Artists & projects

From 11 to 22 September 2024, internationally renowned artists from a wide range of genres will be performing at the seventh edition of the HERBSTGOLD Festival in Eisenstadt, the capital of Burgenland, Austria. A place of special sounds, artistic performances and a unique setting. The festival motto for 2024 is "Seduction".

HIDALGO is Munich's most innovative start-up for classical music. Since 2016 the multi-skilled team passionately ties seemingly contradicting worlds together, creating intense, intoxicating experiences. They produce unique concert events and the yearly HIDALGO Festival for young classical music, which first took place in 2018. It features young, successful artists from all over Europe. It is named after the Lied "Der Hidalgo" by Robert Schumann. According to the magazine "Crescendo," the Festival for young classical musicis one of the "most exciting young and innovative classical music festivals with a focus on Lied in the world." The patron is star baritone Christian Gerhaher.

From 13 - 18 January 2025, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester invites to the fourth edition of its piano festival «Le Piano Symphonique». Piano music enthusiasts from all over the world can once again look forward to great artists from the international piano elite at «Le Piano Symphonique» 2025 in Lucerne.

This year's edition of the Molyvos International Music Festival on the Greek island of Lesvos will take place from 9 to 19 August 2024 (main concerts on 16 - 19 August 2024) under the motto PHILIA - ΦΙΛΙΑ - FRIENDSHIP and marks the 10th edition of the festival.

Odessa was host of seven editions of the "Odessa Classics" music festival every June from 2015 to 2021. After a huge success from the very beginning "Odessa Classics" is established as a top level European Festival with international stars within the scene. But the war changed everything and from 2022 it became impossible to hold the festival in Ukraine. 2022-2023 "Odessa Classics" managed to continue in exile and find a new home in Europe with over 35 concerts in six countries. 2024 Odessa Classics will celebrate its 10th Jubilee.

In the 2024 season, one of the world's most popular operas will once again transform the St. Margarethen quarry into a meeting place for music lovers from all over the world: with "Aida", Giuseppe Verdi has created a grand opera about the immortality of love and, like almost no other opera, Verdi's masterpiece not only blends in perfectly with the rugged rocky landscape of the St. Margarethen quarry. Margarethen: from 10 July to 25 August 2024, the leading team led by Thaddeus Strassberger (production and stage design) under the direction of Daniel Serafin will transport the St. Margarethen quarry to the realm of the pharaohs.

Melanie Diener, the internationally acclaimed soprano from Waiblingen, and the American baritone Thomas Hampson, one of the most legendary singers of our time, have joined with the city of Waiblingen in creating the International Opera Workshop and invite the best young talents to Waiblingen to take part.