More than 30 years after creating the Russian National Orchestra, Russia's first independent orchestra, pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev is renewing his commitment to artistic freedom by founding the Rachmaninoff International Orchestra. The…

The tale: The author and the exact date of origin are unknown, but it is believed that the story was written around 900. The story details the life of Kaguya-hime, a princess from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing…

The Latvian, Mariss Jansons, was one of the greatest and best loved conductors of modern times. In this tribute, the four orchestras that were central to his creative life, offer performances in his memory of music that he loved. They're led by…

The charismatic Lahav Shani and the Israel Philharmonic welcome Spanish pianist Juan Pérez Floristán, 2021's Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition winner (an honor shared with Emanuel Ax, Kirill Gerstein, and Daniil Trifonov), to show off…

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1

Schumann’s oratorio Paradise and the Peri stands apart from the usual oratorio repertoire because of its secular subject matter that was so typical of the German composer. Its beautiful melodies and loftiness of expression are definitely worthy of…

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