Artists & projects
Aris Quartet - String Quartet
Expressive, dynamic, impressive – the Aris Quartet has been at home on international stages for more than a decade. With its unmistakable sound, it has long been known as one of the world’s top-rank chamber music ensembles. The ensemble’s success is no coincidence: having earned numerous first prizes at prestigious competitions, the Aris Quartet quickly achieved its international breakthrough. The musicians have also been honored as ECHO Rising Stars by the European Concert Hall Organisation, are among the BBC's New Generation Artists, and have won five awards at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
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Pablo Barragán - Clarinet
"This evening it was Pablo Barragán who cast a spell on his audience. In addition to his perfect playing in all respects, it was just his soulful tone, which held in breath."
Westdeutsche Zeitung in October 2019
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Westdeutsche Zeitung in October 2019
Vera-Lotte Boecker - Soprano
Soprano Vera-Lotte Boecker is one of the most versatile singers of her generation. Her wide-ranging repertoire extends from operetta to grand opera and new music. In 2022, the specialist magazine "Opernwelt" named the Cologne-based singer "Singer of the Year", one of the most important awards in the German opera business. In 2023, she was awarded the German theatre prize DER FAUST as "Performer Musical Theatre".
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Chamber Orchestra of Europe
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) was founded in 1981 by a group of young musicians who became acquainted as part of the European Community Youth Orchestra (now EUYO). There are now about 60 members of the COE (including a dozen founding members), who pursue parallel careers as principals or section leaders of nationally-based orchestras, as eminent chamber musicians, and as tutors of music.
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DSCH & beyond (Shostakovich-Cycle) - Holzhausen Concerts // Eliot Quartet
To mark the 50th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich’s death (August 9th 2025), the Eliot Quartet will perform an extraordinary series of concerts in cooperation with the Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung in the Holzhausenschlösschen. The performances will also celebrate the Frankfurt ensemble’s tenth anniversary. The twelve-part concert series starts on February 8th 2024.
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Danae & Kiveli Dörken - CD project "Apollo & Dionysus"
"Apollo & Dionysus" - Two sisters on one instrument. Each an exceptional pianist in her own right with an individual temperament; together, an inseparable single entity with identical musical DNA. With their album „Apollo & Dionysus“ the German-Greek sisters Danae and Kiveli Dörken are now, after several successful solo and ensemble recordings, presenting their first joint piano duet album.
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Danae Dörken - Piano
With her temperamental and sensitive interpretations, German-Greek pianist Danae Dörken has attracted the attention of the international music world and is one of the most sought-after artists of a new generation internationally, captivating audiences and musical colleagues alike with her breathtaking technique, extraordinary stage presence and musical depth.
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Trio E.T.A. - Piano Trio
The Trio E.T.A. has chosen to associate itself with the writer, composer and critic E.T.A. Hoffmann. When the ensemble started playing together, they first chose romantic music, but they soon discovered their love for creative interconnections. Now their repertoire spans the wealth of chamber music from the classical to the contemporary periods. The debut CD, featuring trios by Joseph Haydn, Bedřich Smetana and Roman Pawollek, has been released in February 2023 on the Leipzig recording label GENUIN. Since July 2023 Hayk Sukiasyan takes the position on the cello and will be joined by Elene Meipariani (violin) and Till Hoffmann (piano) in all concerts of the ensemble.
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Titus Engel - Conductor
The search for new concert forms and the dramaturgically meaningful fusion of old and new music are central to Titus Engel's career. Besides symphonic repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries, he has a deep passion for baroque music performances on historical as well as modern instruments. From 23/24 he is the Principal Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta.
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Eva Zalenga - CD-Project "In Relations"
brief information On their album ‘In Relations’, soprano Eva Zalenga and pianist Doriana Tchakarova revive forgotten connections between outstanding composers of the 19th century and the most important poets of…
Holger Falk - Baritone
"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.
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Detlev Glanert - Composer
With his successful works for the stage, Detlev Glanert is one of the most-performed living opera composers in Germany today. Several world premieres and first performances are scheduled for the season 2023/24. Highlights on the opera stage include the world premiere of "Die Jüdin von Toledo/The Jewess of Toledo" at the Semperoper Dresden premiered on 10th Febrary 2024 (directed by Robert Carsen, musical director Jonathan Darlington).
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HERBSTGOLD – Festival in Eisenstadt
From 11 to 22 September 2024, internationally renowned artists from a wide range of genres will be performing at the seventh edition of the HERBSTGOLD Festival in Eisenstadt, the capital of Burgenland, Austria. A place of special sounds, artistic performances and a unique setting. The festival motto for 2024 is "Seduction".
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HIDALGO – Festival for Young Classics
HIDALGO is Munich's most innovative start-up for classical music. Since 2016 the multi-skilled team passionately ties seemingly contradicting worlds together, creating intense, intoxicating experiences. They produce unique concert events and the yearly HIDALGO Festival for young classical music, which first took place in 2018. It features young, successful artists from all over Europe. It is named after the Lied "Der Hidalgo" by Robert Schumann. According to the magazine "Crescendo," the Festival for young classical musicis one of the "most exciting young and innovative classical music festivals with a focus on Lied in the world." The patron is star baritone Christian Gerhaher.
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Äneas Humm - baritone
The young Swiss baritone made his debut at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven at the age of 18. In the summer of 2019, he completed his vocal studies with Edith Wiens at the renowned Juilliard School in New York. Previously, studies led him to the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.
His first solo CD "Awakening" with pianist Judit Polgar was released by the label Rondeau in October 2017 and was followed in the autumn 2021 by the second solo album "Embrace" with the Hawaiian pianist Renate Rohlfing.
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Simon Höfele - Trumpet
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.
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Kebyart - Saxophone Quartet
Founded in Barcelona, Kebyart is one of the most promising ensembles of the current music scene. These four talented musicians share an endless passion for chamber music and wish to bring fresh air in the way classical music is communicated. Their endeavour to transform their performances into a unique experience results in an explosive and vibrant staging, which has been praised by audiences and specialized critics. The distinctive signature of Kebyart is revealed in a creative and open approach to the repertoire, which goes in three directions: the original literature, the commitment with nowadays music and their own arrangements of wide variety styles.
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Kuss Quartet - String Quartet
The Kuss Quartet has been standing on the international stage for many years and has remained true to its trademark by developing conceptual programmes, always searching with curiosity for the confirmation of the eternal "Muss es sein" of string quartet playing.
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«Le Piano Symphonique» - Lucerne’s Piano Festival
From January 16 - 21, 2024, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchestra invites you to the third edition of its piano festival «Le Piano Symphonique» and comes up with a special sensation: Starting in 2024, the legendary pianist Martha Argerich will become «Pianiste Associée» of the Piano Festival. With this, Lucerne - which enjoys worldwide attention - should now finally advance to the «capital of the piano», as the NZZ apostrophized.
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Anneleen Lenaerts - Harp
Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts is one of the leading soloists of her instrument. In December 2010 she was appointed Principal Harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic. Special chamber music projects include her duo programmes with mandolinist Avi Avital, cellist Julia Hagen and soprano Christiane Karg.Under her exclusive contract with Warner Classics Anneleen Lenaerts regularly records solo albums. In November 2021, her album “Vienna Stories” was released with members of the Vienna Philharmonic, a tribute to her musical home of Vienna, where the worlds of operas and symphonies merge with everyday life.
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Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
The 2023/2024 season of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester with its principal conductor Michael Sanderling is characterised by the great, late Romantic repertoire, top-class soloists and a programmatically ideal melange of a sense of tradition and a spirit of discovery.
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Molyvos International Music Festival
This year's edition of the Molyvos International Music Festival on the Greek island of Lesvos will take place from 9 to 19 August 2024 (main concerts on 16 - 19 August 2024) under the motto PHILIA - ΦΙΛΙΑ - FRIENDSHIP and marks the 10th edition of the festival.
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Fabian Müller - Piano
Fabian Müller could establish himself as one of the most remarkable German pianists of his generation. He caused a great sensation at the International ARD music competition in Munich 2017, when he not only won 2nd prize in the overall ranking, but was awarded with not less than four additional prizes. He is releasing his third studio album, entitled "passionato", on the Berlin Classics label amid the coronavirus shutdown., a statement full of musical passion that casts a fresh look at standard classical works by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Rihm in the here and now.
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Odessa Classics
Odessa was host of seven editions of the "Odessa Classics" music festival every June from 2015 to 2021. After a huge success from the very beginning "Odessa Classics" is established as a top level European Festival with international stars within the scene. But the war changed everything and from 2022 it became impossible to hold the festival in Ukraine. 2022-2023 "Odessa Classics" managed to continue in exile and find a new home in Europe with over 35 concerts in six countries. 2024 Odessa Classics will celebrate its 10th Jubilee.
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OPERA IN THE QUARRY - 10 July - 25 August 2024 Aida
In the 2024 season, one of the world's most popular operas will once again transform the St. Margarethen quarry into a meeting place for music lovers from all over the world: with "Aida", Giuseppe Verdi has created a grand opera about the immortality of love and, like almost no other opera, Verdi's masterpiece not only blends in perfectly with the rugged rocky landscape of the St. Margarethen quarry. Margarethen: from 10 July to 25 August 2024, the leading team led by Thaddeus Strassberger (production and stage design) under the direction of Daniel Serafin will transport the St. Margarethen quarry to the realm of the pharaohs.
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Quatuor Tchalik - String Quartet
It is a rare stroke of luck when siblings achieve a comparable professional mastery on their instruments and then also represent international top level in playing chamber music. One such stroke of luck is the Quatuor Tchalik, founded in 2013 with Gabriel (1st violin), Louise (2nd violin), Sarah (viola) and Marc Tchalik (violoncello). And there is even a family-option to play as a piano quintet with brother and pianist Dania which is regularly used. Since 2018 at the latest, as double-awarded prize winners at the Salzburg Mozart Competition, the four have been playing in the top league of the European string quartet scene. Growing up in a Russian-French household with Ukrainian roots, the siblings have been making music together from an early age.
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Schumann Quartet - String Quartet
The three brothers Mark, Erik and Ken Schumann have been playing together since their earliest childhood – meanwhile violist Veit Hertenstein completes the quartet. Those who experience the quartet in performance often remark on the strong connection between its members. The four musicians enjoy the way they communicate without words: how a single look suffices to convey how a particular member wants to play a particular passage. Although the individual personalities clearly manifest themselves, a common space arises in every musical work in a process of spiritual metamorphosis.
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Season’s Greetings
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The Sitkovetsky Trio has established itself as an exceptional piano trio of today.
Their thoughtful and committed approach have brought the ensemble critical acclaim and invitations to renowned concert halls around the world including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Palais des Beaux Arts, Musée du Louvre, l’Auditori Barcelona, Wigmore Hall or Lincoln Center New York.
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Miroslav Srnka - Composer
Miroslav Srnka's international breakthrough came in 2016 when his opera "South Pole" was premiered at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich under Kirill Petrenko, in a production by Hans Neuenfels that featured Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson in the title roles. Several of Srnka's works will be premiered in the season 2022/23: The Berliner Philharmoniker will perform the orchestral work "Superorganisms" for the first time conducted by Kirill Petrenko in February 2023, before it has its Asian premiere in Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Ryan Wigglesworth in June 2023.
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Markus Stenz - Conductor
Intelligent clarity and an in-depth and always curious musicality characterize Markus Stenz' work. Worldwide much valued, he has held a number of high-profile positions with international orchestras and opera houses including Principal Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (2012-2019), Principal Guest of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (2015-2019), Conductor-In-Residence of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (2016-2019). He was General Music Director of the City of Cologne and Gürzenich-Kapellmeister for 11 years.
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Ildikó Szabó - Violoncello
At the age of 27 Ildikó Szabó is already a cello-institution in her home country Hungary. In 2014 she was awarded 2nd prize, the audience award and 7 special prizes at the International Pablo Casals Competition. She is currently studying at Kronberg Academy and lives in Berlin.
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International Opera Workshop Waiblingen
Melanie Diener, the internationally acclaimed soprano from Waiblingen, and the American baritone Thomas Hampson, one of the most legendary singers of our time, have joined with the city of Waiblingen in creating the International Opera Workshop and invite the best young talents to Waiblingen to take part.
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Sarah Wegener - Soprano
Sarah Wegener approaches every role with captivating intensity. She has enthralled listeners with the warmth and richness of her voice in performances such as Strauss’ Orchestral songs under Mariss Jansons and Vladimir Jurowski in Munich, London, and Hamburg, Mahler’s 8th Symphony under Kirill Petrenko in Bregenz, Eliahu Inbal in Hamburg, and Kent Nagano in Montreal, as well as in her War and Peace programme shaped around works by Handel and Purcell, which she also presented at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival. Her “marvellously radiant voice, as powerful as it is rich in colour” (FAZ) distinguishes her as a lieder singer of the highest order, as illustrated on her highly praised CDs "Into the Deepest Sea" and "Zueignung". A recording of songs arranged by B.A. Zimmermann with the WDR Symphony Orchestra is due to be released at WERGO in October 2022.
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Antje Weithaas - Violin
Brimful of energy, Antje Weithaas’ brings her compelling musical intelligence and technical mastery to every detail of the music. Her charisma and stage presence are captivating, but never overshadow the works themselves.
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Manfred Trojahn - Composer
Manfred Trojahn numbers among the most important German composers of the present day and has been repeatedly honored for his works, including in 2009 with the GEMA German Music Authors Award. Above all his operas have attained a firm place in the repertoire. His upcoming opera world premiere is Septembersonate on 2nd December 2023 at Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. The libretto is based on the short story "The Jolly Corner" by Henry James.
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Season’s Greetings
„Nur immer mit der Möglichkeit, es sei“ // "Seulement toujours avec la possibilité que ce soit" // "Just always with the possibility of it being"
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