Lucienne Renaudin Vary and the trumpet
‘I really fell in love with the trumpet. Just like you fall in love with a person: you just like everything about them. And I like everything about the trumpet’. Lucienne Renaudin Vary is a passionate ambassador for her instrument. She started trumpet lessons at the age of eight, played her first international competitions at […]
Fatherhood – A straight story about a queer family
Three men are expecting their first child. Kristopher, David, and Sindre are all in their early 30s and live together in a multi-partner relationship. Kristopher is the birth father, and together they’re about to face the everyday challenges in the extraordinary experience of establishing a family. Are they ready for what awaits them? World premiere: […]
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra in Warsaw
Foto: Karpati & Zarewicz The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra was founded in 2022 as a reaction to Russia’s full-scale invasion – on the initiative of the Metropolitan Opera New York and the Polish National Opera. It brings together refugee musicians and Ukrainian members of leading European orchestras. Under the conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, who herself has Ukrainian […]
Pierre Boulez – The Path into the Unknown
Composer, conductor, cultural-political figure, human being – who was Pierre Boulez? One of the most important composers of the 20th century; a legendary Wagner conductor, his recordings, especially of classical modernist works, sold hundreds of thousands of copies; he persuaded politicians to build him ideal concert halls and a unique research laboratory for electronics worth […]
Konzerthaus Berlin: Season opening concert 2024
Concert to open the 2024 season with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz and Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence). Joana Mallwitz leads the Konzerthausorchester Berlin into her second season as chief conductor with a programme of dance music, which she believes is ‘perfect’ for the opening of the season. The new Artist in Residence Sheku Kanneh-Mason […]
Guido Sant’Anna at the Rheingau Musik Festival 2024
The Kurhaus Wiesbaden, a jewel among the festival buildings, is one of the venues of the Rheingau Music Festival. Here, Guido Sant’Anna will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major together with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under the direction of Jérémie Rhorer. The exceptional young Brazilian talent won the International Fritz Kreisler Competition in 2022. […]
