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The Gringolts Quartet will perform all of Arnold Schoenberg’s string quartets in three concerts on 27 November, 6 December and 29 January at the Theater Basel and at the Mizmorim Festival.

Following the big success in Helsinki last November, Anssi Karttunen will premiere nine further duo works composed in memory of Kaija Saariaho on 28 November at the Maison de la Radio in Paris, alongside Alma Bettencourt and Thomas Ospital on the organ.

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With infectious energy and elegant phrasing, Aleksandra Melaniuk devotes herself to the great symphonic repertoire - we look forward to working with the young conductor who grew up between Warsaw and Edinburgh!

The Gringolts Quartet will perform all of Arnold Schoenberg’s string quartets in three concerts on 27 November, 6 December and 29 January at the Theater Basel and at the Mizmorim Festival.

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A warm welcome to Catherine Lamb! We are delighted to announce not only our new collaboration but also a world premiere: on 19 November, the Klangforum Wien will perform a new work for ensemble.

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The correspondence between the Kuss Quartet and Mozart moves into its next round: at the end of October, the second of three CDs featuring Mozart quintets and contemporary postcards to the composer was released, this time with violist Sào Soulez Larivière.

From 13 to 15 November, the weit! festival for new music in Weingarten will feature six concerts and a lecture focusing on the music of Chaya Czernowin, performed by top-class ensembles – including a world premiere with the Aleph Guitar Quartet and the SWR Vokalensemble.

Olli Mustonen will perform works by Britten, Elgar and himself together with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta at three concerts from 13 to 15 November in Enschede, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and in Leiden.

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In her works, Justė Janulytė subjects multi-layered textures to gradual metamorphoses through her very own perspective on minimalism and spectralism. We are delighted to be working with the Lithuanian composer from now on!

On the occasion of Eliahu Inbal’s 90th birthday, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra is honouring its Conductor Laureate with a new documentary film, which was released in the autumn to coincide with the vinyl album of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, recorded live in 2025.

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We are delighted to begin our collaboration with the young soprano and pianist Chelsea Guo who captivates audiences with her exceptional talent on both opera and concert stages.

Until 24 November, Roland Kluttig will be conducting Pascal Dusapin’s Il Viaggio, Dante as the opera's German premiere at the Hanover State Opera, staged by Claus Guth.

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Ilya Gringolts and Anton Gerzenberg present works by Franz Schubert for violin and piano on the Arcana label, recorded on period instruments.

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The works of the Prague-born composer Hans Winterberg (1901–1991), recorded by Roland Kluttig with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and the soloist Jonathan Powell, are a real discovery.

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‘Authentic and evocative’: Carlotta Dalia and the Goldmund Quartet present their unique Paganini project, in which they perform the composer’s music on his historical instruments – their joint CD was released on 11 September on the Berlin Classics label.

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"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.

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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.

2021 04 19 Concert Intercontemporain Hèctor Parra A Lauriol 32

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

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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!

Asya Fateyeva CD Cover Goldberg Variations

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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.

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"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.

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"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.

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.

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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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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.

The Gringolts Quartet will perform all of Arnold Schoenberg’s string quartets in three concerts on 27 November, 6 December and 29 January at the Theater Basel and at the Mizmorim Festival.

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EVENTS

FRI 13.11.

Chaya Czernowin: weit! neue musik weingarten

Titus Engel: Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover

Eliahu Inbal: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Olli Mustonen: Muziekcentrum Enschede

Christoph Prégardien: Max-Reger-Halle, Weiden

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Chaya Czernowin: weit! neue musik weingarten

SAT 14.11.

Chaya Czernowin: German premiere at weit! neue musik weingarten

Michael Wendeberg: Casa da Música Porto

Chaya Czernowin, Ilya Gringolts & Bas Wiegers: weit! neue musik weingarten

Roland Kluttig: State Opera Hannover

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Olli Mustonen: Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

SUN 15.11.

Chaya Czernowin: weit! neue musik weingarten

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Olli Mustonen: Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden

Toshio Hosokawa: Kunsthaus Zürich

Chaya Czernowin: World Premiere with SWR Vokalensemble and Aleph Gitarrenquartett

Johannes Maria Staud: Westchester Chamber Music Society New York, USA

Steven Sloane: Volksoper Wien

Holly Hyun Choe: Palais des Festivals, Cannes

Friedrich Praetorius: Opernhaus Leipzig

Christoph Prégardien: Konzerthaus Blaibach

MON 16.11.

Chelsea Guo: Sunrise Theater, Southern Pines

TUE 17.11.

Meta4: Turku Music Centre Fuuga

WED 18.11.

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Chaya Czernowin: weit! neue musik weingarten

Titus Engel: Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover

Eliahu Inbal: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Olli Mustonen: Muziekcentrum Enschede

Christoph Prégardien: Max-Reger-Halle, Weiden

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Chaya Czernowin: weit! neue musik weingarten

Chaya Czernowin: German premiere at weit! neue musik weingarten

Michael Wendeberg: Casa da Música Porto

Chaya Czernowin, Ilya Gringolts & Bas Wiegers: weit! neue musik weingarten

Roland Kluttig: State Opera Hannover

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Olli Mustonen: Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Chaya Czernowin: weit! neue musik weingarten

Johannes Klumpp: Villa Hügel, Essen

Olli Mustonen: Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden

Toshio Hosokawa: Kunsthaus Zürich

Chaya Czernowin: World Premiere with SWR Vokalensemble and Aleph Gitarrenquartett

Johannes Maria Staud: Westchester Chamber Music Society New York, USA

Steven Sloane: Volksoper Wien

Holly Hyun Choe: Palais des Festivals, Cannes

Friedrich Praetorius: Opernhaus Leipzig

Christoph Prégardien: Konzerthaus Blaibach

Chelsea Guo: Sunrise Theater, Southern Pines

Meta4: Turku Music Centre Fuuga

Johannes Klumpp: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Herford

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo & Peter Rundel: Cankarjev Dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana

Christian Mason: University of York

Lukas Ligeti: Shanghai Contemporary Music Festival

Carlotta Dalia: Italian Cultural Institute in New York

Titus Engel: Brunnenhof Zürich

Steven Sloane: Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum

Catherine Lamb & Bas Wiegers: Muziekgebouw aan 't Ĳ, Amsterdam

Holly Hyun Choe: Radio Hall of NRK, Oslo

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Bremen

Olli Mustonen: Universitetsaulaen i Bergen

Steven Sloane: Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum

Simon Bode: Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar

Chelsea Guo & Hyung-ki Joo: Tonhalle Düsseldorf

Titus Engel: Huddersfield Town Hall

Olli Mustonen: Universitetets aula, Oslo

Catherine Lamb & Bas Wiegers: Wiener Konzerthaus

Olli Mustonen: Schloss Elmau

Armida Quartet: Konzerthaus Berlin

Ilya Gringolts: Church of Sts. Simon and Jude, Prague