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Mozart's complete string quintets in one day: the Gringolts Quartet and violist Lily Francis will play the works in historically informed performances in three concerts at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival on 11 April.

Johannes Maria Staud's new work Jagende Wolken, blendendes Blau! will be premiered on 8 April at the Osterfestival Tirol, interpreted by Ensemble Windkraft.

Eliahu Inbal conducts the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne on 6, 7 and 8 April with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 (soloist is Elisabeth Leonskaja) and Shostakovich's last symphony.

Johannes Maria Staud's new work Jagende Wolken, blendendes Blau! will be premiered on 8 April at the Osterfestival Tirol, interpreted by Ensemble Windkraft.

Eliahu Inbal conducts the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne on 6, 7 and 8 April with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 (soloist is Elisabeth Leonskaja) and Shostakovich's last symphony.

On 5 April, Mieczysław Weinberg's opera The Passenger will premiere at the Nationaltheater Weimar in a new production staged by Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito under the musical direction of Roland Kluttig.

Alejo Pérez will conduct a new production of Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina, directed by Calixto Bieito, at the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 25 March to 3 April.

NEW RECORDINGS

Carlotta Dalia's album Segovia, a tribute to the pioneer of classical guitar playing and recorded on his own historical guitar, will be released on 28 March.

From 3 to 16 April, Valentin Uryupin will conduct Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades at the Teatro Regio Torino in a production stage directed by Sam Brown.

As focus artist of the Tongyeong International Music Festival 2025, Ilya Gringolts will perform solo and chamber music as well as Sibelius' Violin Concerto in its original version with the KBS Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov in late March and early April.

The new production of Aribert Reimann's ‘Trilogie lyrique’ L'invisible, staged by Daniela Löffner, will premiere at Oper Frankfurt on 30 March and can be seen in six further performances under the musical direction of Titus Engel until 2 May.

On 28 March, as part of Toshio Hosokawa's residency at the Orquesta de València, his one-act melodrama Futari Shizuka (The Maiden from the Sea) will be shown in a semi-staged performance with Ryoko Aoki in the role of Shizu.

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

Toshio Hosokawa receives 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.

From 21 to 29 March, Peter Rundel will conduct four performances of George Benjamin's opera Written on Skin with the BR Münchner Rundfunkorchester at the Prinzregententheater in Munich.

In March, the JACK Quartet will be performing at the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, at London's Wigmore Hall with a Focus Day, and four concerts as guests of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, featuring works to mark the 100th anniversary of Pierre Boulez's birth, among others.

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

From 15 March to 2 April, Anton Gerzenberg can be heard on a major Asian tour in Singapore, Taiwan, Shanghai and Hong Kong - in duo recitals with Lilya Zilberstein and with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.

For her chamber concerto SCHMUTZ, Ying Wang is honoured with the Composition Prize of the City of Stuttgart.

From 15 to 29 March, Jenny Daviet can be seen at the Opéra de Lyon in the new production of Giorgio Battistelli's opera 7 minuti, directed by Pauline Bayle.

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.

Role debut in Bremen: From 9 February and until May, Ulrike Mayer can be seen in the female title role in Hector Berlioz' Béatrice et Bénédict.

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.

NEW RECORDINGS

The Neue Meister label has released a new album by Josefine Opsahl, Cytropia, which focusses on the changing relationships between mankind, technology and nature.

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.

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 RECORDINGS

In February, two very different albums with orchestra and big band were released, both recorded under the musical direction of Titus Engel: The orchestra and big band of the Deutsche Oper Berlin celebrate Duke Ellington, and the Basel Sinfonietta and the NDR Bigband present a new work by Michael Wertmüller.

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.

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.

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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.

Johannes Maria Staud's new work Jagende Wolken, blendendes Blau! will be premiered on 8 April at the Osterfestival Tirol, interpreted by Ensemble Windkraft.

Eliahu Inbal conducts the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne on 6, 7 and 8 April with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 (soloist is Elisabeth Leonskaja) and Shostakovich's last symphony.

EVENTS

FRI 28.03.

Simon Bode: Boston Symphony Hall

JACK Quartet: Stadthaus Winterthur

Alejo Pérez: Grand Théâtre de Genève

Ryoko Aoki & Toshio Hosokawa: Palau de la Música de València

Anton Gerzenberg: National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Bas Wiegers: De Spiegel, Zwolle

Gaetano Lo Coco: Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy

Antje Weithaas: Teatro Rossini, Pesaro

SAT 29.03.

JACK Quartet: Stadthaus Winterthur

Peter Rundel: Prinzregententheater Munich

Simon Bode: Boston Symphony Hall

Jenny Daviet: Opéra de Lyon

Bas Wiegers: Musis Stadstheater Arnhem

Milica Djordjević: Silent Green, Berlin

SUN 30.03.

Johannes Klumpp: Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Frankfurt (Oder)

Ilya Gringolts: Tongyeong Concert Hall

Bas Wiegers: Wilminktheater Muziekcentrum, Enschede

Titus Engel conducts Aribert Reimann's "L'invisible"

Alejo Pérez: Grand Théâtre de Genève

Lin Liao: Musik Akademie Basel

Gabor Vosteen: Kulturzentrum neun Inglostadt

MON 31.03.

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

TUE 01.04.

Christian Mason: Kölcsey Center

WED 02.04.

Olli Mustonen: Kotka Concert Hall

Meta4: Teaterbygningen, Køge

Anton Gerzenberg: Kwai Tsing Theater Auditorium Hong Kong

THU 03.04.

Valentin Uryupin: Teatro Regio di Torino

Alejo Pérez: Grand Théâtre de Genève

Holly Hyun Choe: Batiment des Forces Motrices (BFM), Geneva

Ilya Gringolts: Tongyeong Concert Hall

FRI 04.04.

Ilya Gringolts: Tongyeong Concert Hall

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ilya Gringolts: Palau de la Música de València

SAT 05.04.

Anton Gerzenberg: Oriental Arts Center, Shanghai

Titus Engel conducts Aribert Reimann's "L'invisible"

Roland Kluttig: Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar

Johannes Klumpp: Philharmonie Essen

SUN 06.04.

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Simon Bode: Boston Symphony Hall

JACK Quartet: Stadthaus Winterthur

Alejo Pérez: Grand Théâtre de Genève

Ryoko Aoki & Toshio Hosokawa: Palau de la Música de València

Anton Gerzenberg: National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Bas Wiegers: De Spiegel, Zwolle

Gaetano Lo Coco: Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy

Antje Weithaas: Teatro Rossini, Pesaro

JACK Quartet: Stadthaus Winterthur

Peter Rundel: Prinzregententheater Munich

Simon Bode: Boston Symphony Hall

Jenny Daviet: Opéra de Lyon

Bas Wiegers: Musis Stadstheater Arnhem

Milica Djordjević: Silent Green, Berlin

Johannes Klumpp: Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Frankfurt (Oder)

Ilya Gringolts: Tongyeong Concert Hall

Bas Wiegers: Wilminktheater Muziekcentrum, Enschede

Titus Engel conducts Aribert Reimann's "L'invisible"

Alejo Pérez: Grand Théâtre de Genève

Lin Liao: Musik Akademie Basel

Gabor Vosteen: Kulturzentrum neun Inglostadt

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Christian Mason: Kölcsey Center

Olli Mustonen: Kotka Concert Hall

Meta4: Teaterbygningen, Køge

Anton Gerzenberg: Kwai Tsing Theater Auditorium Hong Kong

Valentin Uryupin: Teatro Regio di Torino

Alejo Pérez: Grand Théâtre de Genève

Holly Hyun Choe: Batiment des Forces Motrices (BFM), Geneva

Ilya Gringolts: Tongyeong Concert Hall

Ilya Gringolts: Tongyeong Concert Hall

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ilya Gringolts: Palau de la Música de València

Anton Gerzenberg: Oriental Arts Center, Shanghai

Titus Engel conducts Aribert Reimann's "L'invisible"

Roland Kluttig: Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar

Johannes Klumpp: Philharmonie Essen

Eliahu Inbal: Philharmonie, Cologne

Shiyeon Sung: Tongyeong Concert Hall

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Valentin Uryupin: Teatro Regio di Torino

Ilya Gringolts: Historischer Reitstadel Neumarkt

Carlotta Dalia: Teatro Mercadante, Altamura