Following the premiere of the new orchestral work by Johannes Maria Staud Terra penguis (for Arthur) by the Munich Chamber Orchestra on 17 October at the Prinzregententheater, which will also be performed at the opening of the Kasseler Musiktage on 24 October, the Boulanger Trio will premiere Terra fluida, his 2nd piano trio, at the Musiktage on 30 October....

We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Ming Tsao! The American composer develops in his music a contemporary conception of musical lyricism, which is fractured, multi-faceted and problematised to reflect the modern experience....

This autumn, the JACK Quartet will be on tour in Europe with four concerts from 25 to 31 October in Prague, Essen, Milan and Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain). The programme includes the four string quartets by Iannis Xenakis, which the ensemble released on the Mode Records label in 2009 as the first complete recording of Xenakis' string quartets....

On 30 October, Steven Sloane opens the season as Music Director Designate with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. During this time, he will also begin artistic planning for his appointment as new Music Director for the 2020/21 season. With Haydn's 6th and Beethoven's 3rd Symphonies as well as Stravinsky's Der Feuervogel and Kopelman's Ode to Jerusalem: Overture, a selection of four impressive works will be played at the concert....

We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Hyung-ki Joo! The pianist and composer enraptures audiences with his jovial and contagious stage presence as well as his high-energy, virtuosic performance....

Shortly after having received this year’s Ditson Conductor’s Award, Brad Lubman will give his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan with the Filarmonica della Scala, as part of the Milano Musica festival on 27 October. On the programme are Stravinsky’s seminal work The Rite of Spring and Milanese composer Luca Francesconi’s Duende. The Dark Notes for violin and orchestra....

We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Fabián Panisello! The Argentinian-Spanish composer and conductor keeps pace with the times with his lively, descriptive and nuanced tonal language....

On 25 and 26 October, Titus Engel and the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon will make a guest appearance at the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, giving two performances of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, directed by Grégoire Pont. Beforehand, they will also give performances of the work for school classes. From 14 to 19 November the opera will be staged at the Opéra de Lyon....

We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Yajie Zhang! She stands out with her colourful timbre, flawless voice and remarkable receptivity. The young mezzo-soprano has won prizes in various competitions, including s'Hertogenbosch 2017, DEBUT 2018 and 2019 at DAS LIED in Heidelberg, the Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition in Warsaw and the Portofino Opera Competition....

On 20 October, Eliahu Inbal will conduct his inaugural concert as the new Principal Conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. With Mahler's 8th Symphony on the program – in which soloist soprano Sarah Wegener will participate - the concert simultaneously marks the beginning of a new Mahler cycle, which Eliahu Inbal will continue on October 25 and 27 with the 2nd Symphony and on November 3 with the 4th Symphony....

On 16, 17 and 19 October, Tabea Zimmermann will perform three different concert programmes, including a world premiere, with the New World Symphony and its director Michael Tilson Thomas. As a kind of viola summit meeting, the Viola Visions series combines leading violists on five days with concerts, master classes and lectures, all in Miami....

The opera Don Carlos marks the opening of Alejo Pérez’ his first season as music director of the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. Guiseppe Verdi's dramatic opera about political and amorous intrigues surrounding the Franco-Spanish war and rebellious Flanders will be staged in Antwerp and Ghent from 19 September to the end of October in a production by Johan Simons. The visual design was executed by the artist Hans Op de Beeck....

With his monumental revolutionary opera Al gran sole carico d'amore, Luigi Nono created a fervent plea for the fight against social injustice. Now the "scenic action in two parts", under the musical direction of Jonathan Stockhammer, comes onto the stage of the Theater Basel. The work, produced by Sebastian Baumgarten, can be experienced between 14 September and 29 October....

Antje Weithaas' recording with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the direction of its chief conductor Andrew Manze, will be released on the cpo label on 16 September. In addition to Schumann's Violin Concerto, the violinist recorded Brahms' Double Concerto, whose cello part was played by Maximilian Hornung. The recording thus unites two outstanding soloists, as well as two composers who were closely interwoven:...

Mariam Batsashvili’s first album for Warner Classics was released on 30 August. In her Warner debut, the young Georgian pianist dedicates herself to her favourite composer Franz Liszt and illuminates an interesting chapter: Liszt's relationship to his contemporary Frédéric Chopin. Here the link to the album....