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Current vacancies: We are looking for new employees to join our team as Assistant to the Managing Directors and Project Manager

Alex Nante's five songs based on poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson will be performed on 30 April at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris by the orchestra Les Siècles under the direction of François-Xavier Roth together with the soprano Jodie Devos.

Under the musical direction of Michael Wendeberg, a production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro stage directed by Barbora Horáková will premiere in Innsbruck on 27 April.

ON OUR BEHALF

Current vacancies: We are looking for new employees to join our team as Assistant to the Managing Directors and Project Manager

Under the musical direction of Michael Wendeberg, a production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro stage directed by Barbora Horáková will premiere in Innsbruck on 27 April.

Tito Ceccherini conducts the SWR Symphony Orchestra on 26 and 28 April in the world premiere of a new opera by Lucia Ronchetti, which marks the start of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival.

On 30 April, Titus Engel will conduct Hèctor Parra's new opera Justice, based on a script by director Milo Rau, at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten.

Johannes Klumpp will make his debut with the Saarland State Orchestra on 21 and 22 April with works by Ethel Smyth, Edward Elgar and Robert Schumann.

Simon Steen-Andersen's new opera Don Giovanni's Inferno will be premiered at the Royal Danish Opera on 20 April and can be seen in Copenhagen until 9 May.

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Ilya Gringolts will premiere Chaya Czernowin's new violin concerto together with the Munich Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Bas Wiegers at the Prinzregententheater Munich on 18 April.

Carlotta Dalia will be performing two orchestral concerts and a solo recital at the Staatstheater Darmstadt from 17 to 21 April.

NEW CDS

For a new recording with the Odense Symphony Orchestra and flautist Alberto Navarra, Holly Hyun Choe conducted works by Mozart, Reinecke and Nielsen.

Ming Tsao becomes Birge-Cary Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo, taking over the professorship once created for Morton Feldman.

NEW CDS

Light and Darkness is the title of a new album of works for saxophone by Toshio Hosokawa released by the Kairos label.

Until 8 May, Ulrike Mayer can be seen in a breeches role at Theater Bremen - she received outstanding reviews for her role debut as Sesto in Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito after the premiere at the end of March.

NEW CDS

Together with the Mozarteum Orchestra, Lin Liao has recorded three works by Hans Werner Henze that are closely related to Mozart and Salzburg.

IN CONVERSATION

Role debut as Sieglinde: Sarah Wegener will perform Wagner's Walküre under the baton of Kent Nagano in six major European concert halls from March 2024. In the run-up, she talks about her path to the new role and other vocal milestones of recent years.

karsten witt musik management is launching a new and practice-oriented range of courses: In our kwmm Academy we provide musicians with the tools for successful self-management. Registration is now open for three course programmes tailored to different needs.

Johannes Klumpp will conduct Carl Maria von Weber's Freischütz from 17 March at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where the romantic opera is staged in a new production by Clemens Bechtel.

From 16 March, Caroline Melzer can be seen at the Freiburg Theatre in an unusual new production of Verdi's opera Don Carlos, in which she makes her role debut as Elisabetta.

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IN CONVERSATION

In June, Mariam Batsashvili will once again be a guest at the Klavier Festival Ruhr. In a very personal interview with festival director Katrin Zagrosek in the run-up to the festival, she spoke about what composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt mean to her.

ON OUR BEHALF

We have moved! You can now find us in our new office rooms in Berlin-Schöneberg.

IN CONVERSATION

"Don't touch" was what Carlotta Dalia heard as a child when it came to guitars. Luckily, she revolted against this order and now delights audiences with her playing on historical and modern guitars, even outside of sworn guitar circles.

STREAMED CONCERT

At the memorial concert for Kaija Saariaho, who passed away last year, Anssi Karttunen performed the cello concerto Notes on Light with the Orchestre de Paris under Esa-Pekka Salonen on 15 February - the concert recording is available as a video on the Philharmonie de Paris website until August.

CERHA 100

In 2026, the music world will celebrate Friedrich Cerha's 100th birthday. In view of this occasion, we would like to draw your attention to a selection of the most important works by the composer, who died in February 2023 - and to the new website friedrich-cerha.com.

NEW CDS

With a record release concert on 15 February at the Roulette in New York, the JACK Quartet presented the first album with compositions by its violinist Austin Wulliman.

NEW CDS

Outstanding reviews for the Armida Quartet's recording of works by Max Reger and Johanna Senfter.

NEW CDS

"Impulsive and rich in contrast - simply fantastic": The second part of Antje Weithaas' recording of all of Beethoven's violin sonatas is just as enthusiastically received by critics as her debut in Berlin's Pierre Boulez Saal.

In the summer of 2023, Titus Engel conducted Olivier Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise, an opera that not only goes beyond the usual dimensions of the orchestra, but in Anna-Sophie Mahler's Stuttgart production also incorporated the urban space and nature as a kind of pilgrimage. A documentary about the production is now available online in the ARD media library.

NEW CDS

Olli Mustonen's recording of the two 3rd piano concertos by Rautavaara and Martinů with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Dalia Stasevska was honoured with the German Record Critics' Award.

IN CONVERSATION

Lukas Ligeti is the artistic director of the World New Music Days, which took place in Africa for the first time in its centenary year 2023 - a unique opportunity for creative exchange: both the African audience and the guests from all over the world heard music they had never come into contact with before.

NEW CDS

Congratulations to Mahan Esfahani: His recording of 20th century Czech harpsichord concertos with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Liebreich was awarded an Opus Klassik.

IN CONVERSATION

World premiere of the year: Vito Žuraj's first full-length opera Blühen came to the stage in Frankfurt in early 2023 under the musical direction of Michael Wendeberg and has now been named premiere of the year by Opernwelt magazine. In our interview, Vito Žuraj talks about his collaboration with librettist Händl Klaus, director Brigitte Fassbaender and the Ensemble Modern.

ON OUR BEHALF

Current vacancies: We are looking for new employees to join our team as Assistant to the Managing Directors and Project Manager

Under the musical direction of Michael Wendeberg, a production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro stage directed by Barbora Horáková will premiere in Innsbruck on 27 April.

EVENTS

SAT 20.04.

Brad Lubman: Casa da Música Porto

Mahan Esfahani: Auditorium de Lyon

Fabián Panisello: Palacio Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Shiyeon Sung: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle

Simon Steen-Andersen & Simon Steen-Andersen: Det Kongelige Teater

SUN 21.04.

Anton Gerzenberg: BASF-Gesellschaftshaus, Ludwigshafen

Carlotta Dalia: Orangerie Darmstadt

Johannes Klumpp: Congresshalle, Saarbrücken

Olli Mustonen: Historischer Reitstadel Neumarkt

Giuseppe Gibboni: Auditorium S.Stefano al Ponte

MON 22.04.

Johannes Klumpp: Congresshalle, Saarbrücken

WED 24.04.

Antje Weithaas: Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisburg

THU 25.04.

Antje Weithaas: Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisburg

Simon Steen-Andersen & Simon Steen-Andersen: Det Kongelige Teater

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

FRI 26.04.

Valentin Uryupin: Kazakh State Philharmonic Hall Almaty

Titus Engel: Reithalle, Kaserne Basel

Tito Ceccherini conducts the world premiere of Lucia Ronchetti at the Schwetzinger Festspiele

Christoph Prégardien: Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid

Eliahu Inbal: Tainan Cultural Center

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

Thomas Hampson sings Ives songs orchestrated by Toshio Hosokawa at the opening concert of Musikfest Hamburg

SAT 27.04.

Lukas Ligeti: Loft393

Michael Wendeberg: Premiere "Le nozze di Figaro"

Giuseppe Gibboni: WeiWuYing Concert Hall, Kaohsiung City

Christoph Prégardien: Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

Simon Steen-Andersen & Simon Steen-Andersen: Det Kongelige Teater

Maximilian Hornung: Liederhalle Stuttgart

Bas Wiegers: Stadtsaal, Fürstenfeldbruck

SUN 28.04.

Armida Quartet at SWR Schwetzinger Festspielen

Christoph Prégardien: Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid

Mariam Batsashvili: Funke Verlagshaus Essen

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Tito Ceccherini: Schwetzinger Schloss

Bas Wiegers: Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg

Alejo Pérez: Semperoper Dresden

Armida Quartet & Sabine Meyer in Crailsheim

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Bremen

Eliahu Inbal: National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei

Maximilian Hornung: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

TUE 30.04.

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Brad Lubman: Casa da Música Porto

Mahan Esfahani: Auditorium de Lyon

Fabián Panisello: Palacio Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Shiyeon Sung: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle

Simon Steen-Andersen & Simon Steen-Andersen: Det Kongelige Teater

Anton Gerzenberg: BASF-Gesellschaftshaus, Ludwigshafen

Carlotta Dalia: Orangerie Darmstadt

Johannes Klumpp: Congresshalle, Saarbrücken

Olli Mustonen: Historischer Reitstadel Neumarkt

Giuseppe Gibboni: Auditorium S.Stefano al Ponte

Johannes Klumpp: Congresshalle, Saarbrücken

Antje Weithaas: Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisburg

Antje Weithaas: Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisburg

Simon Steen-Andersen & Simon Steen-Andersen: Det Kongelige Teater

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

Valentin Uryupin: Kazakh State Philharmonic Hall Almaty

Titus Engel: Reithalle, Kaserne Basel

Tito Ceccherini conducts the world premiere of Lucia Ronchetti at the Schwetzinger Festspiele

Christoph Prégardien: Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid

Eliahu Inbal: Tainan Cultural Center

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

Thomas Hampson sings Ives songs orchestrated by Toshio Hosokawa at the opening concert of Musikfest Hamburg

Lukas Ligeti: Loft393

Michael Wendeberg: Premiere "Le nozze di Figaro"

Giuseppe Gibboni: WeiWuYing Concert Hall, Kaohsiung City

Christoph Prégardien: Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

Simon Steen-Andersen & Simon Steen-Andersen: Det Kongelige Teater

Maximilian Hornung: Liederhalle Stuttgart

Bas Wiegers: Stadtsaal, Fürstenfeldbruck

Armida Quartet at SWR Schwetzinger Festspielen

Christoph Prégardien: Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid

Mariam Batsashvili: Funke Verlagshaus Essen

Shiyeon Sung: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Kalifornien

Marie Heeschen: Theater Bonn

Tito Ceccherini: Schwetzinger Schloss

Bas Wiegers: Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg

Alejo Pérez: Semperoper Dresden

Armida Quartet & Sabine Meyer in Crailsheim

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Bremen

Eliahu Inbal: National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei

Maximilian Hornung: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

Antje Weithaas and Marie-Elisabeth Hecker: Trio with Martin Helmchen at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Bremen