... are Eliahu Inbal and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin at the end of September. The first version of Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony will be conducted by the former principal conductor, now an honorary member of the orchestra, on 26 September at the Brucknerhaus Linz and on 27 and 29 September at the Konzerthaus Berlin....

Conductor Jan Caeyers and his orchestra Le Concert Olympique are performing two works alongside Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, the creators of which he deeply admired: Luiqi Cherubini's Faniska Overture will be heard at the start of the orchestra's three forthcoming concerts in Brussels (25.9.), Leuven (26.9.) and Hasselt (28.9.), and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 will be performed by Mariam Batsashvili....

On 27 and 28 September, the Berlin Festival for Contemporary Music Theatre BAM will present the premiere of the SONGS OF REBELLION: Brigitta Muntendorf's musical play about the power of the protest song, which was was created in collaboration with the director Michael Höppner and participants of the Garage Ensemble and Opera Lab Berlin....

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....

Christoph Prégardien's recording of Schumann's Dichterliebe, his Lenau Lieder as well as Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder has now been released. Together with pianist Michael Gees, with whom he has worked intensively for many years, Prégardien recorded the works for the Challenge label. The duo has already recorded a whole series of highly acclaimed CDs for Challenge:...

We are please to announce the start of our work with Henrik Schaefer! He is a regular fixture on the podium at opera houses and symphony orchestras across the world, proving himself an engaged partner with strong musical ideas. The Bochum-born musician started his conducting career as an assistant to Claudio Abbado and since 2014 has been Music Director of the Gothenburg Opera House, one of the leading opera houses in Scandinavia....

We are pleased to announce the start of our work with Andrew Robert Munn! The young American bass stands out not only for his elegantly led and brightly warm voice, but also for his engagement as an environmental activist before his vocal studies at the famous Julliard School in New York, both of which were a result of his childhood as a son of archaeologists, who encouraged his advocate personality and creativity as a librettist and a producer of various musical projects....

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:...

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....

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....

... an allusion to Shakespeare's famous geographical utopia, made by the Taschenopernfestival Salzburg, which Peter Rundel will be the musical director of starting this year. In addition to the musical-scenic work on five new short operas, which will be staged between 24 and 28 September, the conductor is also organising up a new conducting academy to accompany the festival....