On its website, our colleagues at BBC Music Magazine published a ranking of the 30 greatest conductors of all time, selected by their peers. In response to the question, “Which maestros have inspired you?”, a hundred of today’s top conductors overwhelmingly named Carlos Kleiber. Only two women appear in this ranking, and — cocorico! — […]

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 […]

Sir Simon Rattle, the world’s best-known British conductor, who led the Berliner Philharmoniker for 16 years and the London Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2023, where he remains Chief Conductor Emeritus, will be the new Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic from the 2024/25 season. Discover all upcoming performances featuring Simone Rattle © Astrid […]

Following the announcement that the Berliner Philharmoniker will be returning to Salzburg from 2026, Baden-Baden is calling on a new generation of artists to maintain its prestigious Easter Festival at the same level of excellence. In order to “broaden the European vision”, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra will take over […]

While her very first solo recording (of Rachmaninov’s songs with pianist Lukas Geniušas) is to be released on 25 March 2022, Asmik Grigorian already has numerous recording projects with the Alpha Classics label, such as Shostakovich’s 14th with Matthias Goerne and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, both works with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted […]