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Benjamin Bayl conducts Mozart in Montpellier
Conductor, Benjamin Bayl, takes to the podium for his French operatic debut this weekend in Agnès Jaoui’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Opera de Montpellier. The show will open on 24th May, with performances running to 31st May. The cast includes Mikhail Timoshenko as the Don, with Evan Hughes (Leporello), Esther Tonea (Donna Anna) and Karine Deshayes (Donna Elvira).…Read more ›
José Salazar returns to Covent Garden
Conductor José Salazar has returned to Covent Garden to open the summer run of the Royal Ballet’s La fille mal gardée, with performances beginning this Saturday. He will conduct ten performances of Sir Frederick Ashton’s much loved ballet, with music by Ferdinand Hérold, running from 23 May to 9 June 2026. He will then join…Read more ›
Unspoken – New Release from Juho Pohjonen
UNSPOKEN – New release from Orchid Classics this month featuring works for piano duo. Juho Pohjonen and Wu Qian collaborate on works by Westenholz, Mendelssohn, Chaminade and Amy Beach. A Note from the Performers: Our musical partnership began over a decade ago, a happy collision of paths for which we owe a debt of gratitude…Read more ›
Martin James Bartlett joins Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
This week, pianist Martin James Bartlett joins the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie for a series of performances across Germany as part of the festival Mozart meets Prokofiev. The festival opens on 22nd May with a chamber concert in Bad Salzuflen featuring Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E minor, KV 304, Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major,…Read more ›
Maria Włoszczowska makes Bern debut
Maria Włoszczowska will make her debut with Camerata Bern tonight and present her curated programme ‘Albion’. Touring Bern and Lugano, Maria will stand and direct a range of works from Thomas Adès’ ‘O Albion’ from ‘Arcadiana’, arranged for string orchestra, to the ‘Cavatina’ from Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 130 No. 13. She describes the programme…Read more ›
Anthony Marwood’s recording of Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’ has been ranked the top version by Radio France. In a blind comparison of six recordings of the 2005 concerto, explored in a special two hour programme, presenters Jérémie Rousseau, Fanny Clamagirand, Benoît Sitzia and Thomas Vergracht selected Marwood’s interpretation as the finest. Conducted by…Read more ›
Tito Muñoz will make debuts with Nürnberger Symphoniker and Komische Oper Berlin in the coming weeks. On 25 April in the Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg, Muñoz conducts Holst’s The Planets, Andy Akiho’s Percussion Concerto with soloist Jacob Nissly, and Wilhelm Herschel’s Symphony No. 13. With Komische Oper, Muñoz leads the orchestra in the programme “JUMP” which includes…Read more ›
JBM Artists at the BBC Proms this summer
Royal Albert Hall: Saturday 25 July Conductor Karen Ní Bhroin returns to the stage of the BBC Proms this summer, following her debut at last year’s festival. She will conduct Horrible Science: The Big Bang Proms Experiment with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the iconic Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 25 July 2026, with performances at 14:00 and…Read more ›
JBM artists at Ryedale Festival this summer
JBM artists Imogen Whitehead (trumpet) and Laura van der Heijden (cello) are Artists in Residence at the Ryedale Festival 2026, which runs from 10–26 July in Yorkshire. “At the heart of the programme are five artistic residencies. John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London begin a three-year partnership with an unmissable celebration of English music.…Read more ›
Watch Now: Viviane Hagner Performs Unsuk Chin with ERSO
Two weeks ago, renowned violinist Viviane Hagner joined the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) for a standout evening of contemporary and classical music. The highlight of the programme was Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work by one of today’s most frequently performed living composers. Under the direction of Olari Elts, the orchestra also…Read more ›