The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie (France) and the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève (Switzerland) have created a joint project, the Orchestre des Alpes et du Lac Léman, which brings together more than 60 musicians around a common ambition: to expand the repertoire, enhance the visibility of orchestral music, and develop artistic and educational projects on a cross-border scale. Read More →

Riccardo Muti
(c) CSO

Der 84-jährige italienische Dirigent Riccardo Muti erhält den Ratzinger-Preis 2025. Er wird ihn am 12. Dezember aus den Händen von Papst Leo XIV. entgegennehmen, teilte die Vatikanische Joseph-Ratzinger-Benedikt-XVI.-Stiftung mit. Die Überreichung findet im Rahmen eines Weihnachtskonzerts unter Mutis Leitung in der vatikanischen Audienzhalle statt. Read More →

Tan Dun

The recipient of the newly created Beethoven Friendship Award, presented for the first time on December 17 in Bonn, is the Chinese-American composer and conductor Tan Dun (born 1957). Read More →

Bruno Borralhinho

Der 43-jährige portugiesische Dirigent und Cellist Bruno Borralhinho wird ab der Spielzeit 2026/27 neuer Musikdirektor des Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theaters und Chefdirigent der Erzgebirgischen Philharmonie Aue. Read More →

At today’s Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm, a new composition by 34-year-old Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad is to be premiered. It is a piece including a marimba solo. Read More →

The Nantes based Choir of the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire will cease operations at the end of the season 2025/26. The group, which was created in 2004 is a victim of various budget cuts. It has around 75 members. The orchestra that supported the choir lost over a million euros in public funding.

Grigory Sokolov

Jedes Jahr kehrt Grigori Sokolov in die Luxemburger Philharmonie zurück, um seinem treuen Publikum ein einmaliges Konzerterlebnis zu schenken. Pizzicato-Mitarbeiter Alain Steffen war beim diesjährigen Konzert dabei. Read More →

Das bisher nur im Internet verfügbare Programm Opus 100,7 ist jetzt auch als erstes rein klassisches Klassikradio auf DAB+ zu empfangen. Das Programm sendet  Konzerte aus Luxemburg und aus dem Ausland, Themenmagazine sowie Klassik non-stop. Read More →

Jean-Claude Casadesus
Photo: Orchestre national de Lille

French conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus celebrates his 90th birthday today. He was born in 1935 in Paris where he studied at the National Conservatory. Read More →

Riccardo Frizza

With three weekends of performances and more than thirty diverse initiatives, the 2025 edition of the Gaetano Donizetti festival was a resounding success. Organized in Bergamo by the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti this year’s festival saw Riccardo Frizza for the first time in the dual role of artistic and musical director. Read More →