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Festival La Grange de Meslay at 60: more radiant than ever

By Bachtrack, 03 May 2024

For its 60th edition, the Touraine festival, founded by Sviatoslav Richter and directed by René Martin, keeps true to its values while spreading outside its boundaries.

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03 May 2024

Festival La Grange de Meslay at 60: more radiant than ever

By Bachtrack

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Trials and tribulations: Donizetti’s Tudors Trilogy in Geneva

By Laura Servidei, 03 May 2024

This June, Grand Théâtre de Genève offers a rare chance to hear three of Donizetti’s Tudor-themed operas, Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux, in back to back performances directed by Mariame Clément.

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03 May 2024

Trials and tribulations: Donizetti’s Tudors Trilogy in Geneva

By Laura Servidei

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Something not of this earth: Kristiina Poska on conducting Beethoven’s Eighth

By Laurence Vittes, 02 May 2024

The Chief Conductor of the Flanders Symphony Orchestra talks about their upcoming tour of the UK, the orchestra’s distinctively transparent sound, and her lithe and tactile approach to Beethoven.

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02 May 2024

Not of this earth: Kristiina Poska on conducting Beethoven’s Eighth

By Laurence Vittes

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Puccini and the moderns: a composer in the 20th century

By Alexandra Wilson, 01 May 2024

2024 marks the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death. Yet his work is often relegated from histories of 20th-century music. Puccini scholar Alexandra Wilson explores the diversity – and modernism – of the composer’s later operas.

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01 May 2024

Puccini and the moderns: a composer in the 20th century

By Alexandra Wilson

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Opinion: Incompetence or malice? Arts Council England’s new report on opera

By David Karlin, 29 April 2024

In March, 15 months after they faced a storm of protest after cuts to UK opera, Arts Council England published Let’s Create: Opera and Music Theatre Analysis. It’s an eye-poppingly poor piece of work.

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29 Apr 2024

Opinion: Incompetence or malice? ACE’s new report on opera

By David Karlin

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Champagne on the lawn: UK festival opera highlights

By Mark Pullinger, 25 April 2024

As summer approaches (hopefully!), we take a look at the increasingly competitive array of UK summer opera festivals – and what they have in store to entertain opera lovers in 2024.

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25 Apr 2024

Champagne on the lawn: UK festival opera highlights

By Mark Pullinger

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Diving into logic of dreams: Bohuslav Martinů’s Juliette

By Bachtrack, 24 April 2024

Dramaturg Aleš Březina explores Bohuslav Martinů’s unique operatic forey into the world of dreams, which combined avant garde surrealism with a wide array Czech musical influences.

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24 Apr 2024

The logic of dreams: Bohuslav Martinů’s Juliette

By Bachtrack

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The total Shostakovich: the Leipzig Shostakovich Festival 2025

By Bachtrack, 19 April 2024

Led by Andris Nelsons, together with the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Shostakovich festival presents almost the composer’s entire output, from 15th May to 1st June 2025.

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19 Apr 2024

The total Shostakovich: the Leipzig Shostakovich Festival 2025

By Bachtrack

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Percussive, energetic, exotic: Xavier de Maistre on Ginastera’s Harp Concerto

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 16 April 2024

The French harp virtuoso talks about creating a career as a harp soloist, commissioning new concertos from the late Kaija Saariaho and Peter Eötvös, and returning to Singapore.

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16 Apr 2024

Percussive, energetic, exotic: Xavier de Maistre on Ginastera

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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Zurich Opera marks end of an era with slew of new productions

By Bachtrack, 12 April 2024

Zurich sees an impressive 11 new opera and 5 new dance productions in 2024–25, including two world premieres, marking the departure of intendant Andreas Homoki after 13 years at the house.

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12 Apr 2024

Zurich Opera marks end of an era with slew of new productions

By Bachtrack

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Unique and overwhelming: Kirill Karabits on Terterian’s Symphony no. 3

By Bachtrack, 10 April 2024

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor talks about a remarkable symphony by Armenian composer Avet Terterian: “one of the most amazing pieces of music that one could experience in the concert hall.”

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10 Apr 2024

Unique and overwhelming: Kirill Karabits on Terterian’s Symphony no. 3

By Bachtrack

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Bachtrack top ten: Bohuslav Martinů

By Mark Pullinger, 05 April 2024

Bohuslav Martinů was a true cosmopolitan: Czech, but spending much of his life in France and the United States, writing in an eclectic style that drew on many influences.

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05 Apr 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Bohuslav Martinů

By Mark Pullinger

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Rare Everest: Emanuil Ivanov takes on Busoni’s one-of-a-kind Piano Concerto

By Thomas May, 03 April 2024

The Bulgarian pianist fulfils his ambition of performing Ferruccio Busoni’s epic Piano Concerto in C major – for the first time in his home country – when the Sofia Philharmonic and Emil Tabakov present the work on 27th June.

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03 Apr 2024

Rare Everest: Emanuil Ivanov on Busoni’s one-of-a-kind Piano Concerto

By Thomas May

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Bachtrack top ten: Johann Sebastian Bach

By Mark Pullinger, 31 March 2024

If Mozart and Beethoven are the Son and the Holy Ghost of classical music’s Holy Trinity, it is surely Johann Sebastian Bach who is the Father.

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31 Mar 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Johann Sebastian Bach

By Mark Pullinger

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Musical awakenings: the Isidore String Quartet

By Cameron Kelsall, 27 March 2024

Winning the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the young string quartet has forged ahead with an innovative programme – centered on a highly personal work by Billy Childs.

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27 Mar 2024

Musical awakenings: the Isidore String Quartet

By Cameron Kelsall

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Andrey Gugnin triumphs in Dubai at Classic Piano International Competition 2024

By Alain Lompech, 22 March 2024

The Russian pianist, aged 37, is already a well-established figure in the classical music scene, and this major prize brings performance opportunities across the world – as well as €100,000.

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22 Mar 2024

Andrey Gugnin triumphs at Classic Piano International Competition 2024

By Alain Lompech

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Finding a new balance in Vienna: Alessandra Ferri

By Deborah Weiss, 21 March 2024

The great ballerina Alessandra Ferri talks with candour about her long career and how excited she is to become artistic director of the Vienna State Ballet.

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21 Mar 2024

Finding a new balance in Vienna: Alessandra Ferri

By Deborah Weiss

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The most literary of all composers: Hélène Grimaud on Robert Schumann

By Jessica Duchen, 20 March 2024

Ahead of a tour with the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hruša, the virtuoso pianist talks about Schumann’s Piano Concerto, and her fascination with the wider literary and musical world of the Schumanns.

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20 Mar 2024

The most literary of all composers: Hélène Grimaud on Robert Schumann

By Jessica Duchen

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Falling into the Wagnerian cauldron: Alain Altinoglu

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 19 March 2024

The conductor speaks about his Ring cycle at La Monnaie, his parallel careers in Belgium, France and Germany, and trying to keep his feet on the ground while gazing at the summits.

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19 Mar 2024

Falling into the Wagnerian cauldron: Alain Altinoglu

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

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Everything Jewish and everything Canadian: Sharon Azrieli on the Azrieli Music Prizes

By David Karlin, 14 March 2024

Soprano Sharon Azrieli talks about the 10th anniversary of the Azrieli Music Prizes, a uniquely international and cross-cultural composition competition, fostering new music on Jewish and Canadian subjects.

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14 Mar 2024

Everything Jewish and everything Canadian: Sharon Azrieli

By David Karlin

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Opinion: All is not lost! Tomorrow’s classical music audience is out there!

By Jo Johnson, 11 March 2024

Based on extensive research from 300 UK performing arts organisations, a new report, Tomorrow’s Audience, has found that more people than ever before booked arts and cultural events in 2023.

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11 Mar 2024

Opinion: Tomorrow’s classical music audience is out there!

By Jo Johnson

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Deadly playful: eight new works from women composers in 2024

By Lawrence Dunn, 08 March 2024

Kaleidoscopic, surreal, uncanny, crystalline, playful and deadly – we survey eight women composers with new works to be premiered in 2024.

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08 Mar 2024

Deadly playful: eight new works from women composers in 2024

By Lawrence Dunn

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Composition as learning: Cassandra Miller

By Lawrence Dunn, 07 March 2024

The Canadian composer talks about her working method, her interest in vocality, her guitar concerto for Sean Shibe and the Dunedin Consort, and whether she’s still trying to make audiences cry.

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07 Mar 2024

Composition as learning: Cassandra Miller

By Lawrence Dunn

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The river knows itself: the music of Liza Lim

By Tim Rutherford-Johnson, 05 March 2024

The singular Australian composer talks about her interest in musical personhood and sentience – and how she collaborated with a Swiss river in a recent ensemble work.

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05 Mar 2024

The river knows itself: the music of Liza Lim

By Tim Rutherford-Johnson

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Styles converging in Bach: Schaffhausen Bachfest 2024

By Bachtrack, 04 March 2024

In ten concerts over five days in May, the Swiss city of Schaffhausen hosts a panoply of approaches to the music of the Leipzig cantor – representing a cross-section of contemporary Bach performance.

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04 Mar 2024

Styles converging in Bach: Schaffhausen Bachfest 2024

By Bachtrack

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Bachtrack top ten: Bedřich Smetana

By Mark Pullinger, 02 March 2024

The father of Czech music, Bedřich Smetana was born 200 years ago. We celebrate his bicentenary by exploring his works, from the popular Má vlast to less-heard piano music.

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02 Mar 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Bedřich Smetana

By Mark Pullinger

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Samantha Ege on rediscovering the music of Florence Price

By Samantha Ege, 29 February 2024

Pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege talks about her experiences hearing and playing the music of Florence Price – beginning in 2009, when many lost works of hers were rediscovered.

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29 Feb 2024

Samantha Ege on rediscovering the music of Florence Price

By Samantha Ege

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Opinion: Who rules journalism? There’s only one answer...

By David Karlin, 28 February 2024

With written journalism now overwhelmingly viewed online, we argue that its real regulation comes not from the legally appointed body but from Google, the gatekeeper of search.

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28 Feb 2024

Opinion: Who rules journalism? There’s only one answer...

By David Karlin

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A cellist in high places: Thangam Debbonaire, Shadow Culture Secretary

By David Karlin, 23 February 2024

At the next general election, the former cellist in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra could become UK Culture Secretary. She tells us about how her musical career has helped her in politics and her desire to rebuild music education.

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23 Feb 2024

A cellist in high places: Thangam Debbonaire

By David Karlin

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Bachtrack top ten: George Frideric Handel

By Mark Pullinger, 23 February 2024

George Frideric Handel was quite the cosmopolitan composer, travelling from Germany to Italy and London, where he eventually settled, becoming a naturalised British citizen and court composer for the big ceremonial occasions.

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23 Feb 2024

Bachtrack top ten: George Frideric Handel

By Mark Pullinger

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Generosity of spirit: Cristian Măcelaru on the George Enescu Festival and Competition

By Peter Quantrill, 21 February 2024

2024 sees the return of the prestigious George Enescu International Competition. Artistic director Cristian Măcelaru talks about the Enescu Festival and Competition – Romania’s grandest classical music spectacle.

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21 Feb 2024

Generosity of spirit: Cristian Măcelaru on George Enescu Competition

By Peter Quantrill

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Call Me Dancer: a word with Manish Chauhan

By Carla Escoda, 19 February 2024

Beginning as a teenage b-boy in Mumbai, Manish Chauhan has managed the almost-impossible – to become a ballet principal, a transition featured in Netflix’s documentary Call Me Dancer.

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19 Feb 2024

Call Me Dancer: a word with Manish Chauhan

By Carla Escoda

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About a work: Jakub Klecker on Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis

By Bachtrack, 16 February 2024

Written while the composer was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Viktor Ullmann’s powerful opera imagines an end to death.

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16 Feb 2024

An end to death: Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis

By Bachtrack

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Contests of power and imagination: DNO’s The Shell Trial

By Lawrence Dunn, 09 February 2024

Composer Ellen Reid and co-directors Gable and Romy Roelofsen speak about their new opera, which dramatises a 2021 court case brought by Dutch citizens against the oil company Shell.

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09 Feb 2024

Contests of power and imagination: DNO’s The Shell Trial

By Lawrence Dunn

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São Paulo Dance Company brings a taste of Brazil to the UK

By Fátima Nollén, 07 February 2024

As São Paulo Dance Company makes its UK debut, artistic director Inês Bogéa reveals the determination that has made the company so internationally popular and in demand.

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07 Feb 2024

São Paulo Dance Company brings a taste of Brazil to the UK

By Fátima Nollén

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About a work: Eva Krestová on Dvořák’s New World Symphony

By Bachtrack, 06 February 2024

The leader of the Czech Philharmonic’s viola section gives us an inside view on performing perhaps the most famous work in all of Czech symphonic repertoire.

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06 Feb 2024

The bible of Czech music: Eva Krestová on Dvořák’s New World Symphony

By Bachtrack

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Leif Ove Andsnes on returning to Norwegian roots

By Cameron Kelsall, 05 February 2024

The renowned Norwegian pianist talks about Geirr Tveitt – the “Norwegian Bartók” – and his continuing love for Brahms and Schubert, ahead of a recital in Lugano in March.

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05 Feb 2024

Leif Ove Andsnes on returning to Norwegian roots

By Cameron Kelsall

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Tamara Rojo on falling in love with San Francisco

By Deborah Weiss, 29 January 2024

The new director of San Francisco Ballet talks candidly about adapting to a new role, and the challenges and pleasures of living and working in California.

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29 Jan 2024

Tamara Rojo on falling in love with San Francisco

By Deborah Weiss

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Flight of the phoenix: Samy Rachid’s journey from the Arod Quartet to the Boston Symphony

By Tristan Labouret, 26 January 2024

In 2021, Samy Rachid left the Arod Quartet and won Second Prize in the Tokyo International Conducting Competition. Since then, his conducting career has taken off. Meet an artist with an astonishing career path.

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26 Jan 2024

Flight of the phoenix: Samy Rachid’s journey from the Arod Quartet to the Boston Symphony

By Tristan Labouret

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The forefather of Czech opera: Ostrava’s complete Smetana cycle

By Gianmarco Segato, 25 January 2024

Bedřich Smetana was the fountainhead of the national school of Czech composition – and this year all eight of his operas will be ambitiously presented by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre.

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25 Jan 2024

The forefather of Czech opera: Ostrava’s complete Smetana cycle

By Gianmarco Segato

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Swine Lake: Graham Fletcher on dancing Miss Piggy with Rudolf Nureyev

By Alexander Simpkins, 17 January 2024

Former Royal Ballet principal, Graham Fletcher, fondly remembers a highly unusual experience with Rudolf Nureyev on The Muppet Show.

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17 Jan 2024

Swine Lake: how Rudolf Nureyev met Miss Piggy

By Alexander Simpkins

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About a work: Kazuki Yamada on Elgar’s Enigma Variations

By Bachtrack, 15 January 2024

The chief conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra discusses his love and fascination for Elgar’s deeply personal work – and his experiences performing it for the first time.

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15 Jan 2024

Music of life: Kazuki Yamada on Elgar’s Enigma Variations

By Bachtrack

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Colin Currie leads The Hallé in wall-to-wall Reich

By Thomas May, 12 January 2024

In a singularly ambitious undertaking, the virtuoso percussionist and conductor leads a three-day festival in Manchester exploring nearly five decades of Steve Reich’s music.

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12 Jan 2024

Colin Currie leads The Hallé in wall-to-wall Reich

By Thomas May

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A star on the rise: Elise Bertrand

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 11 January 2024

The young composer and violinist, recently appointed to Classeek’s Ambassador Programme, talks about how she combines such a varied and multiplicitous career at an early age.

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11 Jan 2024

A star on the rise: Elise Bertrand

By Elodie Olson-Coons

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Adventures in style and spirit: Saffron Hall in 2024

By Bachtrack, 10 January 2024

In the spring the Saffron Walden venue plays host of soloists and a panoply of some of the finest orchestras and ensembles in the country – including the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia.

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10 Jan 2024

Adventures in style and spirit: Saffron Hall in 2024

By Bachtrack

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確実な変化：Bachtrackによる2023年のクラシック音楽の統計

By Bachtrack, 09 January 2024

クラシック音楽界はどう変わっているのか。2023年掲載分31,000以上の公演の分析と過去10年にわたる傾向を検証する。

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09 Jan 2024

確実な変化：Bachtrackによる2023年のクラシック音楽の統計

By Bachtrack

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Why Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances triumphed in 2023

By Tristan Labouret, 09 January 2024

The work most frequently performed in concert in 2023, Rachmaninov’s masterpiece owes its popularity to specific circumstances, but also to much deeper reasons.

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09 Jan 2024

Why Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances triumphed in 2023

By Tristan Labouret

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A steady transformation: Bachtrack’s 2023 Classical Music Statistics

By Bachtrack, 09 January 2024

How is the classical music world changing? We analyse more than 31,000 listed events in 2023 – and examine trends stretching over the past decade.

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09 Jan 2024

A steady transformation: Classical Music Statistics 2023

By Bachtrack

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Bachtrack top ten: Francis Poulenc

By Mark Pullinger, 07 January 2024

Dubbed “half monk, half rascal”, Francis Poulenc was a complex composer, his music ranging from witty vaudeville to choral music of religious fervour.

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07 Jan 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Francis Poulenc

By Mark Pullinger

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Searching for the complete violinist: Pavel Vernikov and the Classic Violin Olympus

By Elena Luporini, 19 December 2023

Artistic Director Pavel Vernikov introduces the Classic Violin Olympus International Competition, to be held in April 2025 – and what sets the contest apart from every other music competition.

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19 Dec 2023

Searching for the complete violinist: Pavel Vernikov

By Elena Luporini

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