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The new Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic reflects on the conductor’s toolbox, programme building and his first season in Oslo.

From renaissance polyphony to contemporary and jazz by way of quartets, Lieder, Arab and Persian music and many other genres, Berlin's beautiful chamber hall seeks to expand your musical frontiers.

The American soprano reflects on career steps at The Royal Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin and considers the vital role of streaming and connecting with audiences in the current climate.

How do young opera professionals progress in their careers when Covid-19 is cramping so many opportunities? British Youth Opera has some answers.

Cancellations, programme changes, safety measures on and off the stage: we give a snapshot of how musical Europe is living with the coronavirus.

Every month, young violinist Pierre Liscia takes us behind the curtain of classical music. Today: the trials and tribulations of recording in the home studio...

In Germany, orchestras and theatres start their new seasons, with unique challenges for audiences and musicians.

As Covid-19 forces the traditional US music summer camps to go digital, students and teachers tell us about the experience.

Lugano will be hosting the first major post-Covid concert with a full audience. Artistic Director Etienne Reymond tells us about the concert environment in Switzerland.

With an efficient safety concept the Salzburg Festival was able to take place this summer – in a significantly slimmed-down version, and against all odds.

Jenny Camilleri reports from Amsterdam on the response to the pandemic in the Netherlands, where the 1.5 metre rule is sacred.

A personal reflection on the world of streaming through lockdown... and how the attitude to free content needs to change. 

One of the most influential figures in chamber music talks about Wigmore Hall's efforts to survive the pandemic and the post-pandemic future.

As the curtain is raised again on live performances in parts of the world, the American soprano reveals what it's like to sing in a "new normal" staging at Madrid's Teatro Real. 

With smaller instrumental and vocal events tentatively creeping back into the sunshine, we speak to the PERFORM study principal to look at what happens next to the science of enabling a broader return to performance.

The first of a new monthly series on Bachtrack: young violinist Pierre Liscia takes us behind the curtain of classical music. This month, we're putting the spotlight on summer academies.

As our government endeavours to help the arts recover from COVID-19, what should our priorities be? We argue for a rebalancing of the objectives aimed at spreading the arts more widely.

Eric Whitacre, Tori Longdon and Jennifer Sterling, choral directors of virtual choirs during the pandemic, tell us what they have learned and the limitations of the virtual world.

The artistic director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders talks about the travails and inspirations of lockdown and the need to continually ask questions about culture.

Has lockdown made Hofesh Shechter more reflective? More political? A better teacher? Has he taken the time to compose? Read our interview to find out...

One of our greatest operatic basses tells us about his projects during lockdown, including the revelation of hidden non-musical talents...

With the main focus on Baroque and 20th-century music, Lugano explores the colourful musical palettes of the eras.

The ENT consultant and professional tenor tells us about the research he is conducting for Public Health England, which will inform singers, musicians and their ensembles and venues about the safety of a return to performing on stage.

The top of Mount Huashan, once celebrated as “the deadliest hiking trail in the world”, makes an improbable concert setting, but one that celebrates nature.

Japan didn’t experience a strict “lockdown”, but concert halls and orchestras were asked to “refrain from” holding events. We look at how lockdown has progressed and the role that video has played.

The tradition of the great opera houses perhaps cannot stand unless we recommit ourselves to singing arias in the shower.

After an abrupt end to the season, Jaap van Zweden and his orchestra look forward to a new season fuelled by hope and resilience.

Stripped of its ability to earn revenue, large swathes of the performing arts industries could be wiped out within six months. The silence from the UK government is deafening.

Audiences are telling us now is not the time to be dark. We should listen to them.

The Singapore 2020-21 season will be the first one to start up post-pandemic (clue to contents: there's Beethoven...)

The founder of La Veronal has been busy during lockdown and he's now back in the studio. He tells us what's coming up.

Today, the reed beds are a sea of emerging green shoots, and so is Scotland's cultural scene.

The associate artist of KVS (Flemish Royal Theatre) and co-founder of Belgian dance-theatre compagnie Peeping Tom tells us about the upset caused by the pandemic and its consequences for future productions

Co-director of CCN2 (the National Choreographic Centre in Grenoble) since 2016, Rachid Ouramdane tells us how the pandemic has affected the way he creates and produces his work.

Our reviewer Alexandra Richter writes about an emotional journey from the first cancellation to the return to the opera house.

This year's Ravenna Festival and Rossini Opera Festival will go ahead – albeit in modified format and with strict social distancing enforced.

With five of the symphonies, the Violin concerto and four of the piano concertos, Beethoven lovers aren't going to go short in Hong Kong.

At least on the surface, Sweden's response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been very different from other countries. The CEO of Stockholm Concert Hall and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra tells us how things are progressing there.

The loss of revenue from ticket sales and touring has put most British orchestras into a parlous financial situation. The Director of the ABO discusses what has been done and what is needed.

Follow us on a photographic tour of the cultural heart of a city emptied of its people.

The head of one of the world's leading Artist Management companies is optimistic about the post-pandemic world, but worried by the apparent lack of understanding in governments in the UK and elsewhere.

Tchaikovsky spun melodies like few others and was undoubtedly one of the most versatile composers.

The architectural splendour of Barcelona's concert hall is matched by the profusion of artists on the roster for the 2020-21 season.

Conductor Dirk Kaftan believes that only cautious, careful planning will brings audiences back to the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn once the lockdown is lifted

Brahms pours his heart out in every single composition and takes the listener on an unforgettable emotional journey. 

We spoke to multi-genre composer and producer Keiichiro Shibuya about his new opera, due to premiere at the New National Theatre Tokyo in August, that will see a robot in a starring role.

The CEO of a major international touring orchestra reflects on its conductors, discusses how to deal with orchestral life in the pandemic and looks forward to the coming season.

Gather your littles ones around and settle down for a musical tale or two with our favourite works for children.

A look at the succès de scandale that was Strauss first operatic hit, Salome, placing it in the context of his early tone poems Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration.