Turin and its famous Lingotto, the former Fiat industrial site now converted into a cultural center, will host the first concert of the Lingotto Musica series on October 18, 2024. The Giovanni Agnelli Auditorium will open its 2024-2025 season with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and two renowned artists: Alan Gilbert will conduct, and Yefim Bronfman […]
A return to her roots for the voluptuous soprano Sonya Yoncheva, who reunites with William Christie after participating in one of the early editions of Le Jardin des Voix, the academy for young singers by Les Arts Florissants. On November 1, 2024, at the Philharmonie de Paris, November 5 at La Halle aux Grains in […]
After the disheartening revelations that naturally led to the withdrawal of their principal leader, the brilliant ensemble Les Siècles, in residence at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées since 2022, is bouncing back by announcing the names of seven replacements. Jakob Lehmann, Ustina Dubitsky, Franck Ollu, Pierre Bleuse, and Simon Proust will conduct the various scheduled events […]
The next spectators seated in one of the chairs at La Scala in Milan, the temple of opera, will undoubtedly notice a significant change. The seatbacks have been upgraded to provide subtitles, no longer in just two languages but now in five! Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish are now available, allowing music lovers to […]
From November 19 to 30, 2024, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Munich, and Vienna will welcome Venezuelan maestro Rafael Payare for a grand celebration! The new Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra will embark on a European tour to celebrate the orchestra’s 90th anniversary, founded exactly on November 16, 1934. Payare, who follows […]
Having just founded a new orchestra, Utopia, with the goal of allowing musicians to dedicate themselves to preparatory and research work while continuing to hone their musical mastery in order to achieve visionary artistic goals, conductor Teodor Currentzis is launching his own record label. Named Thêta, after the Greek letter, as a tribute to the […]
Already conducting several ensembles in Portugal and the Netherlands, the dashing Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti has just been appointed to lead the prestigious Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. As Music Director, he is expected in Japan starting in the 2026-27 season. He is the fourth to hold this position, succeeding another talented conductor, Jonathan Nott. Discover […]
As part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, the young Irish composer Emma O’Halloran is presenting two new works, Trade and Mary Motorhead, on the stage of the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire, from 11 to 13 October 2024. For the occasion, she is adapting two plays with burning themes by her uncle Mark O’Halloran, a […]
After the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists parted ways with their founding conductor John Eliot Gardiner this summer, Gardiner has decided to form a new ensemble, The Constellation. The situation wouldn’t seem so peculiar if Gardiner hadn’t managed to insert himself into the 2024-2025 season at the Elbphilharmonie—with the same program, but one […]
The 2024-2025 season at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is special for many reasons. It marks the final season curated by Michel Franck, the vibrant artistic director who has been at the helm since 2010. To celebrate, he has prepared a dazzling lineup that will delight all music lovers. Some events are bound to be highly […]
