On 16 April, Klangforum Wien with Uli Fussenegger on double bass will premiere Chaya Czernowin's composition Seltene Erde - Alchimia Communicationis at the Music Biennale Zagreb,.

Past Present Future: Josefine Opsahl's new work for solo cello and electronics will be premiered on April 14 at the Metropolitain Museum in New York.

As composer-in-residence at the Tongyeong International Music Festival, the works of Ondřej Adámek will be performed in numerous concerts at the beginning of April. The Ensemble Modern will perform in three concerts, which will premiere his new work Let me tell you a story, under the direction of Tito Ceccherini.

Christoph Prégardien is a celebrated interpreter of Schubert's songs, also in orchestral arrangements. The next opportunity to hear him perform this repertoire will be on April 2 at the Gewandhaus Leipzig in a matinee concert with the MDR Symphony Orchestra under Dennis Russell Davies.

At the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where György Ligeti studied after the end of the war, and at the Müpa Budapest, the composer's work wil be celebrated with several concerts. Next in the calendar is an evening with the Klangforum Wien under Peter Eötvös on April 6.

On April 1 and 2, the Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento will present Toshio Hosokawa's opera Hanjo at the Teatro Sociale di Trento.

The Last Conspiracy: Steven Sloane conducts a new and highly topical operetta by Moritz Eggert at the Volksoper Wien from March 25.

As music director of Opera Vlaanderen, Alejo Pérez will conduct nine performances of Tristan und Isolde starting March 22. French filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux directed the new production, which will be shown in Ghent and Antwerp.

Roland Kluttig conducts Janáček's opera Katja Kabanova in Graz from March 18 to May 14. The new production is staged by a young, award-winning team of directors.

Live at last: Titus Engel conducts Bartók's one-act opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle in Lyon until April 2 in Andriy Zholdak's double production, which already caused a sensation as a streamed version in the Corona Year 2021.

Johannes Klumpp conducts Richard Strauss' Rosenkavalier at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden until June 16.

On François-Frédéric Guy's first Chopin album Secret Garden, the pianist lets a cross-section of Chopin's works blossom on two CDs.

Friedrich Cerha died on the morning of February 14, just a few days before his 97th birthday. We mourn the loss of a great artist, one of the most important composers of our time and an ever-attentive, critical contemporary.

The GrauSchumacher Piano Duo inspires with their recording of Brigitta Muntendorf's Trilogy for two pianos and as performers in her Theater des Nachhalls (Theatre of Echo) included on Blue-ray.

The PluralEnsemble has recorded important works by Fabián Panisello for a recently released portrait CD.

In the summer of 2023, the Salzburg Festival will demonstrate its close affinity with the music of György Ligeti through the concert series Time with Ligeti. Tabea Zimmermann and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who play a key role in shaping the series, talk about their own relationship with the composer.

In addition to having recorded all of György Ligeti's works for choir a cappella, the SWR Vokalensemble is offering workshops on the composer's work as part of a major school project and is also touring his music in Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, France and Italy in May and June.

Vito Žuraj's first full-length opera Blühen was premiered in Frankfurt in January 2023 and received enthusiastic reviews. Before the world premiere, we spoke to the composer about his collaboration with librettist Händl Klaus, director Brigitte Fassbaender and the Ensemble Modern, which played under Michael Wendeberg.

On 2 February 2023, Samir Odeh-Tamimi's music theatre work Philoktet, based on the dramas by Sophocles, Heiner Müller and André Gide, was premiered at the Eclat Festival Stuttgart with the Neue Vocalsolisten and the Zafraan Ensemble.

In the first edition of our new kwmm podcast series "Encore," violinist Johanna Staemmler muses on the Armida Quartet's complete Mozart recordings while we listen to the interpretations together (in German).

Ming Tsao's Triode Variations, premiered in May by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Emilio Pomàrico, have now been released on CD; the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin have also recorded works by the composer for the album.

In 1975, Les Percussions de Strasbourg premiered Karlheinz Stockhausen's scenic composition Musik im Bauch. In January 2023, the ensemble presented the work in a visually and musically impressive new production by Simon Steen-Andersen in Hellerau.

Composer and painter: Friedrich Cerha (1926-2023) was both. Karsten Witt on his encounters with the artist since the 1980s.

On 20 January, Toshio Hosokawa was awarded the Berkeley Japan Prize 2023.

From 3 December Johannes Klumpp will conduct Franz Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.

Holly Hyun Choe becomes Artiste associée des Orchestre de Chambre de Genève.

In May, Ensemble Musikfabrik premiered Ming Tsao's Triode Variations in Cologne. We caught up with the composer during a visit to his Berlin flat in the run-up to the performance.

Congratulations to the Armida Quartet: the final CD of the complete Mozart recordings is currently receiving critical acclaim, and the previously released Volume 4 even receives an Opus Klassik award.

Now on ARTE Concert: In a birthday concert for Kaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen performed with his improvising trio Tres Coyotes at the festival Musica in Strasbourg on September 17th.

"Outstanding through and through": On 26 August, Miriam Batsashvili's second album was released on the Warner Classics label, centred on Liszt's piano transcriptions from the opera, lied, and organ repertoire.

The Armida Quartet has put together a comprehensive Mozart package in recent years: a concert series, a complete recording, and even an app - all with surprising perspectives on the composer.

The new CD by the Gringolts Quartet received outstanding reviews and was awarded a Diapason d'or.

Following the world premiere at the Munich Biennale, the Deutsche Oper Berlin showed Bernhard Gander's new opera that was caught up in the terrible reality of war - Andrew Robert Munn sang one of the main roles in Songs of Exile and No Return.

The Armida Quartet becomes musical ambassador of the climate initiative Orchestras of Change.

In the November issue of the journal MusikTexte, Ming Tsao outlines ways towards a materialistic musical expression.

Premio Abbiati del Disco: The recording of Ondřej Adámek's compositions Where are you? and Follow me with Magdalena Kožená, Isabelle Faust and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Rundel and Sir Simon Rattle has received the prestigious Italian critics' award.

Tabea Zimmermann is the new Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

The Castalian String Quartet's debut CD, released at the end of April, has received rave reviews.

Shiyeon Sung is appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Originally recorded for a film, this masterful interpretation of Mahler's Wunderhorn Lieder with baritone Dietrich Henschel and the Bochumer Symphoniker under Steven Sloane has now been released on CD.

In the FAZ, Ilya Gringolts is portrayed as a musician with enormous stylistic range and unwavering integrity.

From August 2022, the members of the string quartet Meta4 will take on an important artistic role at the Jyväskylä Sinfonia for two years.

Maximilian Hornung becomes artistic director of the Traunstein Summer Concerts

Just before Bas Wiegers conducted his first concerts in front of a live audience in May, he sat down for an interview to reflect on the preceding Corona year.

As music director of the Folkoperan Stockholm, Henrik Schaefer started the season 2021/22 by bringing the house fresh ideas – and not just through the original romantic sound.

A Mozart with character, played to perfection: Rave reviews for the Armida Quartet's new CD.

Congratulations to Daishin Kashimoto: his CD with chamber music by Nino Rota received a Diapason d'or award of the year!

Congratulations to Titus Engel on his appointment as the new Principal Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta!

The first international orchestra to guest in two wonderful new halls: karsten witt musik management brought the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Robin Ticciati to Ankara and Istanbul.

The season brochure for 2022/23

“After a very difficult year, I wanted to offer the listeners an album full of positivity, lightness and beauty in a desire to return to a serene life“, violist Adrien La Marca explains about his new duo album Chanson Bohème.

Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen take over the artistic direction of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival.

On Vito Žuraj's new CD Alavò, three large orchestras and renowned soloists interpret three works from the past five years.

Before the premiere of the first part of his large spacial orchestra triptych, Philippe Manoury talked about his musical career, his first contact with electronic music and his handling of the large orchestral apparatus.

The complete recording of Christophe Bertrand's instrumental works with the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, Peter Rundel, and Brad Lubman was awarded the German Record Critics' Award 2021.

For his music building bridges between cultures, Toshio Hosokawa has been awarded the Goethe Medal.