Artists & projects

Founded in Barcelona, Kebyart is one of the most promising ensembles of the current music scene. These four talented musicians share an endless passion for chamber music and wish to bring fresh air in the way classical music is communicated. Their endeavour to transform their performances into a unique experience results in an explosive and vibrant staging, which has been praised by audiences and specialized critics. The distinctive signature of Kebyart is revealed in a creative and open approach to the repertoire, which goes in three directions: the original literature, the commitment with nowadays music and their own arrangements of wide variety styles.

Benedict Klöckner is one of the outstanding artists of his generation, performs worldwide as a soloist with renowned orchestras and regularly works with the great composers of our time. His upcoming album is dedicated to Antonín Dvořák: Besides a live recording of the Cello Concerto, he presents chamber music works and arrangements together with pianist Danae Dörken. The album will be released in September 2024 at Berlin Classics. Since 2014, Benedict Kloeckner has been also the founder and artistic director of the "International Music Festival Koblenz" IMUKO.

The Kuss Quartet has been standing on the international stage for many years and has remained true to its trademark by developing conceptual programmes, always searching with curiosity for the confirmation of the eternal "Muss es sein" of string quartet playing.

From January 16 - 21, 2024, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchestra invites you to the third edition of its piano festival «Le Piano Symphonique» and comes up with a special sensation: Starting in 2024, the legendary pianist Martha Argerich will become «Pianiste Associée» of the Piano Festival. With this, Lucerne - which enjoys worldwide attention - should now finally advance to the «capital of the piano», as the NZZ apostrophized.

Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts is one of the leading soloists of her instrument. In December 2010 she was appointed Principal Harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic. Special chamber music projects include her duo programmes with mandolinist Avi Avital, cellist Julia Hagen and soprano Christiane Karg.Under her exclusive contract with Warner Classics Anneleen Lenaerts regularly records solo albums. In November 2021, her album “Vienna Stories” was released with members of the Vienna Philharmonic, a tribute to her musical home of Vienna, where the worlds of operas and symphonies merge with everyday life.

The 2023/2024 season of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester with its principal conductor Michael Sanderling is characterised by the great, late Romantic repertoire, top-class soloists and a programmatically ideal melange of a sense of tradition and a spirit of discovery.

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.

Fabian Müller could establish himself as one of the most remarkable German pianists of his generation. He caused a great sensation at the International ARD music competition in Munich 2017, when he not only won 2nd prize in the overall ranking, but was awarded with not less than four additional prizes. He is releasing his third studio album, entitled "passionato", on the Berlin Classics label amid the coronavirus shutdown., a statement full of musical passion that casts a fresh look at standard classical works by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Rihm in the here and now.

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.

It is a rare stroke of luck when siblings achieve a comparable professional mastery on their instruments and then also represent international top level in playing chamber music. One such stroke of luck is the Quatuor Tchalik, founded in 2013 with Gabriel (1st violin), Louise (2nd violin), Sarah (viola) and Marc Tchalik (violoncello). And there is even a family-option to play as a piano quintet with brother and pianist Dania which is regularly used. Since 2018 at the latest, as double-awarded prize winners at the Salzburg Mozart Competition, the four have been playing in the top league of the European string quartet scene. Growing up in a Russian-French household with Ukrainian roots, the siblings have been making music together from an early age.

The three brothers Mark, Erik and Ken Schumann have been playing together since their earliest childhood – meanwhile violist Veit Hertenstein completes the quartet. Those who experience the quartet in performance often remark on the strong connection between its members. The four musicians enjoy the way they communicate without words: how a single look suffices to convey how a particular member wants to play a particular passage. Although the individual personalities clearly manifest themselves, a common space arises in every musical work in a process of spiritual metamorphosis.

The Sitkovetsky Trio has established itself as an exceptional piano trio of today. Their thoughtful and committed approach have brought the ensemble critical acclaim and invitations to renowned concert halls around the world including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Palais des Beaux Arts, Musée du Louvre, l’Auditori Barcelona, Wigmore Hall or Lincoln Center New York.

Miroslav Srnka's international breakthrough came in 2016 when his opera "South Pole" was premiered at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich under Kirill Petrenko, in a production by Hans Neuenfels that featured Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson in the title roles. Several of Srnka's works will be premiered in the season 2022/23: The Berliner Philharmoniker will perform the orchestral work "Superorganisms" for the first time conducted by Kirill Petrenko in February 2023, before it has its Asian premiere in Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Ryan Wigglesworth in June 2023.

Intelligent clarity and an in-depth and always curious musicality characterize Markus Stenz' work. Worldwide much valued, he has held a number of high-profile positions with international orchestras and opera houses including Principal Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (2012-2019), Principal Guest of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (2015-2019), Conductor-In-Residence of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (2016-2019). He was General Music Director of the City of Cologne and Gürzenich-Kapellmeister for 11 years.

At the age of 27 Ildikó Szabó is already a cello-institution in her home country Hungary. In 2014 she was awarded 2nd prize, the audience award and 7 special prizes at the International Pablo Casals Competition. She is currently studying at Kronberg Academy and lives in Berlin.

French harpist Anaëlle Tourret is one of the leading soloists of her instrument. In March 2018, at the age of 25, she was appointed Principal Harpist of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg. In October 2021 she released her debut album with works for harp solo of the 20th century (Caplet, Britten, Holliger, Hindemith) on the record label Es Dur. A new album with chambermusic and orchestral music is planned.

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.

Sarah Wegener approaches every role with captivating intensity. She has enthralled listeners with the warmth and richness of her voice in performances such as Strauss’ Orchestral songs under Mariss Jansons and Vladimir Jurowski in Munich, London, and Hamburg, Mahler’s 8th Symphony under Kirill Petrenko in Bregenz, Eliahu Inbal in Hamburg, and Kent Nagano in Montreal, as well as in her War and Peace programme shaped around works by Handel and Purcell, which she also presented at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival. Her “marvellously radiant voice, as powerful as it is rich in colour” (FAZ) distinguishes her as a lieder singer of the highest order, as illustrated on her highly praised CDs "Into the Deepest Sea" and "Zueignung". A recording of songs arranged by B.A. Zimmermann with the WDR Symphony Orchestra is due to be released at WERGO in October 2022.

Brimful of energy, Antje Weithaas’ brings her compelling musical intelligence and technical mastery to every detail of the music. Her charisma and stage presence are captivating, but never overshadow the works themselves.

„Nur immer mit der Möglichkeit, es sei“ // "Seulement toujours avec la possibilité que ce soit" // "Just always with the possibility of it being"