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Marvão © FIMM / Luís Dias Branquinho

Le Festival de Marvão donne de la voix

Louise Alder © Will Alder

From Susanna to the Contessa: Louise Alder

An evening in Kuhmo © Jonas Kukkonen | Kuhmon Kamarimusiikki

Midnight sun: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival

© Dirk Pothen | Pexels

Granada: musical stages of infinite variety

Rudolf Buchbinder © Marco Borggreve

Rudolf Buchbinder on 20 years of Grafenegg

The Chamber Chorus of the Palau de la Música with the Philharmonia Orchestra © Rachael Hacking

Big Bs in Barcelona: Palau de la Música in 2026–27

Mark-Anthony Turnage © James Bellorini

Mark-Anthony Turnage returns to Festen

Richard Wagner II / Richard Wagner, Skulptur, Ottmar Hörl, www.ottmar-hoerl.de © Elisabeth von Pölnitz-Eisfeld / Simeon Johnke

Bayreuth 150: reflections from the Green Hill

Marc-André Hamelin © Benjamin Ealovega

No final thoughts: Marc-André Hamelin

Nicky Spence sings Janáček’s <i>The Diary of One Who Disappeared</i> with Julius Drake in Brno © Marek Olbrzymek

The singing actor: Nicky Spence

Johannes Le Pennec conducts Ondes Plurielles in Saint-Marcel Church © Rémi Monti / Bachtrack

Taking a dive into the world of amateur orchestras in Paris (3/3)

Vincent Van Gogh: <i>Starry Night</i> (1889) © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: musical art galleries

Elektra on the stage of the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez at the Philharmonie de Paris © Evann Ali-Yahia

Taking a dive into the world of amateur orchestras in Paris (2/3)

Un récital au lever du soleil lors du Festival Mozart dans la Drôme © Festival Mozart

10 festivals pour vivre des expériences insolites

Sabrina Lenzi and Kevin O’Hare in Sir Frederick Ashton’s <i>Birthday Offering</i> © Bill Cooper, 1995

Reviving Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering

Ut Cinquième in the church of Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre © Rémi Monti / Bachtrack

Taking a dive into the world of amateur orchestras in Paris (1/3)

Liam Francis in Kim Brandstrup’s <i>Life is a Dream</i> for Rambert © Johan Persson

Breaking free: Liam Francis makes a new company

Kuressaare Castle, Saaremaa © Priidu Saart | Visit Estonia

Far from daily life: Saaremaa and Narva Opera Festivals

President Trump at the Kennedy Center © Daniel Torok | The White House

The crisis facing US classical music: Douglas McLennan

Corinne Winters as Jenůfa in London © RBO | Camilla Greenwell

Heartbreak in real time: Corinne Winters on Jenůfa

Christoph Poppen © Matthias Baus

Hong Kong International Conducting Competition

Collegium Musica Riga perform at Bauska Castle © Edgars Namiķis

Historical garb: Early music in Latvia and the Baltics

Quatuor Ébène (l-r): Yuya Okamoto, Gabriel Le Magadure, Marie Chilemme, Pierre Colombet © Julien Mignot

Ambassadors for chamber music: Quatuor Ébène

Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1972) © NHK | Public domain

The German composer who pioneered opera in Japan

Giulio Prandi conducts Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri © Bertrand Pichene

Mongrel sensibilities: Early music in Italy

Erkki-Sven Tüür © Kaupo Kikkas

Labyrinths of life: Erkki-Sven Tüür

Marion Tait as the Mother, Joseph Cipolla as Death, Karen Waldie as the Woman in <i>The Green Table</i> © Leslie E Spatt 1992

Before the war came: why The Green Table is urgent today

Antonija Žarković © Magda Galic

Diversity and recovery: Early music in Croatia

Brett Dean, Lotte Betts-Dean and Heather Betts © Roman Job

Kith and kin: Brett Dean and family prepare Of One Blood

Anastasia Kobekina © Nicolas Hudak | Sony Music Entertainment

Attuned to the times: Anastasia Kobekina in Prague

Juilliard rehearsing Wayne McGregor's <i>Augmented</i> © Jessica Wright

Rambert, Juilliard, McGregor: triple threat!

Jorge Losana performs with Cantoría © Petra Hajská

No fixed paths: Jorge Losana on Early music in Spain

William Shakespeare, the “flower portrait” (1609) © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Shakespeare in music

Hina Maeda after a performance with the Polish National Radio Symphony © Radosław Kaźmierczak

On a whim: Hina Maeda on the Wieniawski Competition

Anne Sofie von Otter © Ewa-Marie Rundquist

From Paris to Weimar with Anne Sofie von Otter

Leticia Moreno © Omar Ayyashi

Cultural activism: Leticia Moreno in Singapore

The Royal College of Music © Phil Rowley

Training opera’s next generation at the RCM

Jean Rondeau © Clément Vayssières

Jean Rondeau on remaking the Goldberg Variations

Hans Graf conducts the Singapore Symphony Orchestra © Aloysius Lim | Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Hans Graf bids farewell to Singapore with

Tomàs Grau © Martí E Berenguer

Tomàs Grau on the making of an orchestra

Elim Chan © Marco Borggreve

Elim Chan: from Sorcerer’s Apprentice to Proms Queen

Jessie Montgomery © Jiyang Chen

New songs: Jessie Montgomery in conversation

Natalia Olczak © Cohaere Ensemble

Natalia Olczak on Early music in Poland

Irini Bilini Moraiti © Sissy Morfi

Irini Bilini Moraiti on Early music in Greece

Masaaki Suzuki © Marco Borggreve

Masaaki Suzuki makes a return to Singapore

Speranza Scappucci conducting at the Royal Opera House © RBO | Mihaela Bodlovic 2025

Opera in the blood: Speranza Scappucci

Cristian Sandrin in London © The Kettner Society

Cristian Sandrin presents a new view of Mozart

Aya Wakizono © Amati Bacciardi Photographers

Pure agilità: Aya Wakizono returns to Tokyo

Nemanja Radulović at George Enescu International Festival © Alex Damian

Nemanja Radulović on the George Enescu Competition

Oli Janes © Hannah Fathers

Oli Janes on Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra

Bridgewater Hall exterior © Bridgewater Hall

Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and beyond

Michael Spyres © Andie Bottrell

Michael Spyres on Vienna, Tristan and Verdi

Mahler’s First Symphony, manuscript © Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Public domain)

Climbing the mountain: José Moreira on Mahler’s First

Cassa Pancho, Artistic Director of Ballet Black © Ollo Weguelin

Breaking barriers: 25 years of Ballet Black

Ida Meidell (Baroque violin) with Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa) © Fredrik Gille

Ida Meidell on Early music in Scandinavia

Portrait of Frédéric Chopin by Maria Wodzińska (1836) © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Frédéric Chopin

Laura Bowler © Harald Hoffmann

Hannigan premieres Laura Bowler’s The White Book

Jasmin Binde © Dora Drexel

Jasmin Binde on singing Early music in Germany

Pierre-Laurent Aimard with György Kurtág © Balint Hrotko | PENTATONE

Pierre-Laurent Aimard on György Kurtág

Lukas Geniušas © Ira Polyarnaya

Réussir était obligatoire : Lukas Geniušas

James Gaffigan © Mikel Ponce

Man for all seasons: James Gaffigan goes transatlantic

Mark Ravenhill © bec.photography | @becphoto

Mark Ravenhill gets his teeth into Salome

Vanessa Latarche © Hastings International Piano Competition

A riot of concertos: Hastings Piano Competition

Louise Farrenc, Augusta Holmès and Clémence de Grandval © Wikimedia Commons | Palazzetto Bru Zane

Bru Zane gives women composers chance to shine

George Pehlivanian © Courtesy of George Pehlivanian

Pehlivanian International Conducting Competition

Bertrand Maury © Courtesy of Bertrand Maury

A conversation with Bertrand Maury

Meggie Murphy © Courtesy Meggie Murphy

Rising to the challenge: Meggie Murphy

Gaudí’s Casa Batlló © AXP Photography | Pexels

Ciutat de Clàssica offers music in unusual places

Ben Glassberg © Caroline Doutre

Ben Glassberg on depression and a journey back to music

Martijn Dendievel in rehearsal with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra © Michiel Devijver

Flanders Symphony’s new chief Martijn Dendievel

Élodie Brzustowski © Alexandre Nicot

Élodie Brzustowski on Early music in France

Sunwook Kim © Marco Borggreve

Sunwook Kim plays Beethoven’s First in Paris

Christina Scheppelmann and Alain Altinoglu © Simon Van Rompay

Scheppelmann joins Altinoglu at La Monnaie

Thomas Leininger © Courtesy of Thomas Leininger

Discovering Les Dinos et l’Arche

Composers’ hands (l-r): Felix Mendelssohn, R Schumann, Clara Schumann, Buxtehude, JS Bach, Beethoven © Bibl. Jagiellońska | Lib. of Congress | Staatsbibl. Berlin | Universitetsbibl. Uppsala | IMSLP

The magical world of composers’ handwriting

Bryce Dessner © Peter Hundert

Dessner in Prague: new landscapes in a living tradition

Sir Georg Solti (1912–97) © Allan Warren

Solti Competition launches in Budapest

Christopher Jessup © Courtesy of Christopher Jessup

Emotional truth in new music: Christopher Jessup

Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, Lucile Grahn and Fanny Cerrito in <i>Pas de Quatre</i> (1845) © New York Public Library | Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Inventing the diva: ballet stars of the 19th century

Will Sharpe as Mozart in the new <i>Amadeus</i> serialisation © Sky

Amadeus: envy, poison and an unfinished Requiem

Augustin Hadelich © Suxiao Yang

How to change your life: Augustin Hadelich

<i>Explora I</i> © Explora Journeys

Daniel Hope heads starry line-up for Sea & Music 2026

Hugh Cutting © Olivia da Costa

Hugh Cutting on Handel and good storytelling

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Kazushi Ono © Rikimaru Hotta

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony 2025–26

Birmingham Royal Ballet in Sir Peter Wright's <i>The Nutcracker</i> © Johan Persson

Sofia Liñares on Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker

Hermann Bäumer © Courtesy of Hermann Bäumer

Hermann Bäumer joins Prague State Opera

<i>Das Rheingold</i> at Opéra de Paris © Herwig Premmer | OnP

Out of the ordinary: Wagner’s Ring at Paris Opera

András Keller © Éder Vera

András Keller on Concerto Budapest’s UK & Ireland tour

Magdalena Kožená © Julia Wesely

Songs from home: Magdalena Kožená in conversation

Nadine Sierra © Gregor Hohenberg

Nadine Sierra reclaims her narrative

António Godinho © Jaime Marques

António Godinho on Early music in Portugal

Hannu Lintu at home © Veikko Kähkönen

Hannu Lintu joins Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Vojtěch Jakl performs on vielle © Cezary Zych

Vojtěch Jakl on Early music in Czechia

Baritone Sudrophone, Sousaphone, Heckelphone © Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mothers of invention: eponymous musical instruments

<i>Breaking Bach</i> at Edinburgh International Festival © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Rhythmical kinship: Kim Brandstrup on Breaking Bach

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui © Grand Théâtre de Genève

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and choreography as memory

Cover of the first edition of <i>Le tombeau de Couperin</i> (1918) designed by Ravel himself © Public domain | Bibliothèque nationale de France

The art of memory: classical music for mourning

Johann Strauss II by August Eisenmenger (1888) © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Johann Strauss II

Winter market at the Southbank Centre © John Lam | Flickr

A walk to the Southbank Centre

Composer Bear McCreary © Ted Sun

Bear McCreary’s new song cycle at Carnegie Hall

Orfeó Català choir onstage at Palau de la Música Catalana © Antoni Bofill | Palau de la Música Catalana

Catalonia’s musical heart: behind the scenes at Palau de la Música

View of Kings Place © Monika S Jakubowska

A walk through King’s Cross via Kings Place

Johann Strauss Monument, Stadtpark © WienTourismus | Julius Hirtzberger

Bachtrack top ten: Johann Strauss II in Vienna

Josep Vicent conducts ADDA Simfònica © Darja Štravs Tisu⁣

Discovering Alicante’s ADDA Simfònica

Lukas Sternath © Julia Weseley

Lukas Sternath returns to Bamberg Symphony

Junyan Chen © Frances Marshall

Junyan Chen on curating Leeds Chamber Series

Eugene Tzikindelean © Beki Smith

Sunshine and vitamins: Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5

Royal Northern College of Music © Roscoe Rutter

Fresh sounds: RNCM’s Inspirational Artists series

Keyvan Chemirani © Remi Hostekind

Keyvan Chemirani on music between East and West

Andrew Arceci © Winchendon Music Festival

Musical histories in transit: Andrew Arceci

The <i>Pantomime</i> solo for 1st flute in <i>Daphnis et Chloé</i> © IMSLP | Durand & Cie

The scent of Ravel: Hiroaki Kanda on Daphnis et Chloé

Bomsori © Bartek Barczek | Deutsche Grammophon

Bomsori journeys with Seoul Phil to Carnegie Hall

John Adams conducts © Riccardo Musacchio

A political composer? John Adams revisits Nixon in China

Teodor Currentzis conducts Utopia © Igor Ripak

International style: Migros Classics 2025–26

John Neumeier © Pavel Hejný

Emotion motivates movement: Neumeier in Prague

Olga Scheps © Uwe Arens

Fresh air and Swiss classics: Olga Scheps

Finalists of Kobe International Flute Competition © Kobe International Flute Competition

A city that listens: 11th Kobe Flute Competition

Elena Stikhina © kseniaparisphoto

Elena Stikhina on the reality of life as a singer

The Glasshouse and Tyne Bridge © David Teirnan

The Glasshouse and beyond

<i>Parsifal</i> at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera

Hungarian State Opera 2025-26 season preview

Patricia Nolz © Klara Leschanz

All in: Patricia Nolz on her passion for singing

accentus, Insula Orchestra at La Seine Musicale © Julien Benhamou

Insula orchestra and accentus: 2025–26 season preview

The Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ © Erik van Gurp

New Amsterdam: a walk around the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ

Palau de la Música Catalana © A Bofill

A bountiful new season at Palau de la Música

Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus at London’s Royal Festival Hall © Camilla Greenwell

Big birthdays: Philharmonia Orchestra celebrates 80 years

Jésus Herrera © Courtesy of London Philharmonic Orchestra

Willingness to take risks: Jesús Herrera joins the LPO

Rising stars: ten to watch in 2025-26

Rising stars: ten to watch in 2025–26

Arthur Wille, London City Ballet © Photography by ASH

Stars of the future: ten dance talents to watch in 2025–26