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On 25 January, Titus Engel will conducts the world premiere of Michael Wertmüller's opera Echo 72. Israel in Munich, which can be seen in a production stage directed by Lydia Steier's at the Hanover State Opera until the end of February.

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Hyung-ki Joo will make his debut with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen on 23 and 24 January with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

On 17 and 18 January, Anton Gerzenberg can be heard both as a soloist and together with Martha Argerich at the festival Le Piano Symphonique in Lucerne.

Hyung-ki Joo will make his debut with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen on 23 and 24 January with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

On 17 and 18 January, Anton Gerzenberg can be heard both as a soloist and together with Martha Argerich at the festival Le Piano Symphonique in Lucerne.

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.

On 18 December, the new production of Richard Strauss' opera Salome, directed by Ersan Mondtag, premiered at the Opera Vlaanderen - it can be seen in Antwerp in December and in Ghent in January under the musical direction of Alejo Pérez.

Milica Djordjević and Mark Andre have been nominated for the 16th German Music Writers' Award.

NEW CDS

‘Emotionally simply stunning": Two new CDs with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra under Steven Sloane were released at the end of the year - George Antheil's opera Venus in Africa and Vol. 2 of Franz Schreker's complete orchestral works, which inspired the online magazine Klassik Heute to a rave review.

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NEW CDS

The album LAUTER! with the Ensemble Reflektor under the direction of its Principal Conductor Holly Hyun Choe, released at the end of November, presents works by Ethel Smyth, inti figgis-vizueta and Ying Wang.

From 29 November to 25 January, Toshio Hosokawa's opera Hanjo will be shown in Schwerin, staged by Judith Lebiez - the 20th new production of the work since its premiere in 2004.

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

NEW WITH US

We are delighted to be working for the composer Milica Djordjević, and even more so to begin our collaboration with congratulations: Her 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.

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

Role debut in Bonn: From 10 November to 31 January, Marie Heeschen can be seen in the title role of Handel's opera Alcina, which is being staged in a new production by Jens Daniel Herzog.

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.

NEW WITH US

Subtle sound metamorphoses, dreamlike atmospheres, finely crafted textures: We invite you to get to know the music of Christian Mason.

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NEW CDS

Antje Weithaas' recording of the Violin Concerto No. 2 by Pēteris Vasks, which she recorded together with the Camerata Bern, was released at the end of September.

IN CONVERSATION

On the occasion of the world premiere of Samir Odeh-Tamimi's composition Roaïkron at the Biennale Musica in Venice in autumn 2024, Italian musicologist Gianluigi Mattietti spoke to the composer about his new piece and about his life stages in Israel, Greece and Germany, which are reflected in his music.

NEW CDS

Congratulations to Antje Weithaas: The complete recording of the ten Beethoven violin sonatas with Dénes Várjon is honoured with the German Record Critics' Award 2024.

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 new website friedrich-cerha.com.

IN CONVERSATION

In an extensive interview for the World Federation of International Music Competitions, Hyung-ki Joo spoke about the humorous side of classical composers, about his collaborations with personalities such as Gidon Kremer, Asmik Grigorian and, early in his career, Yehudi Menuhin, and about his plans as the new Artistic Director of the Menuhin Competition.

‘Crazy masterpiece": Following the great success of the world premiere at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, Tito Ceccherini conducts Lucia Ronchetti's opera Der Doppelgänger ("The Double") at the Lucerne Festival and in further performances until January.

IN CONVERSATION

Olli Mustonen talks about an early musical key experience, composers who have influenced him and the interplay between analytical thinking and intuition.

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.

As a Dudamel Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Holly Hyun Choe works with the orchestra, its chief conductor Gustavo Dudamel and prominent guest artists in the 2024/25 season.

IN CONVERSATION

Role debut as Sieglinde: Sarah Wegener performed Wagner's Walküre under the baton of Kent Nagano in six major European concert halls in 2024. In the run-up, she talked about her path to the new role and other vocal milestones of recent years.

karsten witt musik management is launching a new and practice-oriented range of courses: In our kwmm Academy we provide musicians with the tools for successful self-management. Registration is now open for three course programmes tailored to different needs.

IN CONVERSATION

"Don't touch" was what Carlotta Dalia heard as a child when it came to guitars. Luckily, she revolted against this order and now delights audiences with her playing on historical and modern guitars, even outside of sworn guitar circles.

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IN CONVERSATION

In June 2024, Mariam Batsashvili was once again a guest at the Klavier Festival Ruhr. In a very personal interview with festival director Katrin Zagrosek in the run-up to the festival, she spoke about what composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt mean to her.

For his new opera Don Juan's Inferno, which premiered at the Royal Danish Opera in April, Simon Steen-Andersen has been awarded both the Danish National Theatre Prize and the composition prize Carl Prisen.

NEW CDS

A new CD with chamber music by Johannes Maria Staud, performed by Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche and the Boulanger Trio, among others, was released in the NEOS label on 27 September.

NEW CDS

For a recording now released on the Signum Classics label, the Castalian String Quartet has recorded the string quartet by the British composer Brian Elias.

Hyung-ki Joo will make his debut with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen on 23 and 24 January with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

On 17 and 18 January, Anton Gerzenberg can be heard both as a soloist and together with Martha Argerich at the festival Le Piano Symphonique in Lucerne.

EVENTS

FRI 17.01.

Anton Gerzenberg: KKL Lucerne

Shiyeon Sung: Arsenal de Metz

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Philippe Manoury: Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris

SAT 18.01.

Anton Gerzenberg: KKL Lucerne

Fabián Panisello & Fabián Panisello: Charles Bronfman Auditorium

Michael Wendeberg: REAKTOR, Wien

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Toshio Hosokawa: M*Halle, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

Alejo Pérez: Opera Gent

Anton Gerzenberg: KKL Lucerne

SUN 19.01.

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Steven Sloane: Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum

Castalian String Quartet: Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

Armida Quartet: De Bijloke Muziekcentrum Gent

Mariam Batsashvili: St. Chad's Church Shrewsbury

Gringolts Quartet & Ilya Gringolts: Seehof Küsnacht

Antje Weithaas: Theater Münster

MON 20.01.

Michael Wendeberg: Konzerthaus Klagenfurt

TUE 21.01.

Shiyeon Sung: Children's concert with Orchestre national de Metz

WED 22.01.

Castalian String Quartet: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

György Ligeti: Technikum/Werksviertel, Munich

György Ligeti: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

Mariam Batsashvili: Wigmore Hall, London

Antje Weithaas: Schloss Bückeburg

Antje Weithaas: Teatro Verdi

THU 23.01.

Shiyeon Sung: Le Grand Manège, Namur Concert Hall

Christoph Prégardien: Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle Mönchengladbach

Hyung-ki Joo: Die Glocke, Bremen

Mariam Batsashvili: Philharmonie Haarlem

FRI 24.01.

Hyung-ki Joo: Die Glocke, Bremen

Eliahu Inbal: Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul

Christoph Prégardien: Stadsschouwburg De Oosterpoort, Groningen

SAT 25.01.

Toshio Hosokawa: Tokyo Oji Hall

Steven Sloane: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

Antje Weithaas & Marie-Elisabeth Hecker: "Freundschaftsspiele"

Titus Engel conducts the world premiere of Michael Wertmüller's "Echo 72"

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Toshio Hosokawa: M*Halle, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

SUN 26.01.

Antje Weithaas: Casals Forum, Kronberg

Steven Sloane: Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, Eindhoven

Alejo Pérez: Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp

Antje Weithaas: Casals Forum, Kronberg

Castalian String Quartet: Concert Hall Sibelius Academy, Helsinki

TUE 28.01.