Christian Kluxen appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Kluxen has been announced as Turku Philharmonic’s new Principal Guest Conductor, starting from the 2023/24 season. As part of his new position, Christian will lead three subscription weeks per season with the orchestra, which is one of the oldest in the world and has seen a number of illustrious conductors including Jean Sibelius. Since…Read more ›

Easter from King’s – Daniel Hyde conducts

A full festival of events took place at King’s College, Cambridge over Easter with two highlights still available to listen to on BBC Sounds and iPlayer. Dvorak’s Stabat Mater with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus. And on BBC 2 you can still catch the traditional celebration of Easter with music and readings from…Read more ›

Tito Muñoz returns to the Utah Symphony

After very successful performances in Salt Lake City in March 2022, Tito returns this week for a programme which includes Gabriela Lena Frank’s Elegía Andina, Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement and Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No. 10. Tito’s 2022-23 season is his penultimate as Music Director with the Phoenix Symphony, after which he becomes…Read more ›

Laura at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Cellist Laura van der Heijden performs this evening at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam with pianist Jâms Colman. The duo offer a wonderfully varied programme as part of ‘Klapstuck’ including works by Janacek and Debussy. They are joined for the evening by dynamic presenter Eva Cleven. Find out more here. This Spring brings further exciting projects for…Read more ›

Karl-Heinz Steffens returns to Israeli Opera

Karl-Heinz Steffens conducts a run of ten performances of Don Giovanni at the Israeli Opera, opening this Sunday 19 March. The Kasper Holten production stars German E. Alcantara and Oded Reich as the eponymous nobleman. In July, Steffens returns to Israeli Opera for more Mozart, conducting a unique staged version of the Mozart Requiem created…Read more ›

Christopher Moulds returns to Munich

This Spring sees Christopher Moulds return to the Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Cavalli’s La Calisto and Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. Opening this Sunday 19 March and followed by three further performances, David Alden’s production of La Calisto stars Mary Bevan (Calisto), Milan Siljanov (Giove), Teresa Iervolino (Diana) and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Endimione). Il…Read more ›

Marwood in Madrid

Anthony Marwood returns to Madrid tonight to perform Thomas Adès’ Märchentänze for violin and orchestra with the Orquesta Nacional de España. Conducted by the composer, the final performance of the week on Sunday March 12 will be broadcast live from the Auditiorio Nacional de Música on Radio Clásica. The four Märchentänze (‘Dances from Fairytale’) were originally written…Read more ›

Maria Włoszczowska returns to Leipzig

In celebration of the 1st prize she won at the the 2018 Leipzig International Bach Competition, Maria Włoszczowska returns to Leipzig this week. On 11 March at the Gewandhaus Leipzig, Maria joins conductor Reinhard Goebel, fellow prize-winners Hed Yaron Meyerson and Maia Cabeza, and the Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum, in a programme of concerti for…Read more ›

Viviane Hagner in Spain and Italy

February sees Viviane Hagner tour Spain and Italy. This week, Hagner is in San Sebastián (8 February) and Oviedo (13 February) with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Under the baton of Trevor Pinnock, Hagner performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Later this month, Hagner is joined by Stephen Waarts, Karolina Errera, Anna Maria Wünsch, Mika Hakhnazaryan and Eckart…Read more ›