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A warm welcome to Sasha Stychkina! We are pleased to announce that we are now taking over the management of this young musician, whose virtuosity at the piano has brought her early success in competitions and who now captivates audiences with her confident musicality and technical brilliance.

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We are delighted to announce that we are now working with the pianist Marianna Shirinyan, who captivates audiences as both a soloist and a chamber musician with her charismatic stage presence, as well as her delicate sensitivity, technical mastery and beautiful tone.

Bei ihrem ersten Auftritt in Finnland bringt Ryoko Aoki im Rahmen der Tampere Biennale am 18. April mit Secret Flowers ein einzigartiges zeitgenössisches Musiktheater rund um Stoffe des klassischen Noh-Theaters auf die Bühne, inszeniert von Aleksi Barrière.

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As Principal Guest Conductor of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Shiyeon Sung will lead the orchestra on 16 and 17 April, performing works by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, and Gabriela Ortiz.

In February and March, Gaetano Lo Coco wowed audiences and critics at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp with his conducting of Verdi’s Nabucco in a production directed by Christiane Jatahy, with which he will also make his debut at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg in May.

From 16 to 19 April, Julian Steckel will perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto as soloist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ana María Patiño-Osorio, in four concerts.

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We are delighted to announce our collaboration with saxophonist Asya Fateyeva, who is captivating a growing international audience with her distinctive playing and innovative programme concepts.

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Welcome, Jan Liebermann! We are thrilled to begin our collaboration with one of the most promising artists on the international organ scene.

NEW RECORDINGS

Jan Liebermann’s debut album, featuring works by Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé, among others, has now been released on the Regent Records label.

IN CONVERSATION

For the German magazine Fono Forum, Arnt Cobbers spoke to Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher about cosmic music, their collaboration with composers such as Stockhausen and Kurtág, and interpretative freedom in both older and contemporary music.

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.

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

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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.

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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.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations, Eliahu Inbal! On 16 February, the conductor celebrated his 90th birthday at the podium of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with Mahler's 8th Symphony, and in April and May he will conduct the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.

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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.

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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.

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"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.

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.

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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.

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‘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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

NEW RECORDINGS

Under the baton of Titus Engel, the WDR Symphony Orchestra recorded Betsy Jolas' Musique d'hiver – the album has now been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize.

Now available to stream in full length: Toshio Howokawa's new opera Natasha premiered in August 2025 at the New National Theatre in Tokyo under the baton of Kazushi Ono and was enthusiastically received.

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Now available as a podcast: For the series Menschen und ihre Musik (People and Their Music), Karsten Witt spoke with hr2 radio presenter Niels Kaiser in autumn 2025 about his unusual career as a music manager and about the music that has particularly moved and accompanied him along the way.

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!

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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.

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EVENTS

MON 13.04.

Simone Menezes: Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo

Fabián Panisello: Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela

Gringolts Quartet: Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova

TUE 14.04.

Christoph Prégardien: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Gringolts Quartet: Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza

WED 15.04.

Michael Wendeberg & Isabel Mundry: Cankarjev Dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana

Marianna Shirinyan: Stadthalle, Chemnitz

Simone Menezes: Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo

THU 16.04.

Marianna Shirinyan: Stadthalle, Chemnitz

Christoph Prégardien: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Christian Øland: Theater Magdeburg

Julian Steckel: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Shiyeon Sung: Teatro de la Maestranza, Sevilla

Simone Menezes: Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo

FRI 17.04.

Daishin Kashimoto: L'Auditori Barcelona

Gaetano Lo Coco: Artur Malawski Podkarpackie Philharmonic in Rzeszów

Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Stadthaus, Ulm

Christian Øland: Theater Magdeburg

Holly Hyun Choe: Gyeonggi Arts Center

György Ligeti: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

Julian Steckel: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Shiyeon Sung: Teatro de la Maestranza, Sevilla

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

SAT 18.04.

Ryoko Aoki: Tampere Hall

Holly Hyun Choe: Seoul Arts Center

Ilya Gringolts: Friedenskirche im Schlosspark Sanssouci, Potsdam

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Bremen

Daishin Kashimoto: L'Auditori Barcelona

Julian Steckel: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

SUN 19.04.

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

György Ligeti: Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

Toshio Hosokawa: Gemeinde Pax Christi Krefeld

Julian Steckel: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Marianna Shirinyan: Musikhuset Aarhus

Friedrich Praetorius: Staatstheater Meiningen

Jan Liebermann: St. Clemens Trittenheim

Kuss Quartet: Burgdorfer Schloss

Eliahu Inbal: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

MON 20.04.

Marianna Shirinyan: Onoldiasaal Ansbach

TUE 21.04.

Daishin Kashimoto: August-Everding-Saal Grünwald

WED 22.04.

Michael Wendeberg: Congress Center Villach

Julian Steckel: Grand Théâtre de Québec

THU 23.04.