15.08.

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

SUN 17.08.

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

Vito Žuraj: Premiere of new work at Kumaus Festival

Ilya Gringolts: Trio Gringolts/Power/Altstaedt at Musikfest Bremen

François-Frédéric Guy: Festival International de Piano La Roque d'Anthéron

TUE 19.08.

Chaya Czernowin: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

WED 20.08.

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Shiyeon Sung: The Arts Centre, Melbourne

Antje Weithaas: Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo

Antje Weithaas: St. Johannis, Ansbach

Simon Steen-Andersen: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

Michael Wendeberg: Palais Salfeldt, Quedlinburg

Shiyeon Sung: The Arts Centre, Melbourne

Michael Wendeberg: Dom zu Halle

JACK Quartet: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

François-Frédéric Guy: Festival Musique en Sol

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

Holly Hyun Choe: Deutsches Haus, Flensburg

Anton Gerzenberg: Boulez and Beethoven at the Accademia Chigiana

Holly Hyun Choe at SHMF

Anton Gerzenberg: Duo with Matteo Cesari in Siena

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

Ondřej Adámek: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

Lukas Ligeti: University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

Toshio Hosokawa: WP Opera "Natasha" at the New National Theatre Tokyo

Vito Žuraj: Premiere of new work at Kumaus Festival

Ilya Gringolts: Trio Gringolts/Power/Altstaedt at Musikfest Bremen

François-Frédéric Guy: Festival International de Piano La Roque d'Anthéron

Chaya Czernowin: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

Daishin Kashimoto with the Korean National Symphony under the baton of Christoph Poppen

Ilya Gringolts: Bach with Francesco Corti in Siena

Gaetano Lo Coco: Corporación Cultural Universidad de Concepción

Simon Steen-Andersen: Municipal Hall Trento

Ilya Gringolts: Bach with Francesco Corti in Siena

Gaetano Lo Coco: Corporación Cultural Universidad de Concepción

Olli Mustonen: Helsinki Music Center

Holly Hyun Choe: St.Agnus Kirche

György Ligeti: Grange aux concerts Cernier

Daishin Kashimoto: Kissei Bunka Hall, Matsumoto

Gaetano Lo Coco: Corporación Cultural Universidad de Concepción

Fabián Panisello: Auditorium Grafenegg

Peter Rundel with Ostrava New Orchestra

Holly Hyun Choe: Dürerbundhaus Köthen

Hyung-ki Joo: Salzburger Festspiele "A Diva is Born" with Asmik Grigorian

Daishin Kashimoto: The Harmony Hall, Matsumoto

Peter Rundel with Ostrava New Orchestra

Christoph Prégardien: Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, Schwarzenberg

Holly Hyun Choe: Konzerthaus Göteborg

Jeroen Berwaerts: Konzertscheune Warberg