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The WDR Sinfonieorchester and Cristian Măcelaru, Chief Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester since 2019/20, will continue their successful collaboration in the 2025/26 season. Learn more about Măcelaru here!

ensembleNEWSRQ (enSRQ), the innovative chamber music ensemble, opens its eighth season with “Beyond the Veil,” an ethereal glimpse into the world beyond, with haunting works for string quartet and piano from some of the brightest new voices in music.

Emanuel Gat’s award-winning production LOVETRAIN2020 – a choreographic ode to the sound and vibe of the 80s – receives its UK premiere in Sadler’s Wells Theatre this November. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

The 92nd Street Y, New York presents Jay Campbell, cello and Conor Hanick, piano on Friday, October 20, 2023 at 7:30 pm at the Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center. Learn more about the concert and how to get tickets here!

Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will be performing on September 22nd and 23rd. Don't miss this exciting ballet performance!

The Talea Ensemble will present That Other Spring - Music of Haas & Hersch, an evening of works by Georg Friedrich Haas and Michael Hersch on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 6:00pm at the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew in Manhattan. Learn how to purchase tickets!

This September, Park Avenue Armory presents the world premiere of  Doppelganger, a bespoke Armory commission that reimagines Franz Schubert's rarely staged song cycle Schwanengesang (“Swan Song”) as a multi-dimensional theatrical performance directed by Claus Guth, one of  opera's most adventurous directors, and performed by renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann with pianist Helmut Deutsch.

The Talea Ensemble – comprised of sixteen bold and boundary-breaking  musicians, with a mission to champion musical creativity, cultivate curious listeners, and bring visionary new works to life – today announces its fifteenth and 2023-2024 season of performances. New York audiences can anticipate multiple world and US premieres, a special winter solstice concert, public showcases of two new operas in the workshopping process, numerous commissions, and a recording residency.

GRAMMY-nominated JACK Quartet is an experimental string quartet synchronized in its mission to create an international community through transformative, mind-broadening experiences and close listening.

Throughout the 2023–2024 season, the 13th presented under Artistic Director for Jazz, Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center commemorates Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday with institution-wide celebrations of the American icon who changed how the world heard music.

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN), presentan, bajo la dirección de Ludwig Carrasco y la soprano Lourdes Ambriz, el cierre de la Primera temporada de conciertos 2023, el viernes 23 de junio, a las 20:00 horas; y el domingo 25, a las 12:15 horas, en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes. 

This September, Park Avenue Armory presents the world premiere of Doppelganger, a bespoke Armory commission that reimagines Franz Schubert's rarely staged song cycle Schwanengesang (“Swan Song”) as a multi-dimensional theatrical performance directed by Claus Guth, one of opera's most adventurous directors, and performed by renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann with pianist Helmut Deutsch.

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, will present American Modern Opera Company: the echoing of tenses, on May 18, 2023 at 7:30pm ET in the Kaufmann Concert Hall.

La Secretaría de Cultura federal y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través del Centro de Experimentación y Producción de Música Contemporánea (Cepromusic), organizó la clase magistral con el violinista venezolano Iván Pérez sobre la obra  Concierto para violín (1990-1992), de György Ligeti. 

For the first time in its eight-year history, ensembleNewSRQ will take to the Sarasota Opera House stage to present its concluding concert of the season. “1976” features 40 musicians, who will perform a double bill of contemporary classics, both composed in 1976.

Park Avenue Armory's 2023 season will mark the tenth year of its celebrated Recital Series, bringing chamber music programs by world-renowned artists to the restored Board of Officers Room.

The Cincinnati May Festival has announced that Director of  Choruses Robert Porco will conclude his remarkable 35-season tenure with the May Festival in the 2023-24 season, after which he will be named Director of Choruses Emeritus. 

Pianist Hélène Grimaud's new Deutsche Grammophon album, featuring Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov's Silent Songs, will be released on March 3.

Denmark's Trio con Brio Copenhagen, one of the most acclaimed and exceptional chamber music piano trios in the world returns to the Bay Area for a one-night-only concert of sublime chamber music presented by Music at Kohl Mansion (MAKM), a nationally recognized presenter of chamber music now in its 40th season.

The 2022-2023 HB Artist Faculty Performance Series continues Friday, February 10, 2023, at 7:30 pm featuring pianists Eleonora Rotshteyn and Vered Reznik, violinists Lani King Chang and Eriko Sato, and cellist Michael Finckel. Works to be performed include Percy Grainger's delightful Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for duo pianos, J.S. Bach's Concerto for Two Pianos in C minor, BWV 1060, and Aleksandr Glazunov's masterful String Quintet Op. 39.