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Asya Fateyeva will premiere a new saxophone concerto by Erkki-Sven Tüür on 17 July at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Kazuki Yamada, followed by the Swedish premiere at the Baltic Sea Festival with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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On 11 July, the Tonkünstler-Orchester will give the world premiere of a new orchestral work by Fabián Panisello at the Grafenegg Festival, conducted by the composer himself.

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On 6 July, the Kuss Quartet will give the world premiere of Johannes Maria Staud’s string quartet Cahier des équilibres mouvants at the Carinthischer Sommer festival, and on 23 July the composer's new organ work will be performed there.

On 11 July, the Tonkünstler-Orchester will give the world premiere of a new orchestral work by Fabián Panisello at the Grafenegg Festival, conducted by the composer himself.

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On 6 July, Mark Andre will be featured at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence with a notable country premiere, before the Lucerne Festival presents him as Composer-in-Residence in August and September with world premieres and first performances.

NEW RECORDINGS

Sasha Stychkina’s debut CD has now been released on the Alpha Classics label and is winning rave reviews.

On 1 July 2026, Hans Werner Henze would have turned 100. A new documentary featuring previously unseen archive footage traces his career.

Anssi Karttunen puts his ideas about a freely structured and self-determined learning environment with an emphasis on artistic encounters into practice in the Creative Dialogue series, which, following the Finnish edition, will also take place in France this year from 22 July to 2 August.

Friedrich Praetorius has been appointed General Music Director of the Staatstheater Braunschweig.

From 25 June to 17 July, Daishin Kashimoto will be touring Japan and South Korea with three different ensembles: following concerts with the Dresden Philharmonic, he will perform in a trio with Claudio Bohórquez and Yu Kosuge, as well as with chamber music partners from the Berlin Philharmonic.

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NEW RECORDINGS

Asya Fateyeva’s recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, performed with cellist Eckart Runge and accordionist Andreas Borregaard, has now been released on the Berlin Classics label.

Artists-in-Residence: The Armida Quartet will be performing at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival from 13 June to 6 September, giving 19 concerts featuring a wide variety of programmes and musical partners.

For their unique Paganini project, Carlotta Dalia and the Goldmund Quartet perform the composer’s music on his historical instruments. A first single from the recording, due for release in September, offers a taste of what’s to come.

Johannes Maria Staud’s opera missing in cantu (eure paläste sind leer), based on a libretto by Thomas Köck, had its Austrian premiere on 23 May at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck in a new production by Bettina Bruinier, and will run until 7 July.

NEW RECORDINGS

"An outstanding debut album": Jan Liebermann's recording, featuring works by Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé, among others, was selected as an Editor's Choice by Gramophone magazine.

NEW RECORDINGS

"A recording for the ages": Daishin Kashimoto’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Berlin Baroque Soloists has received rave reviews.

From 9 May to 5 July, Johannes Klumpp will be conducting Mozart’s The Magic Flute in Gelsenkirchen, which will be presented in a completely new guise at the Musiktheater im Revier – directed by Nora Krahl using digital techniques, artificial intelligence and interactive technologies.

NEW RECORDINGS

"Verve, energy, and charm": To kick off of their complete recording of Mozart’s string quintets, supplemented by contemporary musical ‘postcards’ to the composer, the Kuss Quartet has now released the first of three planned albums, in collaboration with violist Muriel Razavi.

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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

Welcome, Jan Liebermann! We are thrilled to begin our collaboration with one of the most promising artists on the international organ scene.

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

To mark the release of his new album Notebook, Lukas Ligeti spoke in April 2026 in an in-depth interview with Samuel Andreyev about formative musical experiences and his artistic development.

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.

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.

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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 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.

On 11 July, the Tonkünstler-Orchester will give the world premiere of a new orchestral work by Fabián Panisello at the Grafenegg Festival, conducted by the composer himself.

EVENTS

SUN 05.07.

Friedrich Praetorius: Görreshaus, Koblenz

Ulrike Mayer: Theater Bremen

Johannes Klumpp: Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen

Daishin Kashimoto: Kita-kyushu Hibiki Hall, Fukuoka

MON 06.07.

: Le conservatoire Darius-Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence

Kuss Quartet with world premiere by Johannes Maria Staud at the Carinthian Summer Festival

Friedrich Praetorius: St. Veit Kirche Mayen

FRI 10.07.

Ilya Gringolts: Tonhalle Düsseldorf

SAT 11.07.

Fabián Panisello: Wolkenturm Grafenegg

SUN 12.07.

Ilya Gringolts: Tonhalle Düsseldorf

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Johannes Klumpp: Kloster/Schloss Corvey

Jan Liebermann: Jesuitenkirche, Vienna

MON 13.07.

Olli Mustonen: Kumho Chamber Music Festival

Ilya Gringolts: Tonhalle Düsseldorf

Sasha Stychkina: Piano Salon Christophori, Uferhallen, Berlin

TUE 14.07.

Daishin Kashimoto: Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul

Olli Mustonen: Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus

WED 15.07.

Olli Mustonen: Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Daishin Kashimoto: Hwaseong Arts Center

THU 16.07.

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Jan Liebermann: Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Vouvant

Daishin Kashimoto: Bucheon Arts Center

György Ligeti: Liederhalle Stuttgart

Anton Gerzenberg: Chigiana International Festival

FRI 17.07.

Daishin Kashimoto: Busan Concert Hall

Toshio Hosokawa & Ryoko Aoki: Kazen Hall, Tokyo

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Asya Fateyeva: Castle Kiel

György Ligeti: Liederhalle Stuttgart

SAT 18.07.

Sasha Stychkina: St. Nikolaus Kapelle, Gstaad

Olli Mustonen: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival

Asya Fateyeva: Kulturfarm Groß Pankow

György Ligeti: Liederhalle Stuttgart

SUN 19.07.

Simone Menezes: Crescendo Summer Institute

Olli Mustonen: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival

Armida Quartet: Prize Winner in Residence at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

MON 20.07.

Meta4: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival

Olli Mustonen: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival

Meta4: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival

Olli Mustonen: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival

György Ligeti: Salle des Combins, Verbier

György Ligeti: Liederhalle Stuttgart

TUE 21.07.