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

Tito Ceccherini will conduct the Ensemble Modern and the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in the opening concert of the Biennale Musica in Venice on 26 September with works by Rebecca Saunders and Unsuk Chin.

On 19 and 20 September, Shiyeon Sung will conduct the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla's season opener with Carmina Burana, which will be performed with the legendary Basque concert choir Orfeón Donostiarra.

NEW CDS

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

Valentin Uryupin makes his debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, which he conducts in concerts with cellist Julia Hagen at the opening of the season at deSingel Antwerp (18 September) and at the Flanders Festival Gent (19 September).

«Der Doppelgänger», Luzerner Theater

‘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.

On 18 September, Bas Wiegers will conduct the Munich Chamber Orchestra at the Klangspuren Schwaz Festival with a world premiere by Johannes Maria Staud and an Austrian premiere by Chaya Czernowin, in which Ilya Gringolts will be the soloist.

KWMM ACADEMY

The 12th Joseph Joachim Violin Competition begins on 16 September in Hanover, once again under the artistic direction of Antje Weithaas and Oliver Wille - and we are looking forward to welcoming a competition winner to our kwmm Academy soon thanks to our newly created scholarship!

NEW CDS

A new recording of Brahms' Symphony No. 1 and Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra under the baton of its Conductor Laureate Eliahu Inbal was released at the end of July.

At the age of 75, conductor Marc Soustrot has now announced his retirement from the stage. He has just released his last CD with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra featuring orchestral works by Maurice Ravel.

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

NEW CDS

Passionate, intense, balanced, multi-faceted, intimate: the Brahms CD by the Gringolts Quartet, released in June, was chosen by BBC Music Magazine as Recording of the Month.

Trailer: "Don Juans Inferno" @kglteater in Copenhagen April and May 2024

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.

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.

Anton Gerzenberg is the first awardee of the new Martha Argerich Steinway Prize.

NEW CDS

In June, the fourth CD with orchestral works by Toshio Hosokawa was released on the Naxos label, including his trumpet concerto Im Nebel, which Jeroen Berwaerts recorded together with the Residentie Orkest under Jun Märkl.

NEW CDS

The third and concluding part of Antje Weithaas' recording of all Beethoven violin sonatas with Dénes Várjon is just as enthusiastically received by critics as the two previous CDs.

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IN CONVERSATION

On 3 June, 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.

NEW CDS

Light and Darkness is the title of a new album of works for saxophone by Toshio Hosokawa released by the Kairos label.

NEW CDS

For a new recording with the Odense Symphony Orchestra and flautist Alberto Navarra, Holly Hyun Choe conducted works by Mozart, Reinecke and Nielsen.

Ming Tsao becomes Birge-Cary Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo, taking over the professorship once created for Morton Feldman.

NEW CDS

Together with the Mozarteum Orchestra, Lin Liao has recorded three works by Hans Werner Henze that are closely related to Mozart and Salzburg.

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.

ON OUR BEHALF

We have moved! You can now find us in our new office rooms in Berlin-Schöneberg.

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.

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.

NEW CDS

With a record release concert on 15 February at the Roulette in New York, the JACK Quartet presented the first album with compositions by its violinist Austin Wulliman.

NEW CDS

Outstanding reviews for the Armida Quartet's recording of works by Max Reger and Johanna Senfter.

In the summer of 2023, Titus Engel conducted Olivier Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise, an opera that not only goes beyond the usual dimensions of the orchestra, but in Anna-Sophie Mahler's Stuttgart production also incorporated the urban space and nature as a kind of pilgrimage. A documentary about the production is now available online in the ARD media library.

NEW CDS

Olli Mustonen's recording of the two 3rd piano concertos by Rautavaara and Martinů with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Dalia Stasevska was honoured with the German Record Critics' Award.

IN CONVERSATION

Lukas Ligeti is the artistic director of the World New Music Days, which took place in Africa for the first time in its centenary year 2023 - a unique opportunity for creative exchange: both the African audience and the guests from all over the world heard music they had never come into contact with before.

NEW CDS

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

EVENTS

WED 18.09.

Johannes Maria Staud & Chaya Czernowin & Bas Wiegers & Ilya Gringolts: Szentrum, Schwaz

Valentin Uryupin: deSingel Antwerp

Peter Rundel: Teatro dal verme, Milan

THU 19.09.

Olli Mustonen: Laurentius Hall, Lohja

Valentin Uryupin: Saint Bavo's cathedral Ghent

FRI 20.09.

Lin Liao: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

SAT 21.09.

Armida Quartett + Alexander Melnikov at Kronberg Festival

Isabel Mundry: Stadtbücherei Frankfurt

Michael Wendeberg: Kaufhaus Tyrol, Innsbruck

György Ligeti: Opera Krakowska

SUN 22.09.

Jonathan Stockhammer & Staatsballett Berlin: "Bovary"

Titus Engel: Polskie Radio, Warsaw

TUE 24.09.

Holly Hyun Choe & Ying Wang: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

WED 25.09.

Holly Hyun Choe & Ying Wang: Halle 424, Hamburg

Ilya Gringolts: Kronberg Festival

György Ligeti: Kongresshaus Stadthalle, Heidelberg

Peter Rundel: Conservatoire – Cité de la musique et de la danse

THU 26.09.

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Johannes Maria Staud & Chaya Czernowin & Bas Wiegers & Ilya Gringolts: Szentrum, Schwaz

Valentin Uryupin: deSingel Antwerp

Peter Rundel: Teatro dal verme, Milan

Olli Mustonen: Laurentius Hall, Lohja

Valentin Uryupin: Saint Bavo's cathedral Ghent

Lin Liao: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

Armida Quartett + Alexander Melnikov at Kronberg Festival

Isabel Mundry: Stadtbücherei Frankfurt

Michael Wendeberg: Kaufhaus Tyrol, Innsbruck

György Ligeti: Opera Krakowska

Jonathan Stockhammer & Staatsballett Berlin: "Bovary"

Titus Engel: Polskie Radio, Warsaw

Holly Hyun Choe & Ying Wang: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Holly Hyun Choe & Ying Wang: Halle 424, Hamburg

Ilya Gringolts: Kronberg Festival

György Ligeti: Kongresshaus Stadthalle, Heidelberg

Peter Rundel: Conservatoire – Cité de la musique et de la danse

Holly Hyun Choe: Alte Oper Frankfurt

Olli Mustonen: House of Culture Korundi

Holly Hyun Choe: Alte Oper Frankfurt

Jonathan Stockhammer & Staatsballett Berlin: "Bovary"

Holly Hyun Choe & Ying Wang: Alte Oper Frankfurt

Valentin Uryupin: Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum

Tito Ceccherini conducts the Ensemble Modern with works from Saunders and Chin at the Biennale di Venezia

Holly Hyun Choe: Alte Oper Frankfurt

Marie-Elisabeth Hecker & Caroline Melzer: Casals Forum, Kronberg

Maximilian Hornung: Tampere Concert Hall

Holly Hyun Choe: Alte Oper Frankfurt

Castalian String Quartet: Wigmore Hall, London

Valentin Uryupin: Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum

Simon Steen-Andersen: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall

Anton Gerzenberg: Musikschule Zürcher Unterland

Roland Kluttig: Montforthaus, Feldkirch

György Ligeti: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Olli Mustonen: House of Culture Korundi

Roland Kluttig: Festspielhaus Bregenz

Titus Engel: Stadtcasino, Basel

György Ligeti: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

György Ligeti: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

Isabel Mundry: WP at the Biennale di Venezia

Olli Mustonen & Olli Mustonen: Kronberg Academy

Antje Weithaas: Casals Forum, Kronberg

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Armida Quartett & Sabine Meyer and friends at Schubertiade Hohenems

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Jonathan Stockhammer & Staatsballett Berlin: "Bovary"

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Jonathan Stockhammer & Staatsballett Berlin: "Bovary"