We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Hyung-ki Joo! The pianist and composer enraptures audiences with his jovial and contagious stage presence as well as his high-energy, virtuosic performance....

Shortly after having received this year’s Ditson Conductor’s Award, Brad Lubman will give his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan with the Filarmonica della Scala, as part of the Milano Musica festival on 27 October. On the programme are Stravinsky’s seminal work The Rite of Spring and Milanese composer Luca Francesconi’s Duende. The Dark Notes for violin and orchestra....

We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Fabián Panisello! The Argentinian-Spanish composer and conductor keeps pace with the times with his lively, descriptive and nuanced tonal language....

On 25 and 26 October, Titus Engel and the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon will make a guest appearance at the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, giving two performances of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, directed by Grégoire Pont. Beforehand, they will also give performances of the work for school classes. From 14 to 19 November the opera will be staged at the Opéra de Lyon....

We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Yajie Zhang! She stands out with her colourful timbre, flawless voice and remarkable receptivity. The young mezzo-soprano has won prizes in various competitions, including s'Hertogenbosch 2017, DEBUT 2018 and 2019 at DAS LIED in Heidelberg, the Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition in Warsaw and the Portofino Opera Competition....

On 20 October, Eliahu Inbal will conduct his inaugural concert as the new Principal Conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. With Mahler's 8th Symphony on the program – in which soloist soprano Sarah Wegener will participate - the concert simultaneously marks the beginning of a new Mahler cycle, which Eliahu Inbal will continue on October 25 and 27 with the 2nd Symphony and on November 3 with the 4th Symphony....

As part of the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Ensemble Resonanz, conducted by Bas Wiegers, will premiere Mark Andres' new work rwh 1 for string orchestra with accordion, percussion and sinus tone organ on 19 October. The performance will be produced with the help of the SWR Experimental Studio....

We congratulate the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo on the German Record Critics' Award. Their recording of Philippe Manoury's work Le temps, mode d'emploi was awarded an annual prize in 2019. The work for two pianos and live electronics dedicated to the duo was premiered in May 2014 at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik....

On 17 October, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Clemens Schuldt, will premiere a new orchestral work by Johannes Maria Staud in Munich. His title Terra pinguis (for Arthur) refers to a special source of inspiration for the work, which will also be performed at the opening of the Kassel Musiktage Festival on 24 October....

On 16, 17 and 19 October, Tabea Zimmermann will perform three different concert programmes, including a world premiere, with the New World Symphony and its director Michael Tilson Thomas. As a kind of viola summit meeting, the Viola Visions series combines leading violists on five days with concerts, master classes and lectures, all in Miami....

The opera Don Carlos marks the opening of Alejo Pérez’ his first season as music director of the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. Guiseppe Verdi's dramatic opera about political and amorous intrigues surrounding the Franco-Spanish war and rebellious Flanders will be staged in Antwerp and Ghent from 19 September to the end of October in a production by Johan Simons. The visual design was executed by the artist Hans Op de Beeck....

With his monumental revolutionary opera Al gran sole carico d'amore, Luigi Nono created a fervent plea for the fight against social injustice. Now the "scenic action in two parts", under the musical direction of Jonathan Stockhammer, comes onto the stage of the Theater Basel. The work, produced by Sebastian Baumgarten, can be experienced between 14 September and 29 October....

Antje Weithaas' recording with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the direction of its chief conductor Andrew Manze, will be released on the cpo label on 16 September. In addition to Schumann's Violin Concerto, the violinist recorded Brahms' Double Concerto, whose cello part was played by Maximilian Hornung. The recording thus unites two outstanding soloists, as well as two composers who were closely interwoven:...

Mariam Batsashvili’s first album for Warner Classics was released on 30 August. In her Warner debut, the young Georgian pianist dedicates herself to her favourite composer Franz Liszt and illuminates an interesting chapter: Liszt's relationship to his contemporary Frédéric Chopin. Here the link to the album....