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Congratulations, Eliahu Inbal! On 16 February, the conductor will celebrate his 90th birthday at the podium of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with Mahler's 8th Symphony.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

On February 24, Peter Rundel will conduct the UMZE Ensemble at the Budapest Music Center as part of the festival celebrating György Kurtág's 100th birthday.

On his tour of Japan with the Berlin Philharmonic Octet from 21 February to 1 March, Daishin Kashimoto will be performing works by Dvořák, Kaun and Schubert.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations, Eliahu Inbal! On 16 February, the conductor will celebrate his 90th birthday at the podium of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with Mahler's 8th Symphony.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

On February 24, Peter Rundel will conduct the UMZE Ensemble at the Budapest Music Center as part of the festival celebrating György Kurtág's 100th birthday.

On his tour of Japan with the Berlin Philharmonic Octet from 21 February to 1 March, Daishin Kashimoto will be performing works by Dvořák, Kaun and Schubert.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

On György Kurtág's 100th birthday on February 19, Jenny Daviet will be performing his Kafka Fragments at the Philharmonie de Paris.

From February 22 to March 15, Gaetano Lo Coco will conduct Verdi's Nabucco at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp in a production staged by Christiane Jatahy, with which he will also make his debut at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg in May.

From 19 February to 7 March, Tito Ceccherini will conduct five performances of Laura Ronchetti's opera Inferno at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, which is being staged for the first time in a scenic version.

Die Royal Academy of Music in London präsentiert Christian Mason als Composer in Residence mit zwei Konzerten und einem Gesprächskonzert am 19. und 20. Februar.

NEW RECORDINGS

Simone Menezes and her Ensemble K have recorded a chamber version of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite, which has now been released on CD under the title Cosmos.

CLSX.DE PRESENTS

As part of the successful BEETHOVEN27 series, Jan Caeyers and the Le Concert Olympique orchestra, together with star pianist Kit Armstrong, will perform works by the composer that mark the end of his “heroic period” at the Elbphilharmonie on 19 February.

CERHA 100

In celebration of Friedrich Cerha's 100th birthday on 17 February 2026, the Boulanger Trio, Klangforum Wien and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Ingo Metzmacher and Marin Alsop, among others, will be performing his music.

NEW RECORDINGS

Just in time for Friedrich Cerha's 100th birthday, the Kairos label has released an album featuring his complete works for organ, recorded by Wolfgang Kogert.

"A cool organiser of madness": On 1 February, Titus Engel conducted the highly successful world premiere of Olga Neuwirth's opera Monster's Paradise. Following six performances in Hamburg, the work, based on a libretto by Elfriede Jelinek and directed by Tobias Kratzer, will be staged at the Zurich Opera House.

On 8 February, Christian Tetzlaff and the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Cristian Macelaru, premiered Ondřej Adámek's second violin concerto, Thin Ice, which will also be performed in Winterthur and Prague on 21 and 23 February.

Carlotta Dalia makes her UK debut with Rodrigo's famous Concierto de Aranjuez, which she will perform on 8 and 21 February with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Domingo Hindoyan.

NEW WITH US

Welcome, Christian Øland! We are delighted to begin our work for the young versatile Danish conductor, who took up two new chief positions this season.

NEW WITH US

We are delighted to announce our collaboration with conductor Simone Menezes, who builds bridges between different musical traditions and artistic disciplines with musical rigour and a discerning curatorial eye.

NEW RECORDINGS

"Stylistic confidence and gripping expressiveness": The Kuss Quartet receives one of the coveted International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) for its first recording of two works by Ernst Gernot Klussmann.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

‘He sings beyond competition’: The press pays tribute to the great tenor Christoph Prégardien on the occasion of his 70th birthday, which he celebrated on 18 January 2026 at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.

CERHA 100

In 2026, the music world will celebrate the 100th birthday of Friedrich Cerha and honour the composer, who died in 2023, with publications, concerts and even a world premiere; a special stamp will also be issued to mark the occasion.

ON OUR BEHALF

For the Business of Classical Music podcast, Karsten Witt spoke with Leon Dreher in early 2026 about young artists' expectations for their careers, the day-to-day business of artist management, and the future of the international classical music industry.

Now available to stream in full length: Toshio Howokawa's new opera Natasha premiered in August at the New National Theatre in Tokyo under the baton of Kazushi Ono and was enthusiastically received.

NEW WITH US

Welcome Julian Steckel! We start our collaboration with the exceptional cellist, who launched his impressive international career in 2010 as winner of the ARD International Music Competition, now performing with renowned orchestras and chamber music partners worldwide.

NEW RECORDINGS

Anton Gerzenberg's debut CD, Ravel Reflections, was launched on 5 December on the Prospero label.

NEW RECORDINGS

Anssi Karttunen has recorded Betsy Jolas' complete works for cello and piano together with Nicolas Hodges – the double album has now been released on the bastille musique label.

Holly Hyun Choe has given her inaugural concert as Principal Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) on January 14 with Beethoven's Third Symphony.

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NEW RECORDINGS

Ilya Gringolts' recording of Bach's sonatas for violin and harpsichord with Francesco Corti has now been released by Arcana as his label debut and was promptly awarded the Diapason d'or.

NEW RECORDINGS

Recorded by the Ensemble Ascolta, the album Sounds, Archaeologies, now released on the KAIROS label, brings together compositions by Isabel Mundry that understand listening as an active, participatory process.

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.

Gringolts Quartet © Tomasz Trzebiatowski

IN CONVERSATION

Following the performance of all six Mozart string quintets at the Heidelberg Spring Festival, Ilya Gringolts explained to us what attracts him to historical instruments and why the Gringolts Quartet will continue to play on gut strings more frequently in the future.

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!

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.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations, Eliahu Inbal! On 16 February, the conductor will celebrate his 90th birthday at the podium of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with Mahler's 8th Symphony.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

On February 24, Peter Rundel will conduct the UMZE Ensemble at the Budapest Music Center as part of the festival celebrating György Kurtág's 100th birthday.

On his tour of Japan with the Berlin Philharmonic Octet from 21 February to 1 March, Daishin Kashimoto will be performing works by Dvořák, Kaun and Schubert.

EVENTS

TUE 17.02.

Eliahu Inbal: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Johannes Klumpp: Apollo Theater, Siegen

Friedrich Cerha: Wiener Konzerthaus

WED 18.02.

Johannes Maria Staud: REAKTOR, Wien

THU 19.02.

Christian Mason: Royal Academy of Music, London

Johannes Maria Staud: Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg

Titus Engel: Hamburg State Opera

Christian Mason: Pavillon, München

Friedrich Cerha: Bratislava, Slovakia

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Jenny Daviet: Philharmonie de Paris

Tito Ceccherini: Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

FRI 20.02.

Christian Mason: Royal Academy of Music, London

Johannes Klumpp: Apollo Theater, Siegen

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ilya Gringolts: Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center, Konak/İzmir

Chaya Czernowin: Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris

SAT 21.02.

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Eliahu Inbal: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Johannes Klumpp: Apollo Theater, Siegen

Friedrich Cerha: Wiener Konzerthaus

Johannes Maria Staud: REAKTOR, Wien

Christian Mason: Royal Academy of Music, London

Johannes Maria Staud: Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg

Titus Engel: Hamburg State Opera

Christian Mason: Pavillon, München

Friedrich Cerha: Bratislava, Slovakia

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Jenny Daviet: Philharmonie de Paris

Tito Ceccherini: Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Christian Mason: Royal Academy of Music, London

Christian Mason: Royal Academy of Music, London

Johannes Klumpp: Apollo Theater, Siegen

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ilya Gringolts: Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center, Konak/İzmir

Chaya Czernowin: Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris

Antje Weithaas: Fundación Juan March, Madrid

Daishin Kashimoto: Hirakata Performing and Visual Arts Center

Carlotta Dalia: Town Hall Banqueting Room, Barrow-in-Furness

Toshio Hosokawa: Takasaki City Theatre

Christoph Prégardien: Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

Julian Steckel: Musikverein, Vienna

Friedrich Cerha: Wiener Konzerthaus

Ondřej Adámek conducts Swiss premiere of his new violin concerto for Christian Tetzlaff

Johannes Klumpp: Apollo Theater, Siegen

Roland Kluttig: Radialsystem, Berlin

György Ligeti: Philharmonie, Cologne

Shiyeon Sung: Konzerthaus Dortmund

Daishin Kashimoto: Ryutopia | Niigata-City Performing Arts Center

Gaetano Lo Coco: Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp

Julian Steckel: Musikverein, Vienna

Tito Ceccherini: Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Daishin Kashimoto: Hyogo Performing Arts Center Recital Hall

Ondřej Adámek: Czech premiere of new violin concerto with Christian Tetzlaff

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Julian Steckel: Festspielhaus St. Pölten

György Ligeti: Philharmonie, Cologne

Meta4: Philharmonie Essen

Gaetano Lo Coco: Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp

György Ligeti: Philharmonie, Cologne

Toshio Hosokawa: JMS Aster Plaza – Hiroshima International Youth House

Toshio Hosokawa: Isarphilharmonie, Munich

Meta4: Philharmonie, Cologne