The power of opera to transform lives and societies was celebrated in Munich as the 11th edition of the International Opera Awards was livestreamed to global audiences.
The finalists of the Basel Composition Competition 2025 have been announced: the jury is chaired by Swiss composer Michael Jarrell.
The George Enescu International Competition has announced the winners in all four of its divisions – Cello, Violin, Piano and Composition – along with additional special prizes in multiple categories.
In September Andrzej Kosendiak resigned as leader of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. It raised many questions to which he answers now.
Managing your career as a classical musician needs confidence and a special skillset. Sonus Foundation offers two mentoring programs in the FOCUS on You project. We had the privilege of talking with some of the graduates of the last issue of the programs.
The two soloists are calling for peace and against propaganda. Diana Tishchenko is from Ukraine, Alexander Sitkovetsky originates from Russia.
For the first time, the Hungarian State Opera presented “Nixon in China” (in English) on September 22 (the first of three performances).
For Venezuelan artist Zeus Salas, who lived through hellish years of political carnage in Caracas and Buenos Aires, comparatively calm Budapest is now his gold mine of inspiration.
“G for Gustav, F for Frankreich, and K for Karajan!” instructed maestro Alain Altinoglu as he conducted a ‘symphonic mob’ rehearsal in the middle of a lovely park in Bad Kissingen, a spa town in Bavaria.
“I have a memory from the time before I was born,” writes Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst. That memory was filled with songs by Scarlatti and Purcell.
A curiously forgotten and fairly prolific Baroque composer, Johann David Heinichen, was a contemporary of Bach; and like him, arose from St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.
Pentatone will honor Michael Tilson Thomas’ lifetime of contributions as a composer by releasing a deluxe collection of CDs and digital recordings of his compositions.
Violinist Antje Weithaas and pianist Dénes Várjon each ideally combine the highest degree of enthusiasm and technical refinement.
Sixty years after the last edition of Köchel was published, Mozart’s entire output has been newly documented and reexamined to reflect the latest research.
The Madrid-born conductor is the first Spaniard to take on this role at Poland’s leading opera festival.
Freedom of Music is a high-profile musical project that tells the story of Romanian freedom.
The renewed Hungarian National Male Choir’s 2024/25 season is about to offer memorable and special moments to audiences at home and abroad.
The Huelgas Ensemble gave a concert in the Matthias Church on 27 June to mark the handover of the EU Presidency.
With music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann, the 18th Grafenegg Festival came to an end on 8 September 2024 at the Wolkenturm.
On Saturday, August 31, 2024, during the official opening of the 19th edition of the George Enescu International Competition, the winners of the Composition Section were announced.
Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner won the Eurovision Young Musicians 2024 competition on Saturday evening.
Classical Me has opened registration for the „Spotlight on Music – Journalism for the music sector”, a one-week creative urban start-up camp.
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