Julia Mauritz

The ensemble was founded by young musicians in Augsburg in 1990. It is characterised by the strong integration and artistic energy of each one of its members, as expressed in its expert playing without a conductor, and by its unusual concert programmes. 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.

After extensive renovations the Beethovenhalle in Bonn will finally be reopened on December 16, 2025 with a festive concert. On the programme of the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn under Dirk Kaftan will be a.o. Mahler's Symphony No. 2 - the Resurrection Symphony (»Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du, mein Herz, in einem Nu!«).

Biography The Diogenes Quartet (Stefan Kirpal/Violin, Gundula Kirpal/Violin, Alba González i Becerra/Viola and Stephen Ristau/Cello) is one of the most respected German string quartets of our time and can now…

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.

Dutch violinist Liza Ferschtman is known for her passionate performances, interesting programs and communicative qualities on stage. The daughter of Russian musicians, Liza Ferschtman grew up constantly surrounded by music. One of her earliest major influences was the violinist Philipp Hirschhorn, a close family friend. She received her formal training from Herman Krebbers at the Amsterdam Conservatory, Ida Kavafian at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and David Takeno in London. In 2006 she received the highest accolade awarded to a musician in the Netherlands, the Dutch Music Award. In January her new album with Brahms and Suk will be released.

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.

Ιn 2026 the Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund will celebrate its seventieth anniversary and is among the cultural institutions in Dortmund with the greatest tradition. As a member of the “Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg” the past decades have made the Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund through its promotion of young artists and its successful concerts into the most important organisation of its type in the German speaking world.

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.

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.

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). In the season 2025/26 he will release Vol. II of his Chopin Solo Works cycle for the Warsaw Chopin Institute as well as a recording of the Symphony No. 4 and Marzukas by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, together with the National Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop (Rubicon).

Simon Tetzlaff learned his craft from some of the most distinguished cellists and teachers, and is now offering his passion for music making to a variety of audiences worldwide. He is the recipient of the Janos Starker Foundation Award of 2024. In recent years, Simon Tetzlaff performed as a soloist with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn and the Hamburg Camerata. His debut album, featuring works by Kodály, Ysaÿe, and Sibelius, will be released in 2025 on Hänssler Classic.

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.