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The City of Birmingham Symphony’s leader talks about leading Mozart’s last Violin Concerto – a work full of sunshine, clarity and transparency. 

Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has initiated a new international guest artist series, designed to foreground musicians who have fresh perspectives on performance and curation.

Iranian-French multi-instrumentalist talks about his upcoming project Sufi’s Saraband at Geneva’s La Cité Bleue, which combines Persian and Western Baroque musics and Sufi dance.

The versatile period multi-instrumentalist talks about his fascination with English Renaissance and early American music, his Winchendon Music Festival, and unconventional Early music band Floyds Row. 

NHK交響楽団の首席フルート奏者が、オーケストラの各奏者が華麗なソロを披露する、ラヴェルの最大規模の管弦楽曲について語る。

The NHK Symphony Orchestra’s principal flautist talks about playing Ravel’s largest orchestral work, which features virtuosic solos for players all across the orchestra.

The Korean violinist talks about making her debut with the Seoul Philharmonic, and heading to the US on a tour which includes the orchestra’s first Carnegie Hall appearance for 18 years. 

Returning to conduct Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia this November, John Adams reflects on the situation of music in the US – and why he has so often been labelled a ‘political’ composer.

Choreographer John Neumeier talks about his work with Czech National Ballet and his ballet Liliom, on keeping ballets alive, 54 years as a director and the importance of working closely with individuals.

The German pianist makes a return to Switzerland to tour Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto with conductor Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, in a William Tell-inspired programme that delves into the heart of Swissness.

Soprano Elena Stikhina is in demand at the world's major opera houses. Isabella Steppan meets her in Salzburg to discuss the role of Tosca – which she is currently singing in Amsterdam and Vienna – and the reality of life as an opera singer.

The Austrian mezzo-soprano talks about her love of singing, her time as an ensemble member at the Wiener Staatsoper and exploring the boundaries of trouser roles.

Founded in 1945, London’s Philharmonia Orchestra is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year with an ambitious season featuring many returning artists, and an extensive US tour.

The London Philharmonic new Artistic Director talks of his enthusiasm for the orchestra's forthcoming ventures, both in London and in its travels across the South Coast.

Ahead of their European tour this autumn with Myung-whun Chung, we discover the history of one of Japan’s most important classical music institutions. 

The South Korean pianist talks about his love of Ravel, and performing with the Czech Philharmonic, in their season opener and Asian tour this autumn.

Enigmatic Japanese composer talks about his uniquely intuitive compositional style, ahead of a commemorative concert at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall in August.

Alina Cojocaru talks about the magical process of creating new roles, working with great choreographers and how, in spite of a long career, she is still learning every day.

The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor talks about his passion for two titans of Russian and Soviet music – and how to decode Shostakovich’s more cryptic and troublesome symphonies.

This year Chigiana International Festival presents Yann Robin’s new opera Medusa, inspired by Alessandro Scarlatti and Caravaggio – music poised between past and future.

Miyako Yoshida talks about her deep connection to Giselle, bringing her own production to London with the National Ballet of Japan, and the challenges of being an artistic director.

Japanese jazz pianist Makoto Ozone talks about joining the Tokyo Philharmonic on tour this autumn, in concerts featuring jazz-infused music from Gershwin and Prokofiev.

Financial trader, mathematician and millionaire, Alexey Shor took up composition later in life – and his music has been finding its way into the world’s most prominent concert halls for the past decade.

Ahead of the 2026 Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition, we talk to past winner Euan Shields about what entrants can expect, and how to navigate the competition’s twists and turns.

Arvo Pärt’s contributions to contemporary choral repertoire are exceptional, and conductor Paul Hillier and the Hilliard Ensemble have been crucial collaborators for more than three decades.

The Armenian violinist talks about his “shocking... unbelievable” win at the lucrative competition in Dubai – taking home over €200,000 and embarking on a globetrotting concert tour.

The young, award-winning flute player talks about collaborating with dancers, creating collages and new arrangements, and taking inspiration from traditional music of the Philippines.

Accordionist extraordinaire talks about performing a new concerto by Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova, and taking it home to the Sofia Philharmonic in June.

The Schumann Quartett make an emotional return to Tokyo to perform their first complete Beethoven string quartet cycle, at Suntory Hall this June.

Enjoying its debut run at London’s Charing Cross Theatre, Matthew Wilder’s new passion project musical Stiletto focuses on a fascinating corner of opera history: castrato singers.

This year, the Colombian capital presents a new International Violin Competition, the first of its kind in Latin America.

The London venue’s Artistic Director talks about Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary season, programming 600 concerts – and finding ways to pay for it all. 

Choreographer Eyal Dadon talks about his latest work for the Czech National Ballet, seeking to capture the complexity – and catastrophe – of contemporary life.

Gareth Davies, Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra, talks about the furious scramble to keep up with Colin Davis performing Berlioz’s great hallucinatory symphony.

Musicologist Alexandre Dratwicki talks about Palazzetto Bru Zane’s cycle of Georges Bizet performances, of rare works and historical stagings, continuing throughout this year across Europe and Asia.

The new chief executive of the Stockholm concert hall talks about her own distinctive approach to shepherding a major classical music venue in the 21st century.

The US violinist talks about his love for Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, ahead of concerts with Daniel Harding and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

NHK 交響楽団の首席ホルン奏者の今井仁志氏に、 マーラーの交響曲第 3 番について、曲との出会いや演奏の心構え、 自然への崇拝というテーマなどについて語っていただきました。

Hitoshi Imai, Principal Horn of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, talks about discovering and playing Mahler’s longest symphony, and its theme of reverence for nature.

This May, the world’s leading orchestras and soloists gather in Amsterdam for a grand celebration of all things Mahler – a city the composer described as his “second musical homeland”.

On the centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth, Phillippe Manoury tells us about his relationship with the composer and conductor, painting a picture which bucks some pre-conceived ideas.

In residence in Manchester with the Hallé, Thomas Adès talks about recent pieces Aquifer and Wreath, and how bigness and smallness are never exactly quantifiable.

Creator Johan Idema talks about the “subtitles for symphonies” app, why Wolfgang was created and how it’s used.

“I don't fear anything!” Sonya Yoncheva discusses her career, from leaping from the Castel Sant’Angelo as Tosca to preparing a new Iolanta in Vienna, and setting up her own production company.

One of the strongest advocates for traditional Estonian folksong, or regilaul, Veljo Tormis’ unique music is celebrated this year with a worldwide singing contest.

Pianist Nicholas McCarthy, who was born without a right hand, talks about his intimate relationship with one of Ravel’s most enigmatic works.

Simon Rattle called Robert Schumann’s strange, Orientalist oratorio “the greatest masterpiece you’ve never heard of”. We discover this enigmatic piece ahead of Insula orchestra’s production at La Seine Musicale.

The concertmaster of Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra tells us about her love for Schubert’s famous symphony, which the orchestra plays on their UK tour in April.

The iconoclastic Spanish director talks about a new production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina in Geneva – and the messy, anarchic, utopian struggle of directing opera.