Artists & projects

Founded 2012 at the young age of only 13 years, the Amelio Trio embarked on an international career after winning prizes at major competitions such as the Grand Prize of the German Music Competition 2024. For the 2026/27 season, the ensemble has been selected as ECHO Rising Star by the European Concert Hall Organisation.

Rediscovering Sibelius – Pianist Annika Treutler joins forces with the Aris Quartet to explore a fascinating yet little-known chapter in Jean Sibelius's oeuvre.

The Space Within – or: What if Mozart had written a concerto for accordion and orchestra? On his new album, released by the Artway Next label (27 March 2026), João Barradas brings this question to life and at the same time draws a line to the present.

The ensemble was founded by young musicians in Augsburg in 1990. On their new album, which will be released in collaboration with BR Klassik and Avi Records in March 2026, the bayerische kammerphilharmonie will focus on the music of Mieczysław Weinberg.

With remarkable versatility, soprano Vera-Lotte Boecker impresses audiences on opera and concert stages alike. In 2022, she was named ‘Singer of the Year’ by the magazine Opernwelt, and in 2023 she was awarded the German Theatre Prize DER FAUST as ‘Performer: Musical Theatre’.

The Diogenes Quartet is one of the most respected German string quartets of our time and can now look back on a concert career spanning more than 25 years. For several years the musicians have been intensively studying the work of Friedrich Gernsheim.

The Eliot Quartet is one of the outstanding string quartets of its generation. Internationally renowned and the recipient of numerous awards, it characterises Frankfurt's musical life with its own concert series. Its Shostakovich cycle ‘DSCH & beyond’, which includes all 15 quartets, is outstanding. Recordings on the GENUIN label complement the intensive exploration of Shostakovich and demonstrate the versatility of the ensemble, which performs worldwide.

With his comprehensive view of repertoire from a wide range of musical eras, he consistently grasps works in their multifaceted relationality. Respected for his profound knowledge of contemporary works and expertise in highly complex scores, as well as for his precise and informed conducting of classical-romantic and baroque works, the Berlin-based Zurich native can be seen regularly performing central works of opera literature and in concert halls. In 2025 Titus Engel was awarded the Swiss Music Prize for his artistic work, having already been named Conductor of the Year by Opernwelt magazine in 2020. From the 2026/27 season, he will help shape the profile of the Deutsche Oper Berlin as its Conductor in Residence.

"Holger Falk is anyway one of the intellectually and vocally most flexible singers on German stages" the Magazine Opernwelt wrote. Colourfulness, flexiblity and authenticity in his expression are the artistical sources of his international carreer as an operasinger as well as an interpreter of art song.

On their album "Erlkönig", the lieder pianist Doriana Tchakarova, together with the baritone Johannes Held, present 13 versions of Goethe’s ballad, from Corona Schröter’s very first version from 1782 through Schubert to a contemporary approach – including a world premiere.

Swiss baritone Äneas Humm, who was awarded the OPUS KLASSIK Young Artist of the Year in 2022, made his debut at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven at the age of 18 and completed his vocal studies with Edith Wiens at the Juilliard School in New York in 2019. Highlight engagements in the 2024/2025 season include Äneas Humm's return to the St. Gallen Theatre for his role debut as Pantalon in DIE LIEBE ZU DEN DREI ORANGEN and once again the role of Doktor Falke in DIE FLEDERMAUS, this time alongside Rolando Villazón.

Simon Höfele has established himself within a short space of time internationally as one of the most successful trumpet players of the young generation. He was BBC Radio3 new generation artist, Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) 2019-20, OPUS Award Winner 2020 and is host of the WDR3 podcast KLASSIK CRUSH.

Marie Jacquot has played her way into the forefront of exciting young conductors through numerous outstanding debuts with top-class orchestras, her consistent musical work and her interest in exploring a wide-ranging repertoire. Starting with the 2024/25 season, she is Chief Conductor of the Royal Danish Theatre Copenhagen, since the 2023/24 season, she has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker and from 2026/27, she will as well be chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra.

The Kuss Quartet transforms contemporary issues into art and is equally committed to innovation and the preservation of the repertoire with excellence.