Competition has long been a defining feature of the performing arts. For decades, it has shaped careers, professional standards, and artistic ambition. As we all know, the instrumental music world, particularly for piano, violin, and conducting, has developed an extraordinary

Slow, gentle, and mysteriously timeless, the music of Pēteris Vasks seems to exist outside the ordinary flow of time. It is like an echo from distant landscapes and deep inner silence. A central figure in contemporary music, Vasks fuses the

Filmed live on 5 November 2025 at the Théâtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne under the direction of Dutch conductor Ton Koopman, this ARTE TV concert traces the development of Mozart’s music over

When it comes to exhibiting European culture, few platforms have achieved the reach and ambition of ARTE. Founded in 1992 as a Franco-German cultural broadcaster, ARTE has grown from an evening-only service into a fully-fledged pan-European platform, offering multilingual content

Blending dance and music in a way that transcends traditional genre boundaries, Origen: La Semilla de los tiempos celebrates the deep and enduring connections between flamenco and Baroque music. Filmed at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, the production brings

Composed in 1968 by Astor Piazzolla to a libretto by Horacio Ferrer, María de Buenos Aires occupies a singular place in twentieth-century music theatre. Neither opera nor musical, it fuses tango nuevo with surrealist poetry to create a ritual of

Just in time for Christmas 2025, we decided to feature an ARTE performance that transcends conventional concert formats. Babx & Adrien Mondot present Piano Piano, a multidisciplinary project that combines live music, visual art, digital projection, and performative gestures into

Recorded on 30 May 2023, the Orchestre de Paris under Klaus Mäkelä invited Sol Gabetta and Willard White for a programme featuring selected works by Shostakovich and Walton. Shostakovich and Walton, two composers separated by geography but united by the