We spoke the other day with Brad Zimmerman of Kansas City, who had a long and distinguished career leading the Chestnut Theatre in Kansas City, when he told us about a company he’d just signed over to a new owner.

Since 2022, the incredibly creative artist Alisa Weilerstein has travelled with her six-part Fragments cycle, featuring unique stage designs and 27 newly commissioned works. I use the title “artist” deliberately because, beyond her role as a cellist, Alisa acts as

Evoking German Romanticism, the Trio Wanderer was founded in 1987 by three French musicians: pianist Vincent Coq, cellist Raphaël Pidoux, and violinist Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian. Nearly four decades of collaboration have produced a substantial Harmonia Mundi discography and outstanding concerts, earning

Paavo Järvi’s musical roots spring from Estonia. His fruitful collaborations span across Nordic, Germanic, Russian, and transatlantic spheres. Ahead of his 2026 Asian tour, I asked him about the Estonian Festival Orchestra and its repertoire. Paavo spoke warmly about Estonian

Inteligencja, a loaded noble Polish title, seems to describe the pianist who defies definition. Well-versed in avant-garde literature, Japanese films, and Budapest’s best food market, Piotr Anderszewski lives and breathes Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms: “I do believe in a superior

Hungarian violinist Kristóf Baráti grew up in Venezuela before enrolling at the Liszt Academy of Music. He also trained under Eduard Wulfson, a student of Nathan Milstein and Yehudi Menuhin. Early on, Baráti won acclaim at major competitions, including the

“Are you breaking a world record?” “I think so.” Since 1998, Andreas Schulz has served as the Director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the world’s oldest civic concert orchestra. Schulz’s devotion to music has been a lifelong endeavour: directing choirs,

Beethoven boxset, BSO concertos, Curtis lectures, New York recitals, NEC masterclasses, Marlboro Festivals—Jonathan Biss is a pianist whose performances I made sure to catch during my student years on the US East Coast. His online course exploring Beethoven’s sonatas attracted