The orchestra performs in Prague for the very first time. "Under the direction of its conductor and founder François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles is one of the most remarkable and progressive ensembles today," says Josef Třeštík, director of programming…

Following the success of King Arthur, which was presented at major European festivals, Vox Luminis is discovering Henry Purcell's "The Fairy Queen", a semi-opera in five acts written for the Dorset Garden in 1692. The dramatic plot of the work is…

Live from the Summer Festival Baden-Baden 2022. Hidden behind Schumann's Piano Concerto is a love story. The work’s main melody represents Schumann's wife Clara. And quite literally: in the Schumann home, Clara was called "Chiara" in Italian. If we…

Humour us by answering the following question: how many Black classical performers do you know off the top of your head? The Chineke! Foundation is trying to break through the privilege gap leading to this lop-sidedness: since 2015 the British…

Even in the fall of 2021, when we began planning our festival programme, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine was part of our plans. When the war broke out, the Festival’s leadership and the orchestra jointly decided to reserve this evening for…

The Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa (JOP), the National Youth Orchestra of Portugal, is a name that resounds with Young Euro Classic audiences. Not only because the young musicians from the extreme west of Europe have such musical qualities, but also…

In 2019, the National Youth Orchestra of the USA made its debut at Young Euro Classic under Antonio Pappano’s baton, leaving no doubt in anyone’s mind that it is quickly rising to the ranks of the world’s leading youth orchestras. This summer, the…

Music lovers in Baden-Baden know conductor François-Xavier Roth from his time as chief conductor of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg. Now we meet him again with the Berliner Philharmoniker, this time with their principal oboist…

Celebrating democracy, freedom and non-violence, the Czech Philharmonic’s concert to mark the Velvet Revolution was presented for the first time in 2020. Taking place every year on 17 November – both the day the then Czechoslovak riot police brutally…

In postproduction In Baden-Baden, we are meeting François-Xavier Roth with the Berliner Philharmoniker and their principal oboist Albrecht Mayer, who perform a wonderful Bach concerto for Easter. Playing Bach is natural for a conductor who founded…