Founded in 1979, the Festival International de Colmar became an international festival in 1989 under the artistic direction of Vladimir Spivakov. Alain Altinoglu took over as artistic director in 2023, continuing the festival’s long tradition and its place as a

As part of the enormous ARTE “europiano” project for the 2026 Fête de la Musique, pianist Anna Vinnitskaya joins the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov, in a performance of Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. The

Two years after her triumph at the “La Maestra” conducting competition, Bar Avni returns to the podium at the Philharmonie de Paris. For today’s concert, she teams up with the Orchestre de Paris and Swedish violinist Ava Bahari, described by

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