Artists & projects
Dmitry Ablogin - Piano
Dmitry Ablogin is regarded as one of the most brilliant and creative keyboard artists of his generation and he combines historical and modern pianos in a unique way and thus offers an extraordinary approach to the works and a special listening experience for his audience. His discography includes a double album of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations recorded on a modern and a historical instrument, and a recent album of Chopin's late works recorded on Chopin's last piano. Previous albums were nominated for major music awards such as the German Record Critics’ Award and Opus Klassik.
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Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (the royal orchestra of Flanders) is the symphony orchestra of Flanders and Belgium, with the world-renowned Queen Elisabeth Hall as its home base. As Cultural Ambassador of Flanders the orchestra will tour Germany, Austria and Slovenia in autumn 2024 with conductor Shiyeon Sung and soloists Bomsori Kim, Mariam Batsashvili and Nikolai Tokarev.
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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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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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Marzena Diakun - Conductor
The Polish conductor Marzena Diakun impresses with her immense temperament, her confidence, energy and the detailed power of her baton. The season 2024/25 will see her return to orchestras such as the Komische Oper Berlin, the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and initiate new relationships with others like NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hannover, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
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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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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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Tobias Feldmann - Violin
Praised by The Telegraph as a “real discovery” and for his “ravishing, unspotted lyricism”, German violinist Tobias Feldmann is one of the most interesting musical personalities of his generation. His multifaceted performances are characterized by stylistic versatility, strong stage presence and emotional depth.
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GoldMund
GoldMund is made up of the trumpeters Florian Klingler and Bernhard Peschl, Ulrich Haider (horn), Quirin Willert (trombone), Ricardo Carvalhoso (tuba) and, last but not least, Sebastian Förschl (percussion). In October 2024 they release their new album "MehrOderWeniger LEGENDEN" (More or less legends).
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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
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.
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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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Benedict Kloeckner - Violoncello
Benedict Klöckner is one of the outstanding artists of his generation, performs worldwide as a soloist with renowned orchestras and regularly works with the great composers of our time. His upcoming album is dedicated to Antonín Dvořák: Besides a live recording of the Cello Concerto, he presents chamber music works and arrangements together with pianist Danae Dörken. The album will be released in September 2024 at Berlin Classics. Since 2014, Benedict Kloeckner has been also the founder and artistic director of the "International Music Festival Koblenz" IMUKO.
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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 13 - 18 January 2025, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester invites to the fourth edition of its piano festival «Le Piano Symphonique». Piano music enthusiasts from all over the world can once again look forward to great artists from the international piano elite at «Le Piano Symphonique» 2025 in Lucerne.
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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 - 24 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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Vanessa Porter - Percussion
Vanessa Porter is one of the most versatile percussionists internationally and is in demand for various projects, concert formats and programmes. As a soloist she combines current works with improvisation, electronics and the performing arts and collaborates with renowned composers such as Georges Aperghis, Zeynep Gedizlioglu, Jennifer Walshe or Ben-Amots Ofer. Using voice, body percussion, bells or vibraphone: In her latest programme folie à deux she creates hypnotic soundscapes between soft beauty and eruptive power.
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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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Season’s Greetings
learn moreSitkovetsky Trio - Piano Trio
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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Sarah Maria Sun - Soprano
Sarah Maria Sun is known as one of the foremost and most extraordinary performers in the contemporary music scene. Her repertoire currently spans around 2000 compositions from the 16th to the 21st century, including 400 world premieres.
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Ildikó Szabó - Violoncello
Ildikó Szabó is already a cello-institution in her home country Hungary. From October 2023, Ildikó is an associate professor for chamber music at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, and a lecturer for cello at the Julius-Stern-Institute - UdK Berlin. She has been actively involved in educational and outreach projects such as TONALi's school concerts and the Konzerthaus Dortmund's Community Music. Ildikó is a Larsen Strings artist.
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Szymon Nehring - Consulting & CD-projects
Considered to be one of the most exceptionally gifted pianists of his generation in Poland, Szymon Nehring is the only Pole to have won the first prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017). During the 2024/25 season, a new minimalistic recording will be released, as well as the Frirst Volume of a Chopin Solo Works Cycle for the Chopin Institute in Warsaw, a project meant to last several seasons.
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Doriana Tchakarova - Piano & Lied accompaniment
Doriana Tchakarova is an internationally successful pianist, winner of numerous competitions and her album recordings have been honoured with major awards.
She is currently a lecturer in vocal accompaniment at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts and a sought-after accompanist at masterclasses and international commpetitions.
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Anaëlle Tourret - Consulting & CD-project
French harpist Anaëlle Tourret is one of the leading soloists of her instrument. In March 2018, at the age of 25, she was appointed Principal Harpist of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg. In October 2021 she released her debut album with works for harp solo of the 20th century (Caplet, Britten, Holliger, Hindemith) on the record label Es Dur. A new album with chambermusic and orchestral music is planned.
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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 fall 2024 Nadja Reich 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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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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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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