The Bachtrack Stats 2013: Busiest North American orchestras

As the Kyiv Philharmonic Orchestra begins its 2026–27 season, it does so amidst increasing ballistic and drone attacks on Ukraine’s capital. Three of its youngest musicians, and pianist Fanya Lin describe what it’s like to perform during wartime.

As musical minimalism was gaining currency throughout the world, a generation of Dutch musicians took increasingly radical approaches. Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw is celebrating 50 years since this high watermark of musical dissent.

Editor Mark Pullinger selects ten young performers who are definitely worth following in the coming season. 

Bachtrack’s dance writers choose up and coming young dance talents who shouldn’t be missed in the 2026–27 season.

With new works from English National Ballet, Rambert and National Ballet of Japan, we take a taste of some of the new dance creations premiering around the world during the 2026–27 season.

This season, new operas are depositing characters in limbo between this life and the next – from Lincoln in Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, to Bassem Akiki’s supernatural retelling of the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.