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On Wednesday 25 May, Kirill Gerstein returns to Southbank Centre's International Piano Series.
Season 5 of ‘Kirill Gerstein invites’ continues this Wednesday 11 May with Kirill in conversation with Michael Haas about Jewish composers banned by the Nazis.
On Tuesday 10 May, Opera Rara launch its new Salon Series with Donizetti songs performed by tenor Alessandro Fisher and pianist Anna Tilbrook.
In May, Semyon Bychkov returns to the Opéra national de Paris to conduct Strauss’s Elektra.
The BBC Proms have just announced their 2022 festival which features four Macbeth Media clients.
Season 5 of ‘Kirill Gerstein invites’ continues on Wednesday 20 April with Kirill in conversation with Dr. Khatchig Mouradian.
The Czech Philharmonic has announced its 127th season launching on 28 September with Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov.
On Saturday 7 May, the Berlin Philharmonic will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Karajan Academy, featuring the world première of Nachtergebung, by Donghoon Shin.
On 21-22 April, Kirill Gerstein makes his debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
Robin Ticciati conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in the world première of the complete version of Exiles on 22 and 23 April.
On 8 April, Pentatone release the first recording in a new Mahler cycle with Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic.
Brian Elias's Sequel receives its world première at Music@Malling on 23 April 2022.
On 20 April, Semyon Bychkov will conduct the Czech Philharmonic in the Czech première of Julian Anderson’s Prague Panoramas in Prague.
It has just been announced that Donghoon Shin has signed a publishing contract with Boosey & Hawkes.
Season 5 of ‘Kirill Gerstein invites’ continues on Wednesday 23 March with Kirill in conversation with Joshua Redman.
Kirill Gerstein steps in for Evgeny Kissin to perform at the Wiener Musikverein's Ukraine benefit gala this Tuesday 22 March.
Psappha celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new CD release named Commissions distributed by NMC on 25 March.
On Tuesday 28 June, Opera Rara present Mercadante's Il proscritto for the first time since 1842.
Kirill Gerstein steps in for Daniel Barenboim at the Musikverein Wien for three performances of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 from Friday 18-Sunday 20 March.
Kirill Gerstein joins Alan Gilbert and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for a Ukraine solidarity concert at Berlin's Philharmonie on Tuesday 15 March.
Psappha celebrate their 30th Anniversary with an homage to Peter Maxwell Davies.
On Saturday 26 February, the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust announced plans for RVW150 – a celebration of Ralph Vaughan Williams 150 years after his birth.
On Monday 28 February, Mezzo Live HD broadcast Semyon Bychkov & the Czech Philharmonic's performance of Janáček's Glagolitic Mass.
Tune in on Friday 25 February to watch Kirill Gerstein and Garrick Ohlsson perform from New York's 92nd Street Y.
The Royal Academy of Music today announced that they will confer an honorary doctorate to Semyon Bychkov, the Academy’s Klemperer Chair of Conducting and an Honorary Member since 2016.
The Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov embark on their first international tour since the beginning of the pandemic with concerts in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Essen and London.
Season 5 of ‘Kirill Gerstein invites’ continues on Wednesday 16 February with Kirill in conversation with Antony Beaumont.
Opera Rara's next Classics release is Rossini in 1819, out on 18 February, featuring Ermione, La donna del lago and Bianco e Falliero.
Season 5 of ‘Kirill Gerstein invites’ continues on Wednesday 9 February with Kirill in conversation with Gerard McBurney.
Czech Philharmonic and Pentatone announce a new partnership with the first release in a new Mahler cycle - the Fourth Symphony - released on 8 April.
On 25 February, Roderick Williams performs Brian Elias's Meet me in The Green Glen as part of Kings Place's Voices Unwrapped.
On 11 February, Semyon Bychkov gives the UK première of Bryce Dessner's Mari with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican.
On 28 January, Biss performs the UK première of Brett Dean's Gneixendorfer musik - Eine Winterreise.
On the 19 & 20 January, Semyon Bychkov will be conducting the Munich Philharmonic in the world première of Julian Anderson’s Prague Panoramas.
Kirill Gerstein joins the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg's 5th birthday celebrations on 11 and 12 January.
January 2022 marks the launch of Kings Place's Voices Unwrapped, celebrating the power of the voice and the joy of singing together.
Congratulations to Steven Osborne who received an OBE for his services to music in the New Year Honours.
Season 5 of ‘Kirill Gerstein invites’ launches on Wednesday 5 January 2022 with Kirill in conversation with Ai Weiwei.
On 15 December, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic give the Czech première of Bryce Dessner's Mari.
The final discussion of season four of "Kirill Gerstein invites" takes place this Wednesday 15 December with guest speaker Robert Levin.
January 2022 marks the launch of Voices Unwrapped and the start of the 14th year of Kings Place’s Unwrapped series.
On 11 December, Mark Simpson gives the first public performance of Julian Anderson's Mime for solo clarinet at Kings Place.
Opera Rara and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra present Leoncavallo's Zingari on 3 December at Cadogan Hall.
On 2 December, Thomas Larcher's new Piano Concerto receives it German première in Berlin by dedicatee Kirill Gerstein with Semyon Bychkov conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker.
On 1 December, Jakub Hrůša conducts the Czech Philharmonic in the world première of Slavomír Hořínka’s Rejoice III.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 24 November with guest speakers Kaija Saariaho and Aleksi Barrière.
“Kirill Gerstein invites” season 4 continues this Wednesday 17 November with guest speaker Joseph Horowitz.
On 12 & 13 November, Kirill Gerstein performs Ravel's Left Hand Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor Michael Schønwandt.
On 12 & 13 November, Julian Anderson's The Crazed Moon will be performed by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati.
On Friday 5 November, Ondine release Thomas Larcher's latest recordings of his works Symphony No. 2 Kenotaph and Die Nacht der Verlorenen.
On 4 and 5 November, Kirill Gerstein joins François-Xavier Roth and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for Schoenberg's Piano Concerto.
On 4 November, the City of London Sinfonia give the UK première of Donghoon Shin's 'My Shadow' at London's Southwark Cathedral.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in six performances of Mahler's mighty Ninth Symphony.
Kirill Gerstein is back in the UK next week for two performances of Ravel's Piano Concertos with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
“Kirill Gerstein invites” season 4 continues this Wednesday 20 October with guest speaker Clive Brown.
On 20 October, pianist Lana Bode and soprano Samantha Crawford present their new song recital programme: dream.risk.sing: elevating women's voices as part of this year's Oxford Lieder Festival's 20th anniversary season.
One year from today, the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust and RVW Trust will join forces to mark the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams and the enormous impact his work had on musical life in the UK.
“Kirill Gerstein invites” season 4 returns this Wednesday 13 October with guest speaker Maurice van Lieshout.
Kirill Gerstein gives the French première of Thomas Adès's Piano Concerto written especially for him this Friday 8 October in Paris.
Kirill Gerstein returns to London's Wigmore Hall on Monday 4 October for a concert focusing on music by Debussy and Komitas.
On 29 September, the Czech Philharmonic will launch its 126th season with led by Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov.
Kirill Gerstein starts his new season with NDR Elbphilharmonie and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, both in collaboration with conductor Alan Gilbert.
Semyon Bychkov returns to the Orchestre de Paris for the first time since 1998 to conduct Mahler's Second Symphony on 22 September.
Kings Place's Artist in Focus Mark Simpson joins the Diotima Quartet on 30 September to present the world première of Alchymia, a new work for clarinet quintet by Thomas Adès, written especially for Simpson.
Dvořák is Composer of the Month on Mezzo TV all this September - catch up on Semyon Bychkov's performances with the Czech Philharmonic here.
As the 2021 Music@Malling Festival returns to live performances with 15 concerts which will also be available online, it continues to profile the music of Brian Elias which began at last year’s online Festival.
Kings Place's London Unwrapped re-commence this autumn featuring Ayanna Witter-Johnson on 18 September.
Founder Tim Williams to step down as Artistic Director following 30th-anniversary season, to be replaced by pianist Benjamin Powell.
On Sunday 12 September, Sir Simon Rattle will open the London Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-22 season including a new commission from Julian Anderson.
Opera Rara's next release is Donizetti in the 1830s out on 24 September featuring three operas that have been out of the catalogue for over 10 years.
Semyon Bychkov & Kirill Gerstein return to this year's BBC Proms on 3 September.
Cubitt Sessions 2021 announced: 12 days of free concerts from 11-22 August in the heart of King's Cross - find out more here.
Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic will be reunited after the summer at the 2021 Grafenegg Festival.
On Saturday 31 July, Kirill Gerstein joins Thomas Adès and Boston Symphony Orchestra at 2021 Tanglewood Music Festival.
Hay Music Trust put a spotlight on composer Brian Elias with a film screening, live music and a panel discussion on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 July.
Linguist Samuel Jay Keyser of MIT joins Kirill Gerstein as the final guest of this season's "Kirill Gerstein invites" series on Wednesday 7 July to talk about his new book "The Mental Life of Modernism".
Tonight at 8.10pm CET, Czech Philharmonic and Brno Philharmonic join forces with conductor Tomáš Netopil to present a Concert of Hope to raise money for those affected by the recent deadly tornado in Moravia.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues on Wednesday 30 June when conductor Sir Antonio Pappano joins Gerstein to speak on Puccini's 'La fanciulla del West'.
On 30 June, Alban Gerhardt and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra give the UK première of Julian Anderson's Cello Concerto Litanies.
The Czech Philharmonic bring their 125th season to a close on Wednesday 25 June with a special Open Air Concert at Sychrov Castle.
London Unwrapped's Artist-in-Residence Iestyn Davies takes to the stage on Thursday 24 June to present Handel's London Altos at Kings Place.
German radio station BR Klassik celebrates 'Opera Rara - a label of passion' in their hour long feature on the company tomorrow from 7.05pm CET.
On Wednesday 23 June, Semyon Bychkov conducts the world premiere of Bryce Dessner's new orchestral work Mari in Zurich dedicated to Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues on Wednesday 23 June when internationally renowned architect Rafael Viñoly joins Gerstein to speak "On Design: In Architecture, Objects and Music".
Congratulations to Donghoon Shin who the Berliner Philharmoniker today announced as winner of 2022 Claudio Abbado Composition Prize of the Karajan Academy.
On Thursday 3 June, the Czech Philharmonic present the final concert of this year's Prague Spring International Music Festival with conductor Mark Wigglesworth. The live stream will start via this link here at 8pm CET.
This Sunday 30 May, the Rautio Piano Trio give the world premiere of Brian Elias's new Piano Trio at Kings Place.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 26 May when New York Philharmonic's Deborah Borda joins Gerstein to talk about 'Unexpected Solutions - A Consideration of Positive Outcomes and Potential Growth Arising from the Pandemic.'
On Saturday 29 May, the Czech Philharmonic under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov return to Vienna for the first time since both the Czech Republic and Austria emerged from their second lockdowns this spring.
On Saturday 22 May, Kirill Gerstein gives the world premiere of Thomas Larcher's new Piano Concerto in Amsterdam. Catch the live broadcast and stream here from 2.15pm CET.
On Friday 21 May, Kirill Gerstein releases a recording of Mozart Four-Hand Piano Sonatas with his mentor of 17-years, Ferenc Rados - find out more here.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues on Wednesday 19 May when Rachel Beckles Willson joins Gerstein to talk about the 'sound journeys with the oriental lute.'
Met Opera Stars Live present Three Divas on Saturday 22 May streamed from the Royal Opera of Versailles in France at 6pm BST.
Kirill Gerstein's concert on Wednesday 12 May with the Helsinki Philharmonic as their 2020-21 season Artist-in-Residence will be live streamed from 5pm BST. Find out more here.
On Monday 10 May, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present the Czech Republic's first cultural event with a live event since last autumn.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues on Wednesday 5 May when Simon Callow returns, this time to talk about the failed genius of film director Orson Welles.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the fourth and final of the Czech Philharmonic's spring streams live from Prague on Thursday 29 April. They are joined by Kirill Gerstein as soloist.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues on Wednesday 28 April when Professor Emma Smith joins Kirill to talk about Shakespeare in the context of collaboration.
Met Opera Stars Live present Wagnerians in Concert on Saturday 8 May streamed from the grand Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany at 6pm BST.
The Czech Philharmonic with Chief Conductor & Music Director Semyon have announced their 126th season launching this September. Find out more here.
Congratulations to Steven Osborne for winning the best instrumental category at this year's BBC Music Magazine Awards for his Prokofiev War Sonatas release on Hyperion.
The Czech Philharmonic present their third Spring Stars stream on Wednesday 14 April conducted by Jakub Hrůša.
Kirill Gerstein joins the NDR Elbphilharmonie and Thomas Adès for their Online Stravinsky Festival on Saturday 10 April in Hamburg.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues on Wednesday 7 April when Reinhard Goebel returns for the second instalment of his talk on J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.
On Thursday 8 April, the Czech Philharmonic join forces with Ida Kelarová & Čhavorenge to celebrate International Romani Day with a concert live streamed from Prague's La Fabrika.
Kirill Gerstein joins Deutsche Grammophon's celebrations of World Piano Day today (Sunday 28 March) from 3pm CET - watch the stream here and for 72 hours afterwards.
Kirill Gerstein joins Thomas Adès to celebrate his 50th birthday this Sunday 28 March with the London Symphony Orchestra.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 24 March with actor, director, author Simon Callow as Kirill's guest.
Kirill Gerstein's performance from Paris of Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 will be available to watch from Wednesday 24 March.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the second of the Czech Philharmonic's spring streams live from Prague on Thursday 25 March.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 17 March with conductor, violinist and period-music specialist Reinhard Goebel as Kirill's guest.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 20 March with choreographer Sasha Waltz as Kirill's guest.
Czech Philharmonic present the first of their spring streams on Tuesday 9 March with Jakub Hrůša & Alisa Weilerstein live from Prague.
On Friday 5 March, Steven Osborne & Paul Lewis release an album of French duets on Hyperion marking their first recording together in over 10 years.
Congratulations to both Steven Osborne & Alina Ibragimova for being nominated each for a 2021 BBC Music Magazine Award - vote for their Prokofiev & Shostakovich recordings here by 18 March.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in music by Tchaikovsky & Dvořák on Thursday 11 March live-streamed from Berlin from 7pm CET.
On Thursday 11 March at 7pm GMT, Kings Place, in its first collaboration with New York's 92Y, present Jonathan Biss & Stephen Fry in conversation about Beethoven.
Steven Osborne celebrates his 50th birthday at the Wigmore Hall on 12 March - the concert will be lived streamed in HD from 7.30pm.
On Friday 4 March, Kirill Gerstein returns to London's Wigmore Hall for a Fantasie-themed recital streamed live in HD.
Met Opera Stars Live present Sonya Yoncheva on Saturday 27 February streamed from the Baroque library of the Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany at 6pm GMT.
London Unwrapped, the thirteenth edition of Kings Place's award-winning series, launches on Friday 26 February.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 17 February with pianist Robert Levin as Kirill's guest.
Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Student Philharmonic present their first concert together on Saturday 20 February streamed live on Facebook and YouTube.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 10 February with brothers Simon & Gerard McBurney as Kirill's guests.
Thomas Larcher's Symphony No. 3 'A Line Above the Sky' receives its world premiere today (Friday 5 February) in Brno.
Met Opera Stars Live present Anna Netrebko on Saturday 6 February streamed from Vienna's historic Spanish Riding School at 6pm GMT.
OperaGlass Works' production of The Turn of the Screw filmed during lockdown is now available to watch via Marquee TV.
Next Tuesday 2 February at 7.15pm GMT, catch Kirill Gerstein playing Brahms's First Piano Concerto with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and François-Xavier Roth from Cologne.
On 4 February, the Czech Philharmonic will present its first own live-streamed concert on Facebook: Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov conducts.
This week, Semyon Bychkov & Czech Philharmonic embark on a new studio recording of Smetana's Má vlast.
Catch Jonathan Biss and Stephen Fry in conversation about Biss's new Audible Original - UNQUIET: My Life with Beethoven - on Monday 25 January streamed by New York's 92Y.
Congratulations to Kirill Gerstein and Opera Rara for winning their respective categories at this year's International Classical Music Awards. Find out more here.
Met Opera Stars Live present Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała on Saturday 23 January streamed from Germany’s historic Stadthalle Wuppertal at 6pm GMT.
The third season of "Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 20 January with cellist Steven Isserlis as Kirill's guest.
Opera Rara release Donizetti's Il Paria this Friday 15 January and celebrate with a virtual launch the day before streamed live on Facebook.
The third series of "Kirill Gerstein invites" launches on Wednesday 13 January with author Elizabeth Wilson discussing the life and legacy of Russian pianist Maria Yudina.
Rafael Payare was today announced the new Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal starting from the 2022-23 season.
After two weeks in quarantine, Kirill Gerstein this week embarks on a tour of Japan with Daishin Kashimoto presenting music by Prokofiev, Franck, Takemitsu and Beethoven.
Jonathan Biss's first Audible Original - UNQUIET: My Life with Beethoven - is out now in the USA. Watch this space for news on the UK release.
Congratulations to Julian Anderson who was honoured with the title of CBE for his services to music.
Met Opera favourites Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena, Angel Blue and Matthew Polenzani sing live from the Parktheater in Augsburg Germany for a special Met Stars Live New Year's Gala.
From 19-26 December, watch Semyon Bychkov's performance of Mahler & Dvořák via the Munich Philharmonic's website here.
The second term of "Kirill Gerstein invites" draws to a close this Wednesday 16 December with theatre, opera and stage director Kirill Serebrennikov.
On Tuesday 15 December, Kirill Gerstein appears with two students from the Kronberg Academy where he teaches on Hope@Home - Next Generation for an all-Czech programme livestreamed on Arte.
This Sunday 13 December, DG Stage present Kirill Gerstein in concert with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
Steven Osborne returns to Kings Place this Saturday 12 December to play Mozart with Aurora Orchestra.
Met Opera Stars Live present Bryn Terfel on Saturday 12 December streamed from Wales at 6pm GMT.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 9 December with Kirill's mentor: legendary jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton.
Semyon Bychkov returns to Rome this week to conduct the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Mendelssohn and Mozart.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 2 December with composer and conductor Matthew Aucoin.
Adès Conducts Adès featuring Kirill Gerstein's world premiere performance of the Piano Concerto written especially for him as been nominated for three Grammy Awards.
The Czech Philharmonic present Advent concerts on the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, live streamed internationally via their Facebook page. Find out more here.
Kings Place was last night announced as winner of the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Concert Series and Events Award for Venus Unwrapped.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 18 November with harpsichordist and fortepianist Andreas Staier on C.P.E. Bach.
Steven Osborne's performance of music by Debussy and Rachmaninov as part of Bath Mozart's minifest will be live streamed this Friday 20 November.
Opera Rara's close artistic collaborators help them celebrate their 50th birthday starting with messages from Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi and Russian soprano Albina Shagimuratova.
Catch Julian Anderson on BBC Radio 3 Music Matters this Saturday 14 November discussing his latest book: 'Dialogues on Culture, Composing and Listening'.
Semyon Bychkov & Czech Philharmonic launch Velvet Revolution concert series with Smetana's Má vlast.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" continues this Wednesday 11 November with The New Yorker's Alex Ross on his new book 'Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music.'
Avi Avital releases Art of the Mandolin on Deutsche Grammophon on Friday 13 November.
Kings Place continues its celebration of #Beethoven250 with the Brodsky Quartet and Rachel Podger.
Met Opera Stars Live present Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja on Saturday 24 October streamed from Italy at 6pm BST.
Kings Place present Aurora Orchestra who continue their Mozart's Piano journey with Imogen Cooper this Saturday 17 October.
Kirill Gerstein presents études by Liszt and Debussy at Berlin's Pierre Boulez Saal on Tuesday 13 October.
Term 2 of "Kirill Gerstein invites" launches this Wednesday 7 October with guest speaker Iván Fischer on Monteverdi's Orfeo.
Brian Elias's music will be performed at Music@Malling 2020 - the virtual festival takes place between 16-18 October.
Live music continues in the Czech Republic this month as Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present their opening subscription concerts from 7-9 October
Kings Place present its second Taster Weekend from Friday 2-Sunday 4 October opening with a Nature Unwrapped performance by Voces8.
Ermonela Jaho's debut recital album Anima Rara with Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana conducted by Andrea Battistoni is available worldwide now from Opera Rara - watch the trailer here.
Today and tomorrow, Kirill Gerstein plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 with the Danish Radio Symphony conducted by Thomas Søndergård.
Kirill Gerstein's world premiere recording of Thomas Adès’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra wins at 2020 Gramophone Awards.
Semyon Bychkov & Czech Philharmonic launch the Orchestra's 125th Season this week on 23 and 24 September.
Kings Place present its first Taster Weekend from Friday 18-Sunday 20 September kicking off with Steve Richards's Rock 'n' Roll Politics.
Watch the Czech Student Philharmonic's video analyzing and performing Janáček's Sinfonietta presented by the Czech Phil's Head of Education.
Budapest Festival Orchestra play Julian Anderson's Alhambra Fantasy this Wednesday 16 September.
Semyon Bychkov & Kirill Gerstein perform with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in six concerts this week.
Watch Kirill Gerstein this Saturday 12 September from 3pm CET playing Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto in Sweden via SON's digital stage here.
This autumn, Mezzo TV present a special cycle focusing on Czech Philharmonic past performances with Semyon Bychkov and Sir Simon Rattle.
Met Opera Stars Live present Joyce DiDonato on Saturday 12 September streamed from Germany at 6.30pm BST.
Semyon Bychkov & Czech Philharmonic launch the 2020 Dvořák Prague International Music Festival this Friday 4 September.
NMC's release of compositions by Julian Anderson has been shortlisted for a 2020 Gramophone Award.
The Czech Philharmonic's recording Suk's Asrael and Fairy Tale has been shortlisted for a 2020 Gramophone Award.
Steven Osborne's Prokofiev War Sonatas recording has been shortlisted for a 2020 Gramophone Award.
The world première recording of Thomas Adès's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra perfomed by dedicatee Kirill Gerstein has been shortlisted for a 2020 Gramophone Award.
Kings Place resident Aurora Orchestra return to live performance with Beethoven's Seventh Symphony outdoors on 7 September.
Met Opera Stars Live present Lise Davidsen this Saturday 29 August streamed from Norway at 6.30pm BST.
Jonathan Biss performs Beethoven from his home in Philadelphia for Saratoga Performing Arts Center tonight from 8pm ET.
Catch the live stream of Kirill Gerstein performing Schonberg with the Swedish Radio Symphony and Daniel Harding this Friday 21 August.
This Thursday 20 August in Prague, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in the middle of recording sessions.
Met Opera Stars Live present Robert Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak this Sunday 16 August streamed from France at 6.30pm BST.
On Saturday 8 and Tuesday 11 August, Bychkov conducts the Euskadiko Orkestra in works by Beethoven in San Sebastián and Santander.
Wiener Symphoniker release their last recording with outgoing Music Director Philippe Jordan: Brahms Complete Symphonies.
This Sunday 2 August, Kirill Gerstein plays live from Beethoven-Haus Bonn with Daniel Hope and Matthias Goerne for the final Hope@Home on tour concert.
Out now from myrios classics is Kirill Gerstein's latest release with longtime friend and collaborator Thomas Adès.
In the final seminar of the "Kirill Gerstein invites" series this term on Wednesday 8 July, Kirill is joined by Iván Fischer, Founder and Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra to discuss the future of the symphony orchestra.
In response to the global pandemic and cancellation of concerts, Thomas Larcher has launched his own YouTube channel - click here to find out more.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" Ian Bostridge for a seminar on Schubert's Winterreise today from 6pm CET.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" John Deathridge for a seminar on Wagner and Schubert today from 6pm CET.
Opera Rara present a 50th anniversary talk and Facebook live Q&A with their Artistic Dramaturge Professor Roger Parker this Thursday 25 June.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" Thomas Adès for a seminar on live musical cultures today from 6pm CET.
The Semyon Bychkov & WDR Sinfonieorchester boxset consists of 9 CDs documenting the Maestro’s tenure as the orchestra's Principal Conductor between 1997-2010.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" Gergely Fazekas for a seminar on Kurtág's Fin de partie this Wednesday 10 June.
Next Wednesday 10 June, the Centre For Young Musicians will present 50 performances from current students and distinguished alumni to celebrate their 50th anniversary in an Online Gala, in place of the planned Barbican Centre event.
Jakub Hrůša conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Beethoven on Thursday 4 June for the Prague Spring Festival's closing concert, broadcast live on Czech TV.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" Tony Fogg of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for an online seminar this Wednesday 3 June.
Kirill Gerstein plays live from Berlin this Saturday 30 May as part of Daniel Hope's Hope@Home - On Tour series.
Czech Philharmonic launch summer chamber concerts from 1 June until the end of August.
Alina Ibragimova releases Shostakovich's Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, marking her eighteenth disc for Hyperion.
France Musique dedicate the evening of Sunday 31 May to the music of Julian Anderson from 8pm CET.
This week’s Nightly Opera Streams offer high drama in a variety of forms and one sparkling comedy.
rbbKultur live broadcast Kirill Gerstein with musicians of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin this Sunday 24 May
This Saturday 23 May, the Czech Philharmonic present an all-Mozart benefit gala raising money for People in Need Foundation.
"Kirill Gerstein invites" hosted by Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin continues this Wednesday 20 May with guest speaker Claudio Martínez Mehner.
Kirill Gerstein's '#ViewAcrossTheKeyboard: An exploration into the treasures of the keyboard discography' series continues on IDAGIOLive tonight at 6pm.
This week’s schedule of Nightly Opera Streams runs the gamut, from a 1982 telecast of Lucia di Lammermoor starring the stupendous Joan Sutherland to the Met premiere of Thomas Adès’s 21st-century masterpiece The Tempest.
This week’s schedule of Nightly Opera Streams features two legendary telecasts, the Met premiere of a modern masterpiece, two lesser-known gems, and the perennially popular double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.
Opera Rara present their 50th Anniversary Playlist available to stream or download from their website here.
International opera streams of performances by Semyon Bychkov take place this month with the first on Friday 8 May from Teatro alla Scala.
Free Nightly Opera Streams continue from the Metropolitan Opera with Donizetti's Tudor Trilogy and the first Viewers’ Choice classic telecast— Aida, starring Leontyne Price.
This Saturday, the Czech Philharmonic will be presenting their second benefit concert, this time raising money for the charity ŽIVOT 90 which helps elderly people in need.
Free Nightly Opera Streams from the Metropolitan Opera continue with a week of operas both scintillating and searing.
The Met free Nightly Opera Streams continue with a week of screenings that includes some of the biggest hits of recent seasons as well as the very first Viewers’ Choice selection: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly from 2009.
All of Kirill Gerstein's online initiatives - including writings, teaching, Q&As - can be now found via the hashtag #ViewAcrossTheKeyboard. You can tune in every Monday at 6pm GMT to watch him live on IDAGIO.
Kirill Gerstein releases Strauss's Enoch Arden with Bruno Ganz - now available worldwide from myrios classics
Metropolitan Opera's free Nightly Opera Streams continue with a week of performances that show off opera at its most thrilling, thought-provoking, and uplifting.
Steven Osborne is embarking on a virtual teaching journey with free piano lessons.
Catch opera streams conducted by Semyon Bychkov from Vienna's Wiener Staatsoper this April.
The third week of the free Nightly Opera Streams offers a wide range of musical and theatrical flavours - from the infectious comedy of Rossini’s classic Il Barbiere di Siviglia to the epitome of the bel canto style in Bellini’s Norma and the grand drama of Verdi’s monumental Don Carlo.
The Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov with some special guests today presented their 125th season in a virtual press conference.
The second week of The Met free Nightly Opera Streams is dedicated to the epic masterpieces of Richard Wagner.
Due to lockdown, OperaGlass Works will postpone The Turn of the Screw. Read Selina Cadell's and Eliza Thompson's message here.
The Met Opera streams its Live in HD presentations online for free amidst closures.
This week, Semyon Bychkov conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Strauss.
Steven Osborne brings his interpretations of Beethoven's last three piano sonatas to Glasgow this Sunday as part of his RSNO Artist-in-Residency.
Mira Calix presents an evening of her music composed and re-arranged for string quartet electronics and field recordings as part of Nature Unwrapped this Friday at Kings Place.
Jakub Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic tour Germany this week with Sol Gabetta.
Jonathan Biss returns to the UK this week to continue his Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle.
Kirill Gerstein performs Thomas Adès's Piano Concerto on 27 and 28 February in Munich.
Kirill Gerstein showcases 'fiery Hungarian folk music, brilliant flights of fancy, and pianism on the grand scale' at New York's Carnegie Hall this week as part of Keyboard Virtuosos III: Keynotes
More info and tickets here.
For three nights this week Semyon Bychkov will conduct the Munich Philharmonic in Mahler's last Symphony No. 9.
The Met Opera has announced its 2020-21 season including Live in HD performances of Verdi's 'Aida', Beethoven's 'Fidelio' and the premiere of Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking'. Find out more here.
Kirill Gerstein releases Strauss's 'Enoch Arden' with the late Bruno Ganz marking his last ever recording - out today on myrios classics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
France Musique's Philippe Cassard explores Steven Osborne's rich and eclectic discography for Hyperion - he describes Osborne as a "truly complete artist". Listen to the programme here.
After the great success of their inaugural production of The Rake’s Progress at Wilton Music Hall in 2017 OperaGlass Works returns with Britten's The Turn of the Screw this March. Tickets are now on sale.
Christof Loy’s Olivier Award-winning production of Wagner’s 'Tristan und Isolde' returns to the Royal Opera House in April with Semyon Bychkov conducting.
This Thursday Kirill Gerstein performs Rachmaninov's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' with Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lahav Shani at the Southbank Centre.
This week Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis' Duet Piano Tour takes them to the Wigmore Hall on Tuesday, then they travel to perform at the deSingel in Belgium and at The Rosehill Theatre on Saturday.
Opera Rara and Casa Ricordi have signed a worldwide distribution agreement for the Opera Rara editorial catalogue. Through the Ricordi sales network, it will now be possible to rent material for the performance of all 35 works published by Opera Rara, including the performing edition of Donizetti’s L’ange de Nisida.
This week Wiener Staatsoper will boom with the sound of Strauss's 'Elektra' conducted by Semyon Bychkov - the same opera he conducted for his Staatsoper debut in 1999
Pianist Nicholas Angelich makes his Kings Place debut with Aurora Orchestra and Alexandra Wood on violin, Sébastien van Kuijk on cello, conducted by Nicholas Collon in 'New Dawns' as part of Nature Unwrapped.
David Robertson conducts the Czech Philharmonic in the second subscription concert of Series C on three dates this week at the Rudolfinum.
Steven Osborne's and Paul Lewis' Duet Piano Tour in a repertoire by Fauré, Poulenc, Debussy, Stravinsky and Ravel commences this Friday at St James' Church in Chipping Campden, then Perth Concert Hall on Sunday.
Steven Osborne launches the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada's Beethoven250 celebrations with performances of the Fourth Piano Concerto on 31 January and 1 February this week.
Ermonela Jaho launches Opera Rara's 50th anniversary celebrations at the Wigmore Hall this Sunday 2 February.
Following a successful solo recital at Wigmore Hall and his residency at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Vadym Kholodenko performs at St John’s Smith Square as part of the London Bechstein Series this Friday 31 January.
Catch up with BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters online to hear Tom Service and Erica Jeal interview Sir Mark Elder and Carlo Rizzi about Opera Rara who celebrate their 50th birthday this year.
Jakub Hrůša conducts the Czech Philharmonic and soloist Piotr Anderszewski this week in repertoire by Suk, Janáček and Bartók at the Rudolfinum in Prague.
Kirill Gerstein performs Liszt's Totentanz (Dance of Death) with the Houston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dmitri Slobodeniouk at Jones Hall this week (30 January, 1 February & 2 February). Get your tickets here.
Steven Osborne releases his 30th Hyperion recording of Prokofiev’s War Sonatas this Friday 31 January. Find out more here.
The acclaimed Met Opera's production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess starring Angel Blue and Eric Owens comes to cinemas worldwide Live in HD this Saturday 1 February.
The Orchestre National de France give the world premiere of Julian Anderson’s Litanies on 12 February conducted by Pascal Rophé.
Semyon Bychkov leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the UK première of Detlev Glanert’s Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch at the Barbican this Saturday.
From 4-6 December at the Rudolfinum, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Czech Philharmonic in repertoire of the most performed European composers of the 19th-century: Brahms and Bruckner with Francesco Piemontesi on piano.
Next up on Live in HD, Wozzeck: set in an apocalyptic pre-World War I environment, with baritone Peter Mattei making his highly anticipated role debut. Find your cinema here.
Kirill Gerstein performs Strauss’s ‘Burlesque in D minor for Piano and Orchestra’ with the Staatsorchester Stuttgart this week. Get tickets here.
Concluding its season at Kings Place in the upcoming week, Aurora Orchestra celebrates women pioneers past and present with pianist Angela Hewitt and cellist Natalie Clein as part of Venus Unwrapped.
Helsinki Philharmonic are joined by Kirill Gerstein this week for the Finnish première of Thomas Adès’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra conducted by the composer himself.
The 12 ensemble join Elena Tonra for a unique re-imagined performance of her solo record, Ex:Re, at a sold out Kings Place show this week as part of Venus Unwrapped.
Two years after their recording won immense acclaim, Steven Osborne and conductor Ludovic Morlot reunite to perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester this week.
Jonathan Biss will be in Washington this week for the second instalment of his Beethoven sonata cycle, this time exploring the composer’s middle period.
Opera Rara has been picked not once, but twice, in Presto Classical’s Top 100 best recordings of the year for Le Willis and L’Ange de Nisida.
Steven Osborne’s Royal Scottish National Orchestra residency commences with a concert at Perth Concert Hall followed by performances in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Jonathan Biss performs Beethoven’s regal Emperor Piano Concerto No. 5 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa on two dates this week.
Listen again to Brian Elias in conversation with Deputy Editor Sarah Kirkup reflecting on a lifetime of composing for Gramophone’s podcast series.
The first Met Opera production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten is screened Live in HD in cinemas across the UK. You can find your tickets here.
Opera Rara’s latest release Le Willis is the topic of discussion at Foyles Charing Cross this weekend in association with Warner Classics – Gramophone’s James Jolly interviews Ermonela Jaho about Puccini’s first opera.
Composer Brian Elias has a new website – click here to read more about his compositions including when he worked with Kenneth MacMillan on the music for his ballet The Judas Tree.
NMC Recordings release Poetry Nearing Silence focusing on Julian Anderson’s chamber music and featuring performances from the Nash Ensemble conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
OperaGlass Works are delighted to announce their second production which will be Britten’s The Turn of the Screw staged at Wilton’s Music Hall from 25 March 2020.
Congratulations to Thomas Larcher who was today awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize in recognition of outstanding artistic achievement.
Thomas Larcher’s first opera The Hunting Gun was given its UK première at the 2019 Aldeburgh Festival – find out more about the piece here.
Take a look back at OperaGlass’s inaugural production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress directed by founder Selina Cadell here.
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