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On 29 August, Peter Rundel will conduct a world premiere by Liza Lim at the Lucerne Festival, featuring soloist Marco Blaauw, as well as Mark Andre’s clarinet concerto über (soloist: Jörg Widmann) and John Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony.

Following Asya Fateyeva’s world premiere of a new saxophone concerto by Erkki-Sven Tüür at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Kazuki Yamada, the Swedish premiere will take place on 29 August at the Baltic Sea Festival with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

On 25 August, Jan Liebermann, winner of the Deutschlandfunk Young Artists' Prize, will give a recital on the Walcker organ in Papenburg as part of the Musikfest Bremen.

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At the Edinburgh International Festival on 24 August, the Gringolts Quartet will interweave works by György Kurtág with Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15.

NEW RECORDINGS

Sasha Stychkina’s debut CD has now been released on the Alpha Classics label and is winning rave reviews.

NEW RECORDINGS

"A wild, untamed and deeply honest musical journey’" Together with Nicolas Altstaedt and Ian Bostridge, Olli Mustonen has released his work Taivaanvalot ("Heavenly Lights") on the Alpha Classics label, which appears alongside his Sonata for Cello and Piano and works by Kodály.

Friedrich Praetorius will make his debut as General Music Director of the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 22 August with a special production: Der Freischütz will be performed open-air on the historic Burgplatz, the heart of the city of Braunschweig in 18 performances until 9 September.

NEW RECORDINGS

The album featuring Friedrich Cerha’s complete works for organ, recorded by Wolfgang Kogert and released by the Kairos label to mark the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth, has been awarded the German Record Critics’ Prize.

Artists-in-Residence: The Armida Quartet will be performing at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival from 13 June to 6 September, giving 19 concerts featuring a wide variety of programmes and musical partners.

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A warm welcome to Hèctor Parra! Born in Barcelona in 1976, the composer is tirelessly exploring new artistic concepts and collaborates on multidisciplinary projects with partners from the arts and sciences.

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Following a significant country premiere at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Mark Andre will be featured as Composer-in-Residence at the Lucerne Festival in August and September with world premieres and first performances.

For their unique Paganini project, Carlotta Dalia and the Goldmund Quartet perform the composer’s music on his historical instruments. A first single from the recording, due for release in September, offers a taste of what’s to come.

On 1 July 2026, Hans Werner Henze would have turned 100. A new documentary featuring previously unseen archive footage traces his career.

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We are delighted to be working with Stefano Gervasoni with immediate effect; his compositions are characterised by a sophisticated and highly personal soundscape.

NEW WITH US

With every work he creates, Michael Jarrell adds to his musical self-portrait: it reflects his constant striving for clarity and precision in his compositional work. We are delighted to be working with the Swiss composer from now on!

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NEW RECORDINGS

Asya Fateyeva’s recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, performed with cellist Eckart Runge and accordionist Andreas Borregaard, has now been released on the Berlin Classics label.

NEW RECORDINGS

"An outstanding debut album": Jan Liebermann's recording, featuring works by Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé, among others, was selected as an Editor's Choice by Gramophone magazine.

NEW RECORDINGS

"A recording for the ages": Daishin Kashimoto’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Berlin Baroque Soloists has received rave reviews and was named Editor's Choice by the Gramophone magazine.

NEW RECORDINGS

"Verve, energy, and charm": To kick off of their complete recording of Mozart’s string quintets, supplemented by contemporary musical ‘postcards’ to the composer, the Kuss Quartet has now released the first of three planned albums, in collaboration with violist Muriel Razavi.

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NEW WITH US

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.

NEW WITH US

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

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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To mark the release of his new album Notebook, Lukas Ligeti spoke in April 2026 in an in-depth interview with Samuel Andreyev about formative musical experiences and his artistic development.

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.

NEW RECORDINGS

Anton Gerzenberg's debut CD, Ravel Reflections, was launched on 5 December 2025 on the Prospero label.

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.

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.

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.

On 25 August, Jan Liebermann, winner of the Deutschlandfunk Young Artists' Prize, will give a recital on the Walcker organ in Papenburg as part of the Musikfest Bremen.

EVENTS

TUE 25.08.

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

György Ligeti: Mozarteum, Salzburg

Alejo Pérez: Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

Jan Liebermann: Musikfest Bremen

WED 26.08.

György Ligeti: The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

Marianna Shirinyan: Koncertkapellet Roskilde

THU 27.08.

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

FRI 28.08.

Ilya Gringolts: I Suoni delle Dolomiti

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

György Ligeti: Philharmonie Berlin

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

SAT 29.08.

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

Peter Rundel: Lucerne Festival

Asya Fateyeva: Berwaldhallen, Stockholm

Holly Hyun Choe: Hardangerhallen, Lofthus

SUN 30.08.

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

Armida Quartet & GrauSchumacher Piano Duo to perform at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Jan Liebermann: Mariä Geburt Bad Laer

TUE 01.09.

Ilya Gringolts: Traunsteiner Sommerkonzerte

WED 02.09.

Titus Engel: Reithalle Bern

Julian Steckel: Kaisersaal im Barockkloster St. Mang, Füssen

THU 03.09.

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Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

György Ligeti: Mozarteum, Salzburg

Alejo Pérez: Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

Jan Liebermann: Musikfest Bremen

György Ligeti: The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

Marianna Shirinyan: Koncertkapellet Roskilde

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

Ilya Gringolts: I Suoni delle Dolomiti

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

György Ligeti: Philharmonie Berlin

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

Peter Rundel: Lucerne Festival

Asya Fateyeva: Berwaldhallen, Stockholm

Holly Hyun Choe: Hardangerhallen, Lofthus

Cloud Gate: Dance House Helsinki

Armida Quartet & GrauSchumacher Piano Duo to perform at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Jan Liebermann: Mariä Geburt Bad Laer

Ilya Gringolts: Traunsteiner Sommerkonzerte

Titus Engel: Reithalle Bern

Julian Steckel: Kaisersaal im Barockkloster St. Mang, Füssen

Ondřej Adámek: Norwegian premiere with Christian Tetzlaff and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Cloud Gate: Hellerau - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden

Gringolts Quartet: Haydneum Eszterháza Festival

Julian Steckel: Kaisersaal im Barockkloster St. Mang, Füssen

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

Cloud Gate: Hellerau - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden

Meta4 & Theatre of Voices: Meraner Musikwochen

Fabián Panisello: Echizen City Cultural Center, Takefu

: Philharmonie Berlin

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

Simon Bode: Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar

Cloud Gate: Hellerau - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo with RIAS Kammerchor at the Musikfest Berlin

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Olli Mustonen: Sibelius Academy, Helsinki

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

Ilya Gringolts: Tsinandali Festival

Titus Engel: Konzerthaus Berlin

Julian Steckel: Kaisersaal im Barockkloster St. Mang, Füssen

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig

Friedrich Praetorius: State Orchestra Braunschweig