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Orkest De Volharding at a demonstration in The Hague, 1975 © Hans Peters | Anefo (Netherlands National Archives)

Rhythms of dissent: Minimalism’s radicals

Mark-Anthony Turnage © James Bellorini

Mark-Anthony Turnage returns to Festen

Erkki-Sven Tüür © Kaupo Kikkas

Labyrinths of life: Erkki-Sven Tüür

Jessie Montgomery © Jiyang Chen

New songs: Jessie Montgomery in conversation

Laura Bowler © Harald Hoffmann

Hannigan premieres Laura Bowler’s The White Book

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

The giving of gifts: Aimard on György Kurtág

Bryce Dessner © Peter Hundert

Dessner in Prague: new landscapes in a living tradition

John Adams conducts © Riccardo Musacchio

A political composer? John Adams revisits Nixon in China

Composition as learning: Cassandra Miller

Liza Lim in Lucerne © Lucerne Festival

The river knows itself: the music of Liza Lim

Conrad Tao © Brantley Gutierrez

Eclectic programming of a restless spirit: Conrad Tao

Caroline Shaw © Kait Moreno

Magical realism in miniature: Caroline Shaw

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Aleksandra Ekster, backdrop for a production by Alexandre Tairov, Moscow, 1924 © Public Domain | Galerie Le Minotaure

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© Marco Borggreve

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Mon 12 Oct at 20:00

Bach, Kulenty, Brahms, Lutosławski, Fauré, Ravel, Gershwin

Lucas Jussen, Arthur Jussen

© The Royal Swedish Opera / Elisabeth Toll

Royal Swedish Opera

Oct 12, 14, 17 mat, 19

Daubnerová, Molino, Royal Swedish Opera, Avemo, Ränzlöv, von Otter, Persson Hertzman, Schwartz, Edholm, Taube, Kudlička, Karvonides-Dushenko, Visser, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Psillas, Macias, Aronsson, Hedlund, Öfverholm, Klomp

© Jason Bell

L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals

Mon 12 Oct at 20:00

Prokofiev 5, Adams, Di Castri

Dudamel, New York Philharmonic, Orfeó Català

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Dalia Stasevska and the Philadelphia Orchestra © Sixiao Yang (January 2026)

Heroes and hillsides: Dalia Stasevska conducts Sibelius and Respighi in Philadelphia

By Cameron Kelsall

Jonathan Olofsson and Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken in León/Lightfoot’s Shoot the Moon © Erik Berg

Salle de danse: Norwegian National Ballet in a thrilling display

By Deborah Weiss

Sara Ferrández, Josep Vicent and the Belgrade Philharmonic © Marko Djokovic | Belgrade Philharmonic

Belgrade Philharmonic opens season with showpieces for orchestra and star viola player

By Peter Connors

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