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Sakari Oramo Named Cologne’s Gürzenich Orchestra’s First Artistic Partner

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Sakari Oramo the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 2012 has been appointed as Cologne’s Gürzenich Orchestra‘s first Artistic Partner. Beginning in the 2025-26 season, the Gürzenich Orchestra and Sakari Oramo will enter into an artistic partnership for an initial period of five years. This partnership includes at least two subscription concerts each season, in which Oramo will {…}
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BBC Symphony Orchestra Extends Sakari Oramo’s Contract as Chief Conductor

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(Credit: Benjamin Ealovega) The BBC Symphony Orchestra has announced that Sakari Oramo’s contract as Chief Conductor has been extended until the end of the 2025-26 season. The decision comes following a nine-year relationship between Oramo and the orchestra, which has seen them explore new and underperformed works alongside core repertoire. Oramo has conducted 27 Proms thus far, including five of {…}
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón, Golda Schultz, Benjamin Appl, Gerald Finley, Joyce DiDonato & Jakub Józef Orliński

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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Philharmonia Orchestra, I Vocalisti, ChorWerk Potsdam, Anna Lapwood, and Kerem Hasan will perform music by Kristina Arakelyan, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2026 The Ensemble Resonanz, Anna Prohaska, and Enno Poppe will perform works by Benjamin Britten, Claude Vivier, Jean-Philippe {…}
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Angel Blue, Nicky Spence, Joyce DiDonato, Leah Hawkins, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Charles Castronovo Lead BBC Proms’ 2026 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. The festival opens on with pianist Yunchan Lim and tenor Thomas Atkins joining Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for music by Ravel, Copland, Gershwin and Finzi. There will also be a world premiere by Josephine Stephenson. Performance Date: July 17, 2026 Gianandrea Noseda leads Beethoven’s Symphony {…}
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Berlin Philharmonic 2025 Review: Das Lied von der Erde

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  Mahler creates worlds. Each brings a musical feast. “Das Lied von der Erde” (The Song of the Earth), performed at the Berlin Philharmonic under Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo brought us another one. The “superstitious” Mahler did not want to label this work the Ninth, since both Beethoven and Schubert died after writing theirs, so he called it a symphony {…}
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Louise Alder, Gerald Finley, Carolina López Moreno, Erin Morley, Golda Schultz & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead BBC Proms’ 2025 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2025 season. Here is a list of the vocal performances. Sakari Oramo conducts the First Night of the Proms with soloists Lisa Batiashvili, Caspar Singh, and Gerald Finley. The program includes music by Arthur Bliss, Felix Mendelssohn, Jean Sibelius, Errollyn Wallen, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Performance Date: July 18, 2025 Tenor Allan Clayton gives {…}
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Salzburg Festival Names 3 Finalists for 2025 Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award

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The Salzburg Festival has announced the three finalists for the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award. The finalists include Christian Blex, Jakub Przybycień, and Jong-Jie Yin. They were selected from amongst eight semifinalists who spent a weekend at the Felsenreitschule with the oenm. œsterreichisches ensemble fuer neue musik and the Mozarteum Orchestra. They will compete for the Award during the {…}
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Karita Mattila, Ausrine Stundyte, Heidi Stober & Christina Landshamer Lead Dresdner Philharmonie’s 2025-26 Season

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The Dresdner Philharmonie has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Gunter Berger conducts the Children’s Choir with Malte Arkona moderating. Performance Date: Sept. 28, 2025 Hans-Christoph Rademann conducts Bach’s Mass in B Minor with Christina Landshamer, Marie Henriette Reinhold, Patrick Grahl, and Matthias Winckhler. Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2025 The music of Astor Piazzolla, {…}
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Dalia Stasevska Extends Contract with BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Dalia Stasevska has extended his contract with the BBC Symphony Orchestra as principal guest conductor until September 2027. The Ukrainian-born Finnish conductor was first appointed in 2019 as the youngest person and first woman in the role. In a statement, she said, “The extension further solidifies the celebrated partnership between Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s musicians, and comes in {…}

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