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On 29 April, Anssi Karttunen will perform the cello concerto Notes on Light – which Kaija Saariaho composed for him just under 20 years ago – at the Philharmonie Berlin, together with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sakari Oramo.

Chaya Czernowin’s work takes centre stage at this year’s Witten Festival – her music will be performed in five concerts from 24 to 26 April, including two world premieres.

The Witten Days of New Chamber Music kick off on 24 April with the world premiere of Isabel Mundry’s The I’s, performed by the Klangforum Wien under the baton of Elena Schwarz and featuring soprano Hélène Fauchère.

Chaya Czernowin’s work takes centre stage at this year’s Witten Festival – her music will be performed in five concerts from 24 to 26 April, including two world premieres.

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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

We are delighted to announce our collaboration with saxophonist Asya Fateyeva, who is captivating a growing international audience with her distinctive playing and innovative programme concepts.

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 February and March, Gaetano Lo Coco wowed audiences and critics at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp with his conducting of Verdi’s Nabucco in a production directed by Christiane Jatahy, with which he will also make his debut at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg in May.

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

Jan Liebermann’s debut album, featuring works by Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé, among others, has now been released on the Regent Records label.

On 25 April, the JACK Quartet will perform Natasha Diel's full-length multimedia composition Beautiful Trouble alongside the composer at the Only Connect Oslo festival.

NEW RECORDINGS

Simone Menezes and her Ensemble K have recorded a chamber version of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite, which has now been released on CD under the title Cosmos.

NEW WITH US

Welcome, Christian Øland! We are delighted to begin our work for the young versatile Danish conductor, who took up two new chief positions this season.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations, Eliahu Inbal! On 16 February, the conductor celebrated his 90th birthday at the podium of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with Mahler's 8th Symphony, and in April and May he will conduct the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.

NEW RECORDINGS

Just in time for Friedrich Cerha's 100th birthday, the Kairos label has released an album featuring his complete works for organ, recorded by Wolfgang Kogert.

NEW WITH US

We are delighted to announce our collaboration with conductor Simone Menezes, who builds bridges between different musical traditions and artistic disciplines with musical rigour and a discerning curatorial eye.

NEW RECORDINGS

"Stylistic confidence and gripping expressiveness": The Kuss Quartet receives one of the coveted International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) for its first recording of two works by Ernst Gernot Klussmann.

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.

NEW RECORDINGS

Recorded by the Ensemble Ascolta, the album Sounds, Archaeologies, now released on the KAIROS label, brings together compositions by Isabel Mundry that understand listening as an active, participatory process.

Now available to stream in full length: Toshio Howokawa's new opera Natasha premiered in August 2025 at the New National Theatre in Tokyo under the baton of Kazushi Ono and was enthusiastically received.

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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.

NEW RECORDINGS

Under the baton of Titus Engel, the WDR Symphony Orchestra recorded Betsy Jolas' Musique d'hiver – the album has now been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

‘He sings beyond competition’: The press pays tribute to the great tenor Christoph Prégardien on the occasion of his 70th birthday, which he celebrated on 18 January 2026 at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.

ON OUR BEHALF

Now available as a podcast: For the series Menschen und ihre Musik (People and Their Music), Karsten Witt spoke with hr2 radio presenter Niels Kaiser in autumn 2025 about his unusual career as a music manager and about the music that has particularly moved and accompanied him along the way.

Johannes Klumpp and the Heidelberger Sinfoniker are awarded the OPUS KLASSIK for their complete recording of all Haydn symphonies, completed in autumn 2024. Our congratulations!

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NEW RECORDINGS

Ilya Gringolts' recording of Bach's sonatas for violin and harpsichord with Francesco Corti has now been released by Arcana as his label debut and was promptly awarded the Diapason d'or.

Chaya Czernowin’s work takes centre stage at this year’s Witten Festival – her music will be performed in five concerts from 24 to 26 April, including two world premieres.

EVENTS

TUE 21.04.

Daishin Kashimoto: August-Everding-Saal Grünwald

WED 22.04.

Michael Wendeberg: Congress Center Villach

Julian Steckel: Grand Théâtre de Québec

THU 23.04.

Julian Steckel: Grand Théâtre de Québec

Friedrich Praetorius: Forum am Schlosspark Ludwigsburg

Roland Kluttig: Karlstad CCC

Michael Wendeberg: Narodni Dom, Maribor

Daishin Kashimoto: Hotel Bären, Langenthal

FRI 24.04.

Fabián Panisello: Palacio Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid

Ilya Gringolts: Rhein-Mosel-Halle, Koblenz

Isabel Mundry: Premiere at Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

Holly Hyun Choe: Gustav-Siegle-Haus, Stuttgart

SAT 25.04.

Christian Mason: Premiere at Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

Chaya Czernowin: Premiere at Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

Holly Hyun Choe: Liederhalle Stuttgart

Daishin Kashimoto: Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

Carlotta Dalia: Bourgie Hall, Montréal

Titus Engel & Basel Sinfonietta: Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik

JACK Quartet and Natacha Diels at Only Connect Oslo 2026

Bas Wiegers: Pinakothek der Moderne, München

SUN 26.04.

Carlotta Dalia: Université du Québec à Montréal – Pavillon de musique

Chaya Czernowin: Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

Chaya Czernowin: Premiere at Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

Marianna Shirinyan: Palass Zofingen

Jan Liebermann: Münster St. Peter und Paul Obermarchtal

Daishin Kashimoto: Baerum Kulturhus, Sandvika

TUE 28.04.

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Bremen

WED 29.04.

Anssi Karttunen: Philharmonie Berlin

THU 30.04.

Steven Sloane: Konzerthaus Berlin

Eliahu Inbal: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

FRI 01.05.

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Regionale Mohamed Tahar Fergani

Christian Øland: Theater Magdeburg

SAT 02.05.

Christian Øland: Premiere "Manon" (Jules Massenes) | Theater Magdeburg

Bas Wiegers: Philharmonie, Cologne

SUN 03.05.

Anton Gerzenberg: Philharmonie, Cologne

Alejo Pérez: Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

Julian Steckel: Krönungssaal des Rathauses, Aachen

Ulrike Mayer: Opéra d’Alger Boualem-Bessaih

Titus Engel: Stadtcasino, Basel

MON 04.05.

Isabel Mundry: Austrian Premiere with Klangforum Wien

TUE 05.05.

György Ligeti: Schlosstheater Fulda

Christian Mason: Opéra-Théâtre, Clermont-Ferrand

WED 06.05.

Gaetano Lo Coco: Grand Théâtre Luxembourg

THU 07.05.