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On 14 August, the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo will give the American premiere of Philippe Manoury’s composition Le temps, mode d’emploi at the TIME:SPANS Festival in New York.

Gringolts Quartet © Tomasz Trzebiatowski

On 6 August, the Gringolts Quartet will be performing at the Salzburg Festival, where, as part of the Kurtág programme, they will perform three of the composer’s string quartets, interwoven with the four movements of Schubert’s String Quartet in G major, D 887.

Surrounded by towering mountains, Jenny Daviet will perform George Benjamin’s chamber opera Into the Little Hill at the Messiaen Festival on 27 July together with the Ensemble intercontemporain.

On 14 August, the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo will give the American premiere of Philippe Manoury’s composition Le temps, mode d’emploi at the TIME:SPANS Festival in New York.

Surrounded by towering mountains, Jenny Daviet will perform George Benjamin’s chamber opera Into the Little Hill at the Messiaen Festival on 27 July together with the Ensemble intercontemporain.

Asya Fateyeva will premiere a new saxophone concerto by Erkki-Sven Tüür on 17 July at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Kazuki Yamada, followed by the Swedish premiere at the Baltic Sea Festival with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan will be performing the dance piece Sounding Light – which explores the delicate balance between human civilisation and nature – at the Tanz im August festival in Berlin from 15 to 17 August.

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.

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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NEW WITH US

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.

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

Anssi Karttunen puts his ideas about a freely structured and self-determined learning environment with an emphasis on artistic encounters into practice in the Creative Dialogue series, which, following the Finnish edition, will also take place in France this year from 22 July to 2 August.

NEW RECORDINGS

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

NEW WITH US

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

Friedrich Praetorius has been appointed General Music Director of the Staatstheater Braunschweig.

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.

NEW WITH US

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.

NEW RECORDINGS

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 14 August, the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo will give the American premiere of Philippe Manoury’s composition Le temps, mode d’emploi at the TIME:SPANS Festival in New York.

Surrounded by towering mountains, Jenny Daviet will perform George Benjamin’s chamber opera Into the Little Hill at the Messiaen Festival on 27 July together with the Ensemble intercontemporain.

EVENTS

MON 27.07.

Jenny Daviet: Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije

TUE 28.07.

Brad Lubman: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

Ilya Gringolts: Wigmore Hall, London

WED 29.07.

Listening Academy:: Kuss Quartet on Haydn’s Minuets

Olli Mustonen & Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo at the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker

THU 30.07.

Asya Fateyeva: Schloss Hohentübingen

Olli Mustonen & Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

FRI 31.07.

Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

Kuss Quartett & Udo Samel: Haydn and Sternes „Tristram Shandy"

Jan Liebermann: Portsmouth Cathedral

SAT 01.08.

Hyung-ki Joo: ACROS Fukuoka Symphony Hall

Eliahu Inbal: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Olli Mustonen & Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

Alejo Pérez: Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

: Thoronet Abbey, France

Anton Gerzenberg & Ilya Gringolts: Chigiana International Festival

SUN 02.08.

Fabián Panisello: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango

Kuss & Ballet: The Seven Last Words

Holly Choe: Menuhin-Festival Gstaad

Jan Liebermann: Ely Cathedral

TUE 04.08.

Holly Hyun Choe: Thormannhalle, Rendsburg

Meta4: Tampere Concert Hall

Hyung-ki Joo: Busan Concert Hall

Anton Gerzenberg: Santa María eleiza Bermeo

Ilya Gringolts: Chigiana International Festival

WED 05.08.

Holly Hyun Choe: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Meta4 & Theatre of Voices: Oulunsalo Soi Festival

THU 06.08.

Meta4 & Theatre of Voices: Oulunsalo Soi Festival

Gringolts Quartet at Salzburg Festival

Anton Gerzenberg: Santa Klara Zarautz

FRI 07.08.

JACK Quartet: New Mexico Museum of Arts

Meta4: Cultural Centre Valve

Shiyeon Sung: Daegu Concert House

SAT 08.08.

Anton Gerzenberg & Julian Kainrath at Menuhin Festival Gstaad

Jan Liebermann: Kreuzkirche Suhl

SUN 09.08.

JACK Quartet: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

TUE 11.08.

: Parc du Château de Florans, La Roque d'Anthéron

WED 12.08.

Asya Fateyeva: Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche Marne

THU 13.08.

Asya Fateyeva: Sankt-Petri-Dom Schleswig

FRI 14.08.

Anton Gerzenberg: Moritzburg Festival

Philippe Manoury/GrauSchumacher Piano Duo at Time:Spans New York

Alejo Pérez conducts Verdi’s "Othello"

SAT 15.08.

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Jenny Daviet: Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije

Brad Lubman: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

Ilya Gringolts: Wigmore Hall, London

Listening Academy:: Kuss Quartet on Haydn’s Minuets

Olli Mustonen & Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo at the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker

Asya Fateyeva: Schloss Hohentübingen

Olli Mustonen & Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

Kuss Quartett & Udo Samel: Haydn and Sternes „Tristram Shandy"

Jan Liebermann: Portsmouth Cathedral

Hyung-ki Joo: ACROS Fukuoka Symphony Hall

Eliahu Inbal: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

Olli Mustonen & Marianna Shirinyan: Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest, Praestø

Alejo Pérez: Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

: Thoronet Abbey, France

Anton Gerzenberg & Ilya Gringolts: Chigiana International Festival

Fabián Panisello: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango

Kuss & Ballet: The Seven Last Words

Holly Choe: Menuhin-Festival Gstaad

Jan Liebermann: Ely Cathedral

Holly Hyun Choe: Thormannhalle, Rendsburg

Meta4: Tampere Concert Hall

Hyung-ki Joo: Busan Concert Hall

Anton Gerzenberg: Santa María eleiza Bermeo

Ilya Gringolts: Chigiana International Festival

Holly Hyun Choe: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Meta4 & Theatre of Voices: Oulunsalo Soi Festival

Meta4 & Theatre of Voices: Oulunsalo Soi Festival

Gringolts Quartet at Salzburg Festival

Anton Gerzenberg: Santa Klara Zarautz

JACK Quartet: New Mexico Museum of Arts

Meta4: Cultural Centre Valve

Shiyeon Sung: Daegu Concert House

Anton Gerzenberg & Julian Kainrath at Menuhin Festival Gstaad

Jan Liebermann: Kreuzkirche Suhl

JACK Quartet: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York

: Parc du Château de Florans, La Roque d'Anthéron

Asya Fateyeva: Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche Marne

Asya Fateyeva: Sankt-Petri-Dom Schleswig

Anton Gerzenberg: Moritzburg Festival

Philippe Manoury/GrauSchumacher Piano Duo at Time:Spans New York

Alejo Pérez conducts Verdi’s "Othello"

Michael Wendeberg: Konzerthaus Liebfrauenkirche Wernigerode

: Haus der Berliner Festspiele