Violinist Sergey Khachatryan, born on 5 April 1985 in Yerevan, Armenia, moved to Germany with his family in 1993. His international breakthrough came remarkably early. He became the youngest winner of the “International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition” at the age

Recorded live in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie on 28 March 2026, Klaas Stok leads the NDR Vokalensemble, Concerto Köln, and tenor Sebastian Kohlhepp in a concert performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion. Composed in 1724 for Good Friday services in

Recorded on 31 December 2025 in the Auditorium of Radio France in Paris, Yutaka Sado and the Orchestre National de France performed a holiday special exploring musical visions of Spain. However, by celebrating Spain as an imagined musical landscape, the

“Piano Day” is a vibrant celebration of the piano and its boundless possibilities, founded in 2015 by German pianist, composer, and producer Nils Frahm. Held on the 88th day of the year, this date symbolically reflects the 88 keys of

The Philharmonie de Paris and the Paris Mozart Orchestra joined forces in 2019 to create an International Competition for Women Conductors. The La Maestra Competition and Academy aims to give greater visibility to women conductors and support them during the

Now in its fourth edition, “La Maestra,” the International Competition for Women Conductors continues to pursue three central objectives: to champion the professional ambitions of women conductors, to unite the international musical community behind a strong commitment to gender equality

At the Opéra national du Rhin, Stéphane Degout sings the title role under the direction of Ingo Metzmacher in the revival of Albéric Magnard’s opera Guercoeur. The manuscript of the work was partly destroyed when German troops burned down Magnard’s

Pianist Vanessa Wagner, a student of Fleisher, Fou Ts’ong, Perahia, and Weissenberg, is known for her innovative approaches that bridge traditional repertoire with contemporary and cross-disciplinary projects. Wagner is particularly known for her interpretations of minimalist works, especially Philip Glass‘s