After many years of listening to second-rate orchestras, the joy of hearing one of the world’s finest orchestras live cannot be understated. No 10-minute noise-fest before the concert as the various players give those hard passages one more try in

Throughout its long and celebrated history, the Lucerne Festival has consistently supported young and emerging talent. And such was once again the case on 27 August 2026, as Malaysian-born pianist Bridget Yee made her Festival debut in a lunchtime concert

On this, my first visit to Warsaw, I discovered a wonderfully young and vibrant city that carries a proud sense of history around every corner. Its streets are lively, its people warm and friendly, and there is an infectious energy

Glyndebourne’s annual semi-staged appearance at the BBC Proms in 2026 brings Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, a work that has not been heard at the Proms for nearly half a century. London audiences are perhaps not entirely familiar with it:

The Ludwigsburg Palace, located just north of Stuttgart, is one of the largest surviving Baroque palace complexes in Germany. With hundreds of rooms, sprawling courtyards, and expansive gardens, it offers a vivid glimpse into the world of eighteenth-century dukes and

The Work What a Production! Over seven hours of music, twenty singers, dozens of roles, and a bewildering succession of scenes: Antonio Cesti’s 1660s festa teatrale, Il pomo d’oro, was unambiguously the most fitting birthday present imaginable for the 50th

For four decades, the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen has transformed every summer into a sanctuary for the world’s finest classical musicians. Founded against a backdrop of geopolitical tension and evolving into a UNESCO World Heritage cultural capital, the

We recently had a chance to catch up with composer Michael Zev Gordon, composer-in-residence at Presteigne Festival from August 27-31. Presteigne nestles at the heart of the Welsh Marches on the border between Wales and England, surrounded by beautiful, pristine