The great artist Paavo Järvi has more than one string to his bow, conducting prestigious orchestras around the world every season. Conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich since 2020, he maintains a special relationship with his other orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, of which he has been Artistic Director since 2004. Following the success of his […]

While Martina Franca mourns the death of the President of the Paolo Grassi Foundation (organiser of the Festival della Valle d’Itria), Berlin has chosen Aviel Cahn, the current General Director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, to lead the Berlin Deutsche Oper from the 2026-2027 season. Dubai Opera also has a new General Director in […]

The popular Gustavo Dudamel, current music director of the Paris National Opéra, has just been officially appointed to lead the New York Philharmonic where he is expected in 2025-26 to start his first real season 2026-27. He will be the first Hispanic principal conductor since the orchestra was founded in 1842. The Venezuelan conductor who […]

Renowned conductor Nathalie Stutzmann leads the prestigious New York Philharmonic from 22 to 24 February 2023 at the Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall in New York, in a Wagner, Prokofiev and Dvorák programme with Alisa Weilerstein. Since Marin Alsop‘s departure from Baltimore, Nathalie Stutzmann, who has just been appointed to lead the Atlanta Symphony […]

Klaus Mäkelä‘s impressive career takes him to New York from 8 to 10 December 2022, where the young conductor will make his debut with the New York Philharmonic. With Truls Mørk unwell, a change of programme has been announced. Shostakovich‘s Cello Concerto No. 2 is replaced by the Symphony No. 6 by the same composer, […]

Under the leadership of its conductor Cristian Măcelaru, the Orchestre National de France is going on a European tour from 26 November to 8 December 2022 with works by Ravel, Scriabin, Glière, Saint-Saëns and Franck. Two great artists have been invited to join them. First, Daniil Trifonov will perform Scriabin‘s Piano Concerto, and then Xavier […]

On 9, 10 and 11 November 2022, Roman audiences at the Parco della Musica will visit two pure masterpieces of classical music. Antonio Pappano conducts Bruckner’s final symphony (No. 9) and in the first half, the superb violinist Lisa Batiashvili performs Beethoven‘s Concerto with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Great stars for a […]

The Philharmonie de Paris is back with a bang, with a line-up of great conductors. On the 6th and 7th of September 2020, Yannick Nézet-Séguin opens the ball with the Philadelphia Orchestra (and a fine programme with, in particular, the soprano Angel Blue, the revelation of Gounod’s Faust at Bastille). On the 8th and 9th, […]

In June 2022, lucky Parisians don’t have to go far because the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées is hosting three great European orchestras. On 2 June, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden opens the ball with Christian Thielemann and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9. The following day, András Schiff plays and conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment from […]

On February 8 and 9, 2019 at the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra opens his season with a gala concert conducted by David Robertson who will be leaving the orchestra at the end of 2019. A flamboyant program with Strauss’s Zarathustra and the rare Concerto for oboe Spirit of the Wild by Australian […]