Celebrating the piano: One of the programme highlights of the 2025 edition is with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason. The Youngsters series at Zeche Zollern offers audiences a unique cultural experience. In the stunning setting of this Art Nouveau colliery, rising…

The Klavier-Festival Ruhr is a premier international piano festival held across 17 cities in Germany’s Ruhr region, featuring over 100 artists performing in 25 venues, with a diverse programme encompassing classical masterpieces, contemporary works…

For the last time, the Berliner Philharmoniker perform at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. This festive concert, conducted by Jakub Hrůša features the young pianist Seong-Jin Cho, who enjoys pop star status in his home country South Korea. It is…

Introduced and narrated by grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, “Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy”, tells the story of the enigmatic cellist, whose career was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis when she was just twenty-eight years old. It is…

With its brick-red façade, a gleaming white entrance area and a magnificent red and gold auditorium, the venue for this year’s Europakonzert, Bari’s Teatro Petruzzelli, is an architectural jewel. Under the direction of Riccardo Muti, the Berliner…

For Henrik Dam Thomsen, solo cellist in Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Bach cello suites are an integral part of his life, just as they are for all top-flight cellists. “When one plays the suites, one is obliged to undertake many choices…

Jamie Cullum delivered an electrifying performance at Jazzopen Stuttgart 2024, marking his eighth appearance at the festival. Despite heavy rain, he kept the audience engaged with his signature mix of jazz, pop, and improvisation. He seamlessly…

Spanish choreographer Víctor Jiménez revisits the mega-hit of the classical repertoire, the mythical Swan Lake, which continues to inspire the creations of today. With grace and originality, he has created a clever reinterpretation of one of…

The Bern Ballet, under the artistic direction of Taiwanese choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai, masterfully reinvents the timeless classic "Don Quixote" in a whirlwind of exhilarating movement and emotionally moving moments on 6 September at the Gare du Midi…

The documentary about Semyon Bychkov, Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, is a comprehensive portrait of a unique, and occasionally contradictory, international conductor, and his journey to freedom at a turning point in…