Daishin Kashimoto trio concerts

With works by Takemitsu, Ravel, Schubert and Brahms, Daishin Kashimoto will be performing in a trio with Eric Le Sage and Claudio Bohórquez on 14 December at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and on 21 December in Wiesloch.

The trio will continue to perform the same programme in the new year, presenting Takermitsu's Trio Between Tides, Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor, Schubert's Trio in E flat major, D 929, and Brahms' Trio in B major, Op. 8 at concerts in Germany, Switzerland, and Norway.

Vanishing notes: Toshio Hosokawa‘s speech at the MozartLabor

Encounters and Reflection: Jens Joneleit in Russia

A drama of salvation: Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Matsukaze

Feedback for conductors: Steven Sloane and the International Conducting Academy Berlin

kwmm consulting: Is Munich in (no) need of a new concert hall? Report for the Bavarian Radio

Hearing Voices – Samir Odeh-Tamimi in conversation

NEW RECORDINGS

Remixed: The GrauSchumacher Piano Duo presents compositions in a new sound outfit.

Sarah Wegener performs almost every kind of repertoire, from her own lieder recital ideas to large new orchestral works. Looking back at her career, she is amazed how consistently its stations have emerged.

Above the vineyards by Lake Constance, with stunning views of the ‘Swabian Sea’, lies the Glazier House, summer home of Gertrud and Hans Zender. It is here that we meet to talk about the composer’s new work, which is to be premiered just a stone’s throw away from here.

'Music is a human endeavour' – Michael Jarrell and his new work for the Arditti Quartet

François-Frédéric Guy – 'The Beethoven Project'

3 Jeroen Berwaerts CR Tsuyoshi Tachibana Kopie

IN CONVERSATION

Jeroen Berwaerts explains what connects him to the brass band tradition, what yoga taught him about breath, and why singing became an essential part of his trumpet recitals.

The one with knowledge exists through his knowledge. Samir Odeh-Tamimi's Mansūr

Gringolts Quartet © Tomasz Trzebiatowski

The Gringolts Quartet: Friends for Life

IN CONVERSATION

The GrauSchumacher Piano Duo and composer Stefan Heucke talk about the arrangement of Liszt’s Concerto pathétique for two pianos and orchestra.

The klezmer clarinettist David Krakauer, portraied by Rachel Kelly

Beauty is a weapon: The Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan and Toshio Hosokawa's music

Baroque and modern: Ilya Gringolts

CERHA 100

Tagebuch and Orchesterstücke: In 2014, two orchestra pieces by Friedrich Cerha received its world premieres.

Dmitry Liss and the UPO: Setting New Standards in the Urals

The Trio Mediaeval chose to consider the gaps in historic evidence as a chance when they decided to reconstruct a mediaeval Mass.