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Jonathan Stockhammer returns to Hamburg
Jonathan Stockhammer returns to Symphoniker Hamburg this weekend for jump-in performances, with pianist Anton Gerzenberg. On Saturday, Jonathan conducts Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben at the famous Elbphilharmonie. On Sunday, the concerto will become Jörg Widmann’s ‘Trauermarsch’ at the Hamburg Laeiszhalle. Having made his debut with…Read more ›
José Salazar debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
This week, José Salazar makes his LA Phil conducting debut, leading and hosting performances at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 March. Part of the orchestra’s ‘Symphonies for Schools Secondary’ series, these concerts welcome music students from across Los Angeles aged 11–18, offering free access to experience the LA Phil…Read more ›
Today marks the release of violinist Viviane Hagner’s latest recording on Accentus Music. The new album presents works for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch and Alexandre Tansman, performed alongside the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Łukasz Borowicz. The programme features Bruch’s celebrated Kol Nidrei, Op. 47, and Tansman’s Violin Concerto and Cinq…Read more ›
New Album from The Tallis Scholars
Nico Muhly and The Tallis Scholars are excited to present ‘No Resting Place’, out today (13th March 2026). The album consists of a collection of works commissioned by director Peter Phillips which Muhly wrote for the award-winning ensemble over the last ten years. The six world premiere recordings range from short works like Prosperitie, written…Read more ›
Tito Muñoz returns to SWR Sinfonieorchester tomorrow to perform three concerts across Freiburg and Mannheim. Tito will lead the orchestra in Richard Wagner’s Prelude and “Liebestod” from “Tristan and Isolde”, Bartók ‘s Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer-Sonata” (arranged for string orchestra), and excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and…Read more ›
Glowing Guardian review for Laura van der Heijden with Sinfonia Cymru
We are delighted to see such wonderful coverage of Laura van der Heijden’s recent collaboration with Sinfonia Cymru, which included performances across Wales in Criccieth, Aberystwyth and Cardiff. After attending the final performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, The Guardian’s Rian Evans praised Laura’s playing for its “quiet authority and effortless…Read more ›
Francesca Dego makes Taipei debut
Francesca Dego will jump in with Taipei Symphony Orchestra to open their new orchestral season. In place of Lisa Batiashvili, Francesca will make her Taiwanese and orchestral debut playing the world premiere of Richard Dubugnon’s “Le poème silencieux” with Gautier Capuçon and Saint-Saëns’s “La muse et le poète”. The performance will be conducted by Alexander…Read more ›
Francesca Dego gives Seattle debut
Francesca Dego performs Busoni’s Violin Concerto with Seattle Symphony next week, giving her joint debut with conductor Daniele Rustioni. The concerts will contrast Busoni’s Violin Concerto with Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Schoenberg, and Webern’s chamber orchestra arrangement of Bach’s Ricercar No. 2 from The Musical Offering. Francesca’s 2024 recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra…Read more ›
Martin James Bartlett’s Latest Warner Album Release
Three works for piano and orchestra – by Bach, Mozart and Britten – make up the programme for this latest album from Martin James Bartlett. Recorded in Salzburg with the city’s Mozarteumorchester and the British-Swiss conductor Howard Griffiths, Bartlett performs Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor, Mozart’s ‘Jeunehomme’ Piano Concerto and Britten’s Young…Read more ›
The Tallis Scholars win People’s Choice Award
The Tallis Scholars celebrate a double win as People’s Choice in Limelight’s 2025 Artist of the Year Awards and runners-up in the Critics Choice. This follows a hugely successful tour in October 2025 with sold out performances, speaking engagements, broadcasts and workshops for local choirs. This was the 11th tour of Australia in the group’s just over fifty…Read more ›