Find articles | Preview

From beloved pieces to intriguing premieres, there's something for everyone at this year's Chamber Music Garden Festival in Tokyo.

The new season at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall at Müpa Budapest features a mix of star names and home-grown talent. 

Opera and ballet lovers have plenty to look forward to in the new season at New National Theatre, Tokyo.

Sophie de Lint addresses questions of liberty in her programming of DNO’s 2022–23 season, while Ted Brandsen offers a diverse Dutch National Ballet programme. 

We put the spotlight on highlights of over 500 shows in two newly restored venues between September and July.

Plenty of eclectic concerts to choose from, as the Festival, now in its 77th year, finally returns to full scale and capacity. 

Zurich Opera's new season is marked by a new Ring; Ballett Zürich marks the departure of long-standing Artistic Director Christian Spuck and previews the arrival of Cathy Marston.

Outstanding talent is heading to Saffron Walden this spring: here's what to look forward to.

The programme of the second edition of this festival promises a wide range of concerts and dance events.

“Bach without Boundaries” means an eclectic programme of concerts featuring several world premieres, commissions and crossover projects inspired by the composer's music.

Streaming will continue to permit “virtual travel” and ARTE’s 2021-22 opera season, just announced, is ambitious.

With a rich programme of classical, folk, jazz and even electroacoustic, this is a festival for true cultural omnivores.

Plenty to look forward to at St Luke’s this autumn: Haydn’s works will feature in a mini-series paired with later works that bear his influence and a contemporary chamber series curated by the viola superstar.

A new season sees the Chief Conductor joined by many world-class guests, as well as a tour bringing the orchestra to Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and London.

The Auditorio de Tenerife's 2021-22 opera season offers an innovative, varied and attractive programme condensed into a small number of titles.

Argerich, Sokolov, Capuçon, the Gewandhaus and Nelsons, the Filarmonica della Scala and Chailly, the CBSO and Gražinytė-Tyla: there's plenty to tempt you to Lugano.

No fewer than 15 conductors will be joining the orchestra in addition to Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, in an autumn season full of Romantic and post-Romantic works.

Seven new productions are set for Hungarian State Opera's stages during the autumn of its 2021-22 season. 

After a Covid-ravaged 2019-2020, DNO return to a full season of opera with their usual variety and willingness to embrace the new.

The Palau de la Música in Barcelona unfolds a strong programme for 21/22 season featuring some of the best artists from around the world.

The Estonian takes to the Tokyo podium for his final season as Music Director before handing over to Fabio Luisi, who also features prominently in the 2021-22 season. 

The orchestra moves into a new era under its new Principal Conductor.

The LSO announces a robust autumn season as concert life continues to return to the Barbican. 

Maltreated heroines, operatic behemoths, audacious new works: the new opera season awaits in Brussels!

With much of Europe tentatively reopening after the crisis, Zürich Opera and Ballet have announced a typically bold 2021-22 season with new productions, the launch of a new Ring Cycle and the arrival of new General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda. 

Six new productions grace the 2021/22 season in Tokyo, including Rossini’s take on the Cinderella fairytale and a new Meistersinger.

Severance Hall will stay closed until at least June. In the meantime, we look at the series of concerts that The Cleveland Orchestra is providing on its digital platform, Adella.

We look ahead to this year's competition to find out what to expect from this international event seeking the conducting talents of the future.

Four weekends, four of the world’s greatest orchestras: the Riga Jurmala Festival unveils its 2021 edition.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

The NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo has a splendid reputation in central European classics, but it packs its suitcase and travels much further afield in its 20/21 season. 

From world-famous orchestras to heartfelt solo concerts, there's plenty to look forward to in the next season.

The exciting array of musical offerings for this year includes plenty of premieres and Beethoven's only ballet.

From world premieres to crowd pleasers, this festival promises to have something for everyone.

Zurich's new season encourages you to delve into the words of some of the world's greatest poets.

With two world premieres and six new productions spanning from Mozart to Aribert Reimann, the season depicts the constant change of style in opera and life alike.

Our preview of the LSO's new season focuses on the changes and trends that Rattle is bringing to London audiences.

After 13 seasons at the helm, Esa-Pekka says “Jäähyväiset!” to the Philharmonia Orchestra by taking a dip into Greek myths. 

Our spring preview reveals the wealth of opera and concerts available to audiences in the Czech capital this season. 

It's not all Ludwig van Beethoven in Istanbul, but there is plenty of his greatest hits among an eclectic programme. 

The 2020-21 season at the New National Theatre Tokyo has something for all tastes, including new productions and a world premiere. 

After last summer's successful launch, the festival again boasts four star orchestras for its second edition, with appearances by the Israel and St Petersburg Philharmonics, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia. 

György Kurtág’s only opera Fin de partie gets its eagerly awaited Hungarian premiere in the 40th edition of this popular festival. 

There is plenty to look forward to in Japan thanks to the very rich orchestral scene in the capital and beyond.

Based in Santa Cruz, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife offers a varied 2019-20 season, including a cycle of Schumann symphonies and concertos.