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On 8 February, Christian Tetzlaff and the Orchestre National de France under Cristian Macelaru will premiere Ondřej Adámek's second violin concerto Thin Ice – one of two major works by the composer to be performed at the Présences Festival in Paris.

Soprano Pia Davila, tenor Julian Prégardien and the Ensemble Modern under Lucie Leguay will premiere Bernard Foccroulle's work Winterreisende (Winter Travellers) on 8 February at a promenade concert in Frankfurt and perform it again in the evening.

On 6 February, Vanessa Porter will premiere Samir Odeh-Tamimi's new work Éndropía for solo percussion, electronics and video at the ECLAT Festival in the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.

After two performances in Paris of Pascal Dusapin's chamber opera To Be Sung on 4 and 5 February – staged by superstar Pharrell Williams – Jenny Daviet will make her debut at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin and then apear at the Philharmonie de Paris on György Kurtág's 100th birthday with his Kafka Fragments.

On 1 February, Titus Engel will conduct the eagerly awaited world premiere of Olga Neuwirth's opera Monster's Paradise. Following six performances in Hamburg, the work, based on a libretto by Elfriede Jelinek and directed by Tobias Kratzer, will be staged at the Zurich Opera House.

Pianist and composer Olli Mustonen will perform his piano quintet, among other works, at the closing concert of the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam on 31 January; his Nonetto I will also be featured at the Muziekgebouw.

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.

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 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.

To mark the 100th anniversary of Morton Feldmann's birth, the JACK Quartet, together with pianist Florence Millet, will perform his late masterpiece Piano and String Quartet on 16 January in Wuppertal and on 31 January in Tübingen.

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

The German magazine Focus devoted an extensive portrait to Jacob Mühlrad on the occasion of his highly acclaimed musical setting for the venerable Nobel Banquet.

NEW WITH US

Welcome Julian Steckel! We start our collaboration with the exceptional cellist, who launched his impressive international career in 2010 as winner of the ARD International Music Competition, now performing with renowned orchestras and chamber music partners worldwide.

NEW RECORDINGS

Anton Gerzenberg's debut CD, Ravel Reflections, was launched on 5 December on the Prospero label.

NEW WITH US

We are delighted to be working with the Kuss Quartet, which has been setting new standards for many years with its sophisticated conceptual programming.

NEW RECORDINGS

Anssi Karttunen has recorded Betsy Jolas' complete works for cello and piano together with Nicolas Hodges – the double album has now been released on the bastille musique label.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Alejo Pérez is appointed principal conductor of the Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where he will give his inaugural concert in May 2026.

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.

Titus Engel is appointed Conductor in Residence at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

NEW RECORDINGS

A recording of Jacob Mühlrad's clarinet concerto SEMA with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martin Fröst and featuring soloist Magnus Holmander was released in November 2025 on the Warner Classics label.

Gringolts Quartet © Tomasz Trzebiatowski

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.

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!

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.

In June 2025, Philippe Manoury's 'Thinkspiel' Die letzten Tage der Menschheit, based on Karl Kraus' monumental drama The Last Days of Mankind, premiered at the Cologne Opera under the direction of Peter Rundel and received enthusiastic reviews.

Toshio Hosokawa has received the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for the "extraordinary reach of his music, which tends a bridge between the Japanese tradition and contemporary Western aesthetics", according to the jury.

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 6 February, Vanessa Porter will premiere Samir Odeh-Tamimi's new work Éndropía for solo percussion, electronics and video at the ECLAT Festival in the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.

EVENTS

TUE 27.01.

Holly Hyun Choe: Batiment des Forces Motrices (BFM), Geneva

WED 28.01.

Ryoko Aoki: Kazen Hall, Tokyo

Jacob Mühlrad: Winnipeg New Music Festival

Tito Ceccherini: Opéra National de Bordeaux

THU 29.01.

Julian Steckel: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

Jacob Mühlrad: Winnipeg New Music Festival

Christian Øland: Magdeburgische Philharmonie| Symphonic Concert No. 5

György Ligeti: Koncerthuset, Kopenhagen

FRI 30.01.

Jeroen Berwaerts: Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall, Kanazawa

Antje Weithaas: University Concert Hall Poznán

Christian Øland: Magdeburgische Philharmonie| Symphonic Concert No. 5

György Ligeti: Koncerthuset, Kopenhagen

Tito Ceccherini: Opéra National de Bordeaux

SAT 31.01.

Jeroen Berwaerts: Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall, Kanazawa

JACK Quartet: Saal Eins in der Westspitze, Tübingen

Olli Mustonen: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

SUN 01.02.

Titus Engel conducts the premiere of “Monster's Paradise”

Tito Ceccherini: Opéra National de Bordeaux

MON 02.02.

Christoph Prégardien: Philharmonie, Cologne

TUE 03.02.

Tito Ceccherini: Opéra National de Bordeaux

Christoph Prégardien: Konzerthaus Freiburg

WED 04.02.

Titus Engel: Hamburg State Opera

Toshio Hosokawa: Suntory Hall, Tokyo

Christoph Prégardien: Philharmonie Berlin

Jenny Daviet: Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

THU 05.02.

Roland Kluttig: Karlstad CCC

Christian Øland: Koncertsalen Alsion

Jenny Daviet: Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

FRI 06.02.

Christian Øland: Deutsches Haus, Flensburg

Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Theaterhaus Stuttgart

SAT 07.02.

JACK Quartet: Wigmore Hall, London

Michael Wendeberg: Kulturhaus Weißenfels

Brad Lubman: HR Sendesaal, Frankfurt

Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Opera Comedie Montpellier

JACK Quartet: Wigmore Hall, London

Peter Rundel: Auditorium de Radio France

SUN 08.02.

Carlotta Dalia: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Bernard Foccroulle: WP with Ensemble Modern at cresc... Biennale für aktuelle Musik Frankfurt Rhein Main

Michael Wendeberg: Konzerthalle Ulrichskirche, Halle

Christian Tetzlaff premieres Ondřej Adámek’s new violin concerto at Festival Présences

Titus Engel: Hamburg State Opera

Bernard Foccroulle: WP with the Ensemble Modern at cresc... Biennale für aktuelle Musik Frankfurt Rhein Main

TUE 10.02.

Mariam Batsashvili: Hammond Theatre, Hampton

WED 11.02.