Term 2 of “Kirill Gerstein invites” hosted by Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin launches this Wednesday 7 October. Kirill is joined once again by Iván Fischer – his guest of the final lecture of the first term – Founder and Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

For this lecture, they discuss Monteverdi’s Orfeo and “the rebirth of the Greek tragedy.” Starting from 6.30pm CET/5,30pm BST, the lecture is free for anyone to join – click here for registration details.