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- [Jonathan Powell: Winterberg 5 Sonatas](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-winterberg-5-sonatas/) - Jonathan Powell is the foremost advocate for Hans Winterberg's piano works, since his estate resurfaced in 2015 thanks to Michael Haas's efforts together with the Exilarte Centre and Boosey & Hawkes. Being in charge of the critical edition of all piano works for Boosey & Hawkes, Jonathan Powell is following up recordings and performances of
- ['A remarkable human and musical journey'](https://puskasinternational.com/a-remarkable-human-and-musical-journey/) - Yves Riesel pulished a comprehensive podcast interview with Rémy Ballot on the french classical music platform couacs.info:
- ['Utmost precision, tonal balance'](https://puskasinternational.com/utmost-precision-tonal-balance/) - Shortly after his first live recording as Conductor in Residence of the Richard Strauss Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Rémy Ballot and his Rémy Ballot Ensemble publish piano quintets by Schubert and Hummel. Austrian Radio Ö1 presents the recordings with these words: 'Utmost precision, tonal balance and a fiery style of playing are in no way contradictory,
- [WIENER MEISTERKURSE 1975 - 2025](https://puskasinternational.com/wiener-meisterkurse-1975-2025/) - 'Uns ist wichtig, kein Weiterbildungsbüffet zu offerieren, sondern Kontinuität.'1975 - 2025: 50 Jahre Wiener Meisterkurse. Ein MICA Interview mit dem künstlerischen Leiter Jörg Birhance:
- [Richard Strauss Tage Edition CD presentation](https://puskasinternational.com/richard-strauss-tage-edition-cd-presentation/) - Osterreichische Gesellschaft für Musik: 23.4.2025The Uniqueness of the Eternalized MomentArtist Talk and Presentation of a New Richard Strauss Days CD Edition In an artistic-philosophical discussion, Rémy Ballot and Dr. Dominik Šedivý will explore Richard Strauss and the artistic challenges at the intersection of musical theory, everyday artistic practice, and recording techniques.Moderator: Dr. Peter Kislinger As
- [Wiener Meisterkurse](https://puskasinternational.com/wiener-meisterkurse/) - We're truly delighted to have been invited to contribute to the preparations of the 50th jubilee edition of the internationally renowned 'Wiener Meisterkurse', founded in 1975 by legendary Viennese conductor and pedagogue Günther Theuring. This year's edition has artists and pedagogues such as Miklos Perenyi and Francisco Araiza returning, also former students Ewa Poblocka and
- [Remy Ballot & Strauss: sheer brilliance in every note!](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-strauss-sheer-brilliance-in-every-note/) - 'Rémy Ballot’s Bruckner cycle is a new benchmark''Ballot’s ‘Ein Heldenleben’ is a masterclass in precision, depth, and virtuosity''From award-winning Bruckner to a sensational Richard Strauss cycle''sheer brilliance in every note!'one landmark interpretation after another. A must-listen!'Thomas Rauchenwald reviews Remy Ballots Strauss Edition from Garmisch-Partenkirchen,together with Eroica and Egmont Overture (Klangkollektiv Wien):
- [Ö1 - Rémy Ballot dirigiert Strauss](https://puskasinternational.com/o1-remy-ballot-dirigiert-strauss/) - Intrada - Österreichs Musizierende im Porträt: Kurz vor dem Bruckner-Jahr 2024 hat der französische Dirigent Rémy Ballot die Gesamteinspielung aller Bruckner-Symphonien in der Stiftsbasilika St. Florian auf CD vorgelegt. Fast zeitgleich mit dieser Veröffentlichung hat er gewissermaßen den Komponisten gewechselt - denn seit 2024 ist Rémy Ballot Conductor in Residence bei den Richard Strauss-Tagen im
- [Rémy Ballot's excellent Strauss](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballots-excellent-strauss/) - Coinciding with the Austrian release of Rémy Ballot's live recordings from the Richard Strauss Tage in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (international release on 24.3), the Pizzicato Magazine is publishing a first excellent review: 'If the symphonic poem Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss is the reminiscence of an old man, if such reminiscence displaces the negative and emphasizes the
- [Richard Strauss Days on CD](https://puskasinternational.com/richard-strauss-days-on-cd/) - For the 75th anniversary of Richard Strauss’ death, the Richard-Strauss-Tage Garmisch-Partenkirchen launched a new Richard Strauss Days Edition in cooperation with Gramola to document the festival in live recordings of Ein Heldenleben and Don Juan. Conductor in Residence Rémy Ballot talks about the influence of Strauss on today’s orchestras, the location of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the
- [Bruckner Quintet - Remy Ballot](https://puskasinternational.com/bruckner-quintet-remy-ballot/) - Vienna's Great Radio Hall invited Remy Ballot and his Ballot Quintet for a performance of the Bruckner Quintet, in this instance also including the Intermezzo as inserted 4th movement. Austrian Radio broadcast the concert on 26th November, it's available online for another 30 days:
- [Remy Ballot - Bruckner 5 in Bressanone](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-bruckner-5-in-bressanone/) - A few weeks after conducting the local premiere performance of Bruckner's 4th symphony at the renowned Brescia / Bergamo festival, Remy Ballot returned to Italy in August for a performance of Bruckner's 5th in Bressanone:
- [Remy Ballot  - Nomination ICMA 2025](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-nomination-icma-2025/) - Remy Ballot's cycle of Bruckner symphonies 0-9, recorded over a period of 10 years live at St Florian Abbey, has just been nominated for the 2025 International Classsical Music Awards!Previous awards include among others the 'Recording of the Year' from the American Bruckner Society, and as a very special honour the box serves currently as
- [Bruckner Quintet - Remy Ballot](https://puskasinternational.com/bruckner-quinet-remy-ballot/) - Award winning Bruckner Conductor, and Conductor in Residence at the Richard Strauss Tage Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Rémy Ballot and his Ballot Quintet perform Bruckner's string quintet, including the Intermezzo as added 5th movement, in a live broadcast from Vienna's Great Radio Hall. Available online from the 26th of November onwards:
- [Remy Ballot at Oxford University](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-at-oxford-university/) - Remy Ballot was invited by the Music Faculty of Oxford University to work with the University Orchestra for the Michaelmas Term concert:
- [Stuttgart invites Remy Ballot back after ten days](https://puskasinternational.com/stuttgart-invites-remy-ballot-back-after-ten-days/) - Following his short notice debut with Bruckner's 5th on 6th of April, the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra invited Remy Ballot to conduct an Italian tour with Bruckner's 4th and Mozart's K488 in Bergamo and Brescia on 26th and 27th of April. These concerts are supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Milan, together with an upcoming
- ['Behind the beauty lies the truth'](https://puskasinternational.com/behind-the-beauty-lies-the-truth/) - Remy Ballot talks about his teacher Sergiu Celibidache in this new episode of the 'Great moments in music' ARTE.TV series dedicated to Celibidache and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The shows focus is on the legendary performance of Bruckner's 7th in 1992. A must for all Bruckner and/or Celibidache fans, not to mention the Berlin Philharmonic.
- [Remy Ballot: Bruckner 9 in St Florian](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-bruckner-9-in-st-florian/) - Remy Ballot has put the St Florian Bruckner Days firmly on the Festival Map with his live recordings of 10 Bruckner symphonies over the last 10 years. With the cycle being the reference recording at the Austrian National Library's jubliee Bruckner Exhibition, Remy Ballot returned to the jubliee edition of the most authentic of all
- [Remy Ballot Bruckner 5 in Brixen / Bressanone](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-bruckner-5-in-brixen-bressanone/) - Following up on the Strauss successes Remy Ballot had with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra both in Pilsen and also Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the orchestra ventured under Remy Ballot's direction into further new territory - namely Bruckner's monunemental 5th symphony, in a perfomance in Brixen. According to critics, the excellent performance is firmly placed next to Thielemann, in
- [Remy Ballot at Riga Festival](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-at-riga-festival/) - Remy Ballot was invited to conduct his Riga debut with Sinfonietta Riga and soloist Georgijs Osokins at the 2024 Riga Festival with a program of Vasks and Beethoven. You can hear the entire concert in a broadcast of Latvijas Radio 3 here: Peteris Vasks: Musica Appassionata (5:46’)L V Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr 4 (30:11’)L v Beethoven:
- [Remy Ballot - Conductor in Residence Richard Staruss Tage](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-conductor-in-residence-richard-staruss-tage/) - Following up on the success of his Garmisch-Partenkirchen debut last year, Remy Ballot returns to the Strauss Tage 2024 as freshly appointed Conductor in Residence, again with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. The two concerts included Heldenleben, Don Juan, several songs and arias with Günther Groissböck, and the re-discovery of Heinrich Gottlieb Noren's monumental 'Kaleidoskop', which
- [Ballot Quintet at Veceri na Gricu](https://puskasinternational.com/ballot-quintet-at-veceri-na-gricu/) - The Ballot Quintet was invited to open the 43rd edition of the renowned chamber music festival 'Veceri na Gricu' in Zagreb, to honor the Bruckner jubilee with a perfomance of his string quartet. According to critics a highlight of the festival, where the members of the quintet 'were obsessed with listening to each other and constantly
- [Remy Ballot: 2nd Stuttgart re-invite in 5 weeks](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-2nd-stuttgart-re-invite-in-5-weeks/) - Following a short notice debut on 6th April, and an Italian tour opening the Brescia-Bergamo piano festival, the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra called Remy Ballot back again, to conduct Bruckner's 4th together with Mozart's K488 with Eva Gevorgyan as soloist at the Stuttgart Liederhalle on 16th of May. Critics wrote about the concert: 'one of the
- [Remy Ballot replaces Dan Ettinger for Bruckner 5](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-replaces-dan-ettinger-for-bruckner-5/) - Remy Ballot will step in for Dan Ettinger to conduct a performance of Bruckner's 5th with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, 6th of April:
- [Anton Bruckner. The Pious Revolutionary.](https://puskasinternational.com/anton-bruckner-the-pious-revolutionary/) - The Austrian National Library, host of the greatest Bruckner collection worldwide and gravitational centre of the international Bruckner research, has chosen Remy Ballot's live recordings of the Bruckner Quintet and the symphonies from the St Florianer Brucknertage as sound samples for their jubilee exhibition, titled: 'Anton Bruckner. The Pious Revolutionary. The exhibition was opened on
- [Rémy Ballot: an extraordinary vision of Bruckner](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-an-extraordinary-vision-of-bruckner/) - Leading French Classical Magazine Resmusica published a glowing review of Rémy Ballot's Bruckner cycle recorded live at St Florian Abbey. Jean-Claude Houlot writes: ' 'While Christian Thielemann's complete works with the Vienna Philharmonic stand out for their orchestral splendour, the one offered by the Viennese publisher, conducted by the French conductor, is characterised by its
- [Winterberg World Premiere](https://puskasinternational.com/winterberg-world-premiere/) - In time for the World Premiere of Hans Winterberg's 4th piano concerto in Baden with Jonathan Powell and the Beethoven Philharmonie Baden conducted by Thomas Rösner, Austrian Radio OE1 broadcast an interview with Thomas Rösner and Peter Puskás about Hans Winterberg's oeuvre and it's relevance (in German):
- [Jonathan Powell  - Hans Winterberg  WP](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-hans-winterberg-wp/) - Martin Blaumeiser's detailed and insightful review of the World Premiere of Hans Winterberg's 4th piano concerto by leading Winterberg expert Jonathan Powell and the Beethoven Philharmonie Baden, conducted by Thomas Rösner (in German): 'The British pianist Jonathan Powell - who completed his doctorate as a musicologist on the succession of Scriabin and is currently publishing
- [Jonathan Powell plays Hans Winterberg](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-plays-hans-winterberg/) - Jonathan Powell's breathtaking overview of the development of Czech piano music from Suk to Hans Winterberg, including some Viennese references to Schönberg and Kornauth. As a kind of 'prelude' to the forthcoming world premiere of the 4th Piano Concerto with Thomas Rösner and the Beethoven Philharmonic Orchestra on 21 February in Baden. The concert was
- [Mother and daughter, two Polish national treasures](https://puskasinternational.com/mother-and-daughter-two-polish-national-treasures/) - Having released recordings of Weinberg and Laks for the CPO Label, the Interlude Magazine in Hong Kong published a big article with interviews with conductors Agnieszka Duczmal and her daughter Anna Duczmal-Mroz, mother and daughter holding a BBC Music Magazine Award and a Taki-Alsop Fellowship between them:
- [Remy Ballot 2024: Bruckner & Strauss](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-2024-bruckner-strauss/) - 2024 being an important jubilee for two of our most important composers of orchestral repertoire, Strauss and Bruckner, Remy Ballot is marking this year with concerts at the respective most authentic venues related to each composer: Having released his Bruckner Cycle recorded live at the Bruckner Tage St Florian with the end of 2023, Remy
- [Remy Ballot: au service de Bruckner](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-au-service-de-bruckner/) - Jean Pierre Tribot interviews Remy Ballot about his Bruckner Cycle for the Belgian Crescendo Magazine:
- [BRUCKNER SOCIETY OF AMERICA](https://puskasinternational.com/bruckner-society-of-america/) - Remy Ballot was awarded the 'Record of the Year' Award of the prestigious American Bruckner Society for his live recording of the First Symphony (Vienna Edition) as part of his Bruckner Cycle at the St Florianer Brucknertage for Gramola. The Jury consists of leading Bruckner Experts who also contribute to the Bruckner Edition published by
- [Ballot & Bruckner on Pizzicato:](https://puskasinternational.com/ballot-bruckner-on-pizzicato/) - The Pizzicato magazine has covered each single of the Bruckner symphonies Remy Ballot recorded live at the St Florianer Brucknertage for Gramole. You can find each review on a dedicated Pizzicato page to mark the release of the box:
- [Thielemann, Ballot and Nelsons:](https://puskasinternational.com/thielemann-ballot-and-nelsons/) - Veteran Vienna critic Wilhelm Sinkovicz dedicates an article in 'Die Presse' to the Bruckner Cycles out in time for the Bruckner year, in this instance Christian Thielmann with Vienna Philharmonic on SONY, Remy Ballot live from the Brucknertage St Florian on Gramola and Andris Nelsons with the Gewandhaus Orchestra on DG. A newcomer among the
- [Jonathan Powell: Winterberg World Premiere in Vienna](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-winterberg-world-premiere-in-vienna/) - Having recorded Hans Winterberg's first piano concerto with Johannes Kalitze and the Berlin Rundfunksinfonieorchester for Capriccio Recorids, Jonathan Powell continues his invaluable contribution to the re-discovery of Winterberg's works: In charge of Boosey & Hawkes's critical edition of all of Winterberg's piano works, Jonathan Powell is performing next the world premiere of Winterberg's 4 piano
- [INTERLUDE HK: THE CLASSICAL BRUCKNER](https://puskasinternational.com/interlude-hk-the-classical-bruckner/) - Maureen Buja interviewed Remy Ballot for the current edition of Hong Kong's Interlude Magazine, to cover the release of Remy Ballot's Bruckner Cycle, recorded live over ten years at St Florian Abbey: This is the revolutionary Bruckner and Bruckner the modernist. Reaction against this work was so strong that Bruckner completely removed it from his
- [Bruckner: A milestone...breathtaking...](https://puskasinternational.com/bruckner-a-milestone-breathtaking/) - Dr Ingobert Waltenberger's detailed and enthusiastic review of Remy Ballot's penultimate addition to his award-winning Brukner cycle from St Florian: 'What a "devil violinist", what an orchestral and chamber musician, what a conductor! I'm speaking of Frenchman Rémy Ballot.'...'breathtaking'...'a milestone': You can read the full review here in German:
- [Remy Ballot: 10 Bruckner Symphonies](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-10-bruckner-symphonies/) - OUT ON 17th NOVEMBER 2023 Anton Bruckner and Sankt Florian, an incomparable and authentic relationship: In the monastery of Sankt Florian, Bruckner’s home and resting place, not a single stone has changed since Bruckner’s time. Conductor in Residence Rémy Ballot and the Altomonte Orchestra of St. Florian, as well as in two cases the Upper
- [Ballot & Bruckner: exemplary recording in authentic performance](https://puskasinternational.com/ballot-bruckner-exemplary-recording-in-authentic-performance/) - Wilfried Schäper reviews Remy Ballots latest addition to his Bruckner cylce recorded live at the Brucknertage St Florian for one of Germany's leading classical stations, Bremen Zwei: 'Mecca for Bruckner-fans' 'exemplary interpretations' 'This Bruckner sounds powerful like a huge church organ, but also extremely differentiated and finely structured in the quiet passages. A completely authentic
- [Remy Ballot: Brucknertage 2023 reviews](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-brucknertage-2023-reviews/) - Florian Norbert Schuck's detailled and equally enthusiastic reviews from the Brucknertage St Florian 2023, namely all of Remy Ballots concerts and CD releases as conductor and chamber musician: The latest release in the award winning Bruckner cycle, the First Symphony, recorded in 2022 A rehearsal and concert report on the 'Annulled' symphony, in a first
- [Anna Duczmal-Mroz: Organ Symphony on BBC R4](https://puskasinternational.com/anna-duczmal-mroz-organ-symphony-on-bbc-r4/) - Back in April, we did a bit of traveling with Anna Duczmal-Mróz between Warsaw and London: within a few days, Anna conducted two memorial concerts on the occasion of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising at the Polin Museum, collected the BBC Music Magazine orchestral awards together with Agnieszka Duczmal, and finally conducted the Organ Symphony together with Anna
- [REMY BALLOT PREMIERS NEW BRUCKNER EDITION](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-premiers-new-bruckner-edition/) - To end his internationally acclaimed Bruckner cycle, recorded live for Gramola at the Bruckner Tage at St Florian Abbey, Remy Ballot will conduct the first performance of David Chapman's new critical edition of Bruckner's 'Annulled' symphony for the Musikwissenschaftliche Verlag in Vienna.
- [OUT NOW: REMY BALLOT - BRUCKNER SYMPHONY 1](https://puskasinternational.com/out-now-remy-ballot-bruckner-symphony-1/) - Coinciding with this year's Bruckner Tage in St Florian, Viennese Label Gramola releases the next CD in Remy Ballot's highly acclaimed Bruckner cycle. Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 was recorded live at the Bruckner Tage St Florian in August 2022, and is the penultimate release in the entire cycle, which will be published as box for
- [Remy Ballot: Garmisch debut review](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-garmisch-debut-review/) - An ethusiastic and detailed first review of Remy Ballot's debut at the Richard Strauss Fest Tage in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from Florian Schuck: 'One is certainly not wrong to call Ballot one of the most form- and structure-conscious musicians of our day. His conducting is simply functional and leaves "choreographic" elements completely aside. All the more important
- [REMY BALLOT: KALEVI AHO DEDICATION, WORLD PREMIERE](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-kalevi-aho-dedication-world-premiere/) - Viennese musicians and musicologists took the occasion of the composer's 74th birthday on 9 March 2023 to celebrate the anniversary with a chamber concert and a round of talks on the two preceding days, with Kalevi Aho present on both occasions. The concert, which took place on 7 March in the 'Glass Hall' of the
- [Collaboration UNIVERSAL EDITION - PHASMA MUSIC](https://puskasinternational.com/collaboration-universal-edition-phasma-music/) - We're delighted to have been able to broker this new collaboration between world leading publisher Universal Edition in Vienna, and Phasma Music, a Polish label for new music:
- [REMY BALLOT - KLANGKOLLEKIV WIEN: BEETHOVEN](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-klangkollekiv-wien-beethoven/) - Remy Ballot's new recordings of Beethoven string quartets with his Klangkollektiv Wien has been chosen as CD of the Week by Vienna's classical station: 'Rémy Ballot writes about this CD that "this performance practice offers the possibility to experience greater contrasts and to be able to unfold the musical message in its full meaning". Especially
- [Jonathan Powell: Dvořák, Kaprálová, Janáček, Winterberg & Ullmann](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-dvorak-kapralova-janacek-winterberg-ulmann/) - Following his highly acclaimed Scriabin cycle this autumn, Jonathan Powell's second concert at the Jacqueline du Pre Hall this season focusses on twentieth-century Czech piano music, and specifically the work of Hans Winterberg and Viktor Ullmann, both of whom were prominent German-speaking Jewish composers who were interned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Although Winterberg was
- [B4CH in Riga](https://puskasinternational.com/b4ch-in-riga/) - After a very successful pilot in Tallinn last March, the B4CH project is coming for two concerts on 17th and 18th of December to the Dzintaru Concert Hall in Jurmala. All Bach multiple piano concertos in one program, likely to be a premiere event in that format with leading Estonian and Latvian pianist: Sten Lassmann,
- [Remy Ballot - Klangkollektiv Wien Vienna debut:](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-klangkollektiv-wien-vienna-debut/) - Florian Schuck writes an equally detailed and enthusiatic review about Remy Ballot's Vienna debut with the Klangkollektiv Wien, including also the presentation of their new CD with Beethoven string quartets. 'Highlight of Viennese musical life' 'one of the most outstanding chamber orchestras of our time'. 'The way Ballot allows the music to pause here and
- [Jonathan Powell in Prague: an unforgettable evening](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-in-prague-an-unforgettable-evening/) - Jonathan Powell ended his European tour of Scriabin's sonatas for the 150th anniversary with standing ovations for his recital at the Ivan Moravec Academy / Prague Music Performances in Prague: ‘a pianist of extraordinary artistic and intellectual abilities’‘Powell can be described as the master of the tenor voice’ ‘an unforgettable evening’ You can read Jiri
- [Rémy Ballot live on Radio Klassik](https://puskasinternational.com/remy-ballot-live-on-radio-klassik/) - Prior to the Vienna Debut of his Klangkollektiv Wien, Remy Ballot talks to Christoph Wellner on Radio Klassik Stephansdom about his studies with Celibidache, the latest CD of the Klangkollektiv Wien, and of course his Bruckner cycle in St Florian (in German):
- [ALBAN BERG ENSEMBLE WIEN - ROME DEBUT](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-rome-debut/) - The Alban Berg Ensemble Wien opens the season of the prestigious Filarmonica Romana at the Teatro Argentino, with a recital of works by Crumb, Debussy and Schoenberg:
- [Jonathan Powell - Scriabin 150](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-scriabin-150/) - As part of his European Scriabin 150 tour, Jonathan Powell will play a complete cycle of Scriabin's piano sonatas on 22nd October at the Tallinn International Piano Festival 'KLAVER'
- [ANNA DUCZMAL-MROZ conducts Wieniawski Competition](https://puskasinternational.com/anna-duczmal-mroz-conducts-wieniawski-competition/) - Current Taki-Alsop Fellow Anna Duczmal-Mroz conducts the semifinals of the 16th Wieniawski Competition in Poznan, you can watch all performances on the Wieniawski Competitions Youtube Channel:
- [POWELL, WINTERBERG: BBC MUSIC REVIEW](https://puskasinternational.com/powell-winterberg-bbc-music-review/) - 'Thanks to his penchant for writing short and succinct movements. Winterberg’s tough, gritty and uncompromising music never outstays its welcome. It certainly receives persuasive advocacy from Johannes Kalitzke and the Berlin Radio Symphony, and Jonathan Powell does a terrific job in projecting the piano concerto’s dynamic energy.'
- ['An invaluable rediscovery'](https://puskasinternational.com/an-invaluable-rediscovery/) - Siebe Riedstra's enthusiasic review of the new recording of Hans Winterberg's orchestral works for Opus Klassik: 'The importance of this publication cannot be underestimated, so any attempt at a valuation is superfluous. With his extensive experience with Musikfabrik and Ensemble Modern, composer and conductor Johannes Kalitzke (1959) is the right person to bring these partly very
- [HANS WINTERBERG: 'new discovery, unparalleled in music history'.](https://puskasinternational.com/hans-winterberg-new-discovery-unparalleled-in-music-history/) - Martin Blaumeiser writes a glowing review for KLASSIK HEUTE about all aspects of the first commercial CD of Hans Winterberg's orchestral music, which also includes Jonathan Powell's rendition of the 1st piano concerto with the Berlin Radio Orchestra and Johannes Kalitzke conducting. 'new discovery, unparalleled in music history'...'No wonder that this artist, who is technically
- [Jesko Sirvend wins the 2022 Svetlanov competition in Monte Carlo](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-wins-the-2022-svetlanov-competition-in-monte-carlo/) - 35 year old German conductor Jesko Sirvend, a multiple prize winner of the Malko competition, is with a 2nd prize from the jury, and also the prize of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, the clear winner of the 2022 Evgeny Svetlanov Conducting competition in Monte Carlo.
- [An important rediscovery: Hans Winterberg](https://puskasinternational.com/an-important-rediscovery-hans-winterberg/) - An important rediscovery according to Rémy Franck in the Pizzicato Magazine: 'The First Piano Concerto becomes attractive in the exciting interpretation of Jonathan Powell and Johannes Kalitzke. The English pianist is responsible for the critical edition of all the piano works (including 4 piano concertos)'
- [OUT IN MAY: HANS WINTERBERG ON CAPRICCIO](https://puskasinternational.com/out-in-may-hans-winterberg-on-capriccio/) - Capriccio Records are releasing the first ever commercial recordings of orchestral works by Hans Winterberg, based on the new Winterberg Edition in a cooperation between Boosey & Hawkes and Exilarte. Jonathan Powell is in charge of the critical edition of all piano works, and will also record the 4 piano concertos
- ['Jonathan Powell is undoubtedly today's most highly-qualified pianist](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-is-undoubtedly-todays-most-highly-qualified-pianist/) - Martin Blaumeiser reviewed in The New Listener Jonathan Powell's monumental performance of Sorabji's Sequentia Cyclica, a highlight of the 25th anniversary edition of the Heidelberger Fruehling Festival, curated by Igor Levit. 'A sensational performance in every respect' 'Jonathan Powell is undoubtedly today's most highly-qualified pianist for this extreme repertoire' 'His piano playing is characterised by
- [Jonathan Powell - Sequentia Cyclica - Heidelberger Frühling](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-sequentia-cyclica-heidelberger-fruhling/) - On personal invitation by Igor Levit, Jonathan Powell will perform the German premiere of Sorabji's monumental 8.5 hour set of variations 'Sequentia Cyclica' in 5 concerts over 3 days at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival beginning of April.
- [Michael Zlabinger debut Tonkünstler Orchester](https://puskasinternational.com/michael-zlabinger-debut-tonkunstler-orchester/) - On Saturday 26th March, Michael Zlabinger accepted to conduct his debut with the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich with only a few hours notice. The programm included among others Kurt Weill's second Symphony:
- [Sequentia Cyclica premiere in Riga](https://puskasinternational.com/sequentia-cyclica-premiere-in-riga/) - A week before going to play the entire Sequentia Cyclica as German Premiere on Igor Levit's invitation at the Heidelberger Fruehling Festival beginning April, Jonathan Powell performs the entire monumental set of 27 variations on Dies Irae as a Baltic premiere at the Decibels Festival in Riga on 23rd March. Recommended listening, Edgars Raginskis talks
- [Hans Winterberg Orchestral Works](https://puskasinternational.com/hans-winterberg-orchestral-works/) - Thanks to the initiative of Randol Schoenberg and Michael Haas,Hans Winterberg's music can now be made public despite of an imposed embargo by the Sudenten German Music institute.Boosey & Hawkes / Exilarte started working on a first ever Winterberg Edition, with english pianist Jonathan Powell in charge of all piano works, and German Radio embarked
- [ALBAN BERG ENSMEBLE WIEN -RIGA DEBUT](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensmeble-wien-riga-debut/) - Having had to spostpone a planned debut last season, the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien is giving its Riga debut at the Viennese Classics Festival on 26th February with a program dedicated to Schubert's 225th anniversary:
- [Soós-Haag | Bartók Radio Budapest](https://puskasinternational.com/soos-haag-bartok-radio-budapest/) - The widely acclaimed Swiss piano duo are returning for a recital at the Sara Sandor hall of Bartok Radio Budapest on 22nd February with a program including Beethoven's Waldstein variations and the Grosse Fuge, a first performance of a piece by Geza Frid, and Peter Eotvos' Lisztomania:
- [Michael, Georg & Martin Zlabinger | The Lighthouse](https://puskasinternational.com/michael-georg-martin-zlabinger-the-lighthouse/) - After having worked on all major European stages from Covent Garden, to Madrid, Vienna, Zurich, Munich, Salzburg and Glyndebourne, the three brothers Zlabinger joint forces for their debut production at the Vienna Kammeroper with Peter Maxell-Davies' masterwork The Lighthouse this October; 'Director Georg Zlabinger succeeds not only in creating an exemplary, but also an intense,
- [ALBAN BERG ENSEMBLE IN LA CHAUX DE FONDS](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-in-la-chaux-de-fonds/) - Having had to postpone a concert planned last season, the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien performs the program of their highly accaimed debut CD with Deutsche Gramophon at the prestigious Societe de musique in La Chaux de Fonds on 20th February:
- [Anna Duczmal-Mróz | Chicago Symphony debut](https://puskasinternational.com/anna-duczmal-mrozchicago-symphony-debut/) - ''Laura Jackson and Jeri Lynne Johnson, both former Taki Alsop Fellows, and Anna Duczmal-Mróz , the just-named 2022-24 fellow, join Alsop on the kickoff program, featuring Jessie Montgomery’s “Source Code,” Michael Daugherty’s “Time Machine” for three conductors and orchestra, and a Frankenstein combination of Sergei Prokofiev’s two “Romeo and Juliet” Suites, as assembled by Alsop.' You can
- [ALBAN BERG ENSEMBLE WIEN | LEUVEN FESTIVAL 20:21](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-leuven-festival-2021/) - The Alban Berg Ensemble Wien is performing it's debut at the Leuven Festival 20:21 with the program of their internationally acclaimed debut recording for Deutsche Gramophon on 26th October:
- [Jonathan Powell | Hans Winterberg](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-hans-winterberg/) - Deutschlandfunk Kultur presents first recordings of the new Boosey & Hawkes / Exilarte Winterberg Edition with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB). Jonathan Powell plays the 1st piano concerto by Hans Winterberg, and is responsible for the critical edition:
- [MICHAEL ZLABINGER | TOSCA, Theater a d Wien debut](https://puskasinternational.com/michael-zlabinger-tosca-theater-a-d-wien-debut/) - Following his critically acclaimed production of Peter Maxwell-Davies The Lighthouse at the Kammeroper Wien in October 2021 (in a joint debut with his brothers Georg and Martin, stage director and stage design respectively), conductor Michael Zlabinger is giving his Theater a d Wien debut with a performance of Tosca (Kristina Opolais, Gabor Bretz) on 30th
- [Michael Zlabinger Munich Radio Debut](https://puskasinternational.com/michael-zlabinger-munich-radio-debut/) - In between a highly acclaimed production of The Lighthouse at the Kammeroper and a very successful performance of Tosca at the Theater a d Wien in Vienna, Michael Zlabinger conducted his Munich Radio Orchestra debut last December.You can watch it again on Bavarian Radio's website:
- [ANNA DUCZMAL-MRÓZ | TAKI-ALSOP FELLOW 2022](https://puskasinternational.com/anna-duczmal-mroz-taki-alsop-fellow-2022/) - Anna Duczmal-Mróz has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious Taki-Alsop Conducting Fellow 2022: Over the coming two years, Anna Duczmal-Mróz will work closely with Marin Alsop, in addition to give her debuts among others in Ravinia and Aspen:
- [Liv Migdal on Klassik Viral](https://puskasinternational.com/liv-migdal-on-klassik-viral/) - The violinist Liv Migdal talks to Arnt Cobbers in his podcast series for the German Crescendo magazine why she campaigns for ostracized composers and especially Paul Ben-Haim, what she learned from Reinhold Goebel, why she enjoys studying autographs and why she prefers to play by heart. She also plays a chaconne made by Biber.
- [Jonathan Powell on Klassik Viral](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-on-klassik-viral/) - Jonathan Powell talks to Arnt Cobbers in his podast series for the German Crescendo magazine (in English) about Hans Winterberg, whose first piano concerto he has just recorded for the first time, his composition lessons with Alexander Goehr, what interests him in Russian rarities of the early 20th century, why Kaikhosru Sorabji wrote pieces for
- [Michael Zlabinger debut Holland Festival](https://puskasinternational.com/michael-zlabinger-debut-holland-festival/) - Michael Zlabinger is invited to conduct his debut at the Holland Festival this June in Marlene Monteiro Freitas's production of Pierrot Lunaire from the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen): https://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/program/2021/pierrot-lunaire/
- [11.03, 7:30pm CET: ABEW live from Budapest](https://puskasinternational.com/11-03-730pm-cet-abew-live-from-budapest/) - This concert will be streamed live from the Great Hall of the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, and is available free of charge on Facebook, Youtube and the streaming site of the Academy:
- ['Innovationsfreude und Hellhörigkeit'](https://puskasinternational.com/innovationsfreude-und-hellhorigkeit/) - Eine neue, ausgezeichnete Besprechung der Debüt CD des Alban Berg Ensembles im Voklsblatt: 'Innovationsfreude und Hellhörigkeit' 'Gesegnet sind alle mit bester Musikalität, intensivem Ausdruck oder auch dem Gefühl für ein risikoreiches Grenzgängertum'
- ['Backstage, a conversation with...Peter Puskás'](https://puskasinternational.com/centre-national-de-musique-interview/) - The eighth episode of « Backstage, a Conversation with… » introduces you to Peter Puskás, Director of Puskás International, artist management and consultancy agency.
- [Jonathan Powell at JAMU](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-at-jamu/) - Since ten years, Jonathan Powell is a guest a the Janáček Academy's International Festival for New Music in Brno. Jonathan performs works by Saariaho, Erkoreka, Berio, Vitauskaite and others in a stream hosted by the Janacek Academy on 8th December:
- [Artur Pizarro plays 'muscular and virtuoso' Schumann](https://puskasinternational.com/artur-pizarro-plays-muscular-and-virtuoso-schumann/) - Erik Langeveld writes an enthusiastic review of Artur Pizarro's new Schumann CD, released in November on Odradek Records: 'Pizarro's playing comes across as authentic, without looking for effects, with a bright touch full of color, sometimes soft as velvet, but muscular and virtuoso if necessary. Yet he is not a keyboard lion in the classic
- [Jonathan Powell | Sorabji Project Heidelberger Fruehling](https://puskasinternational.com/jonathan-powell-debut-heidelberger-fruehling/) - At the personal request of Igor Levit, Jonathan Powell will perform Sequentia Cyclica in 5 concerts over 3 days as the highlight of the 25th anniversary edition of the Heidelberger Frühling in 2021, Watch the press conference (in German), starting from about 28'00":
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien - Recording of the Year:](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-recording-of-the-year/) - The Alban Berg Ensemble Wien debut CD with Deutsche Grammophon has been nominated by the Limelight Magazine for their 'Recording of the Year' award, according to their review 'a fascinating debut of rare intensity':
- [LIVE STREAM: Jonathan Powell        at the Indian Summer in Levoca](https://puskasinternational.com/live-stream-jonathan-powell-at-the-indian-summer-in-levoca/)
- [Artur Pizarro & Dt. Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Beethoven.](https://puskasinternational.com/artur-pizarro-dt-staatsphilharmonie-rheinland-pfalz-beethoven/) - Playing the 2nd Beethoven piano concerto with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland -Pfalz and Chief Conductor Michael Francis, Artur Pizarro receives an enthusiastic review for his 'brilliant rendition' and 'joyful music making': ‘…no doubt there is someone, for whom the joy of making music together means more than complacent soloist brilliance…. With Pizarro, all this sounds
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien on HR2 - Kultur](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-on-hr2-kultur/) - ‘Die Tradition hinterfragt sich selbst…und das Alban Berg Ensemble Wien stürmt gerne mit in die neuen Klangwelten.’
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien on Radio RBB](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-on-radio-rbb/) - An excellent review of the Alban Berg Ensemble's debut CD on Berlin's radio RBB: Wien um 1900 ist eigentlich ein mittlerweile arg ausgelaugtes Thema. Dass auch mit bekannten Werken noch etwas zu entdecken sein soll, möchte man kaum glauben. Das 2016 gegründete Alban Berg Ensemble Wien jedoch vermag dem Thema noch eine Facette abzugewinnen, wenn
- ['The spontaneity and agility are fascinating'](https://puskasinternational.com/the-spontaneity-and-agility-are-fascinating/) - Remy Franck's review of the Alban Berg Ensemble's debut CD for the Pizzicato Magazine:
- ['Revelatory'...'orgiastic'...'sophisticated and vibrant'...'beautiful and intelligent':](https://puskasinternational.com/revelatory-orgiastic-sophisticated-and-vibrant-beautiful-and-intelligent/) - Robert Hugill's 5* enthusiastic and detailed review of the Alban Berg Ensemble's debut CD with Deutsche Grammophon doesn't spare with superlatives: 'revelatory'...'orgiastic'...'sophisticated and vibrant'...'beautiful and intelligent'
- ['a fascination one can't resist'](https://puskasinternational.com/a-fascination-one-cant-resist/) - Michael Gmasz reviews the Alban Berg Ensemble's debut CD on Radio Klassik Stephansdom: '...and the musicians of the ABEW can't be satisfied with less than a "good thing".' 'Challenging music in a large chamber music ensemble, from the finest pianissimo to an almost rich orchestral sound - this is how the debut CD of the
- ['A remarkable debut...makes you want for more'](https://puskasinternational.com/a-remarkable-debut-makes-you-want-for-more/) - Peter Sommeregger reviews the Alban Berg Ensemble's debut CD for the Klassik begeistert blog:
- ['Masterful...utterly 'Wienerisch'...sublime'](https://puskasinternational.com/masterful-utterly-wienerisch-sublime/) - Michel Dutrieue's enthusiastic review of the Alban Berg Ensemble's debut CD in the Belgian Stretto Magazine: ‘It is striking how beautifully transparent the otherwise complex script of Mahler's Adagio sounds. In their performance of Schönberg's Kammersymphonie, they conjure up the correct colours from the expressionist dissonances on their instruments, and Strauss' Rosenkavalier Suite sounds utterly “Wienerisch”…Sublime!’
- [‘With this release, Deutsche Grammophone wants to establish a brand’](https://puskasinternational.com/with-this-release-deutsche-grammophone-wants-to-establish-a-brand/) - Claus Fischer presents the Alban Berg Ensemble’s debut CD on MDR Kultur,starting at 47’27” (in German):
- [‘WITH EDGE AND SENSITIVITY’'](https://puskasinternational.com/avec-tranchant-et-sensibilite/) - Benoît Perrier and Ariane Haering Schmid talk on RTS Espace 2 about the upcoming debut CD of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien at Deutsche Grammophon this July, dedicated to Vienna 1910: Truly in the spirit of Schoenberg's 'Privatverein', the CD features Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony arranged by Webern and Martyn Harry's new arrangements of the Rosenkavalier
- [Dieses Ensemble hat zweifellos der Himmel geschickt...](https://puskasinternational.com/dieses-ensemble-hat-zweifellos-der-himmel-geschickt/) - 'Das muss man gehört haben – nicht nur als Mahler-Fan.' 'Den Programmplanern, die aktuell ausrechnen, wie viele Musiker auf eine Bühne passen, wenn alle den vorgeschriebenen Abstand einhalten, hat dieses Ensemble zweifellos der Himmel geschickt.' Hagen Kunze bespricht die Debut CD des Alban Berg Ensemble's für den Kreuzer Leipzig:
- [Out in July: Alban Berg Ensemble Wien on Deutsche Grammophon](https://puskasinternational.com/out-in-july-alban-berg-ensemble-wien-on-deutsche-grammophon/) - On 17th July, Deutsche Grammophon will release the debut album of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien with a tailor made repertoire. Together with Anton Webern's arrangement of the Schoenberg Chamber Symphony will be two new arrangements made exclusively for the ABEW by Martyn Harry: the Rosenkavalier Suite and the Adagio of the Mahler 10.
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien live at Musikverein in June 2020](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-live-at-musikverein-in-june-2020/) - After a series of cancelations due to the Corona outbreak, the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien is very happy to be able to return to the Wiener Musikverein for their last concert in the 19/20 season on 20th June:
- [Bach Concertos for 2, 3 and 4 pianos](https://puskasinternational.com/bach-concertos-for-2-3-and-4-pianos/) - On 19th January 2019, Olga Prats, Jorge Moyano and Artur Pizarro, the leading Portuguese pianists of 3 generations, were joined by Nick van Bloss to celebrate Bach with all of his multiple piano concertos in front of an enthusiastic audience at the sold out main hall of the Centro Cultural de Belem in Lisbon. You
- [Silvia Careddu - an object lesson in expressive range for an instrument](https://puskasinternational.com/silvia-careddu-an-object-lesson-in-expressive-range-for-an-instrument/) - 'Careddu’s endlessly divisible tonal variegation proved an object lesson in expressive range for an instrument' Mark Berry's review of Silvia Careddu's performance of the Boulez Sonatine at a concert of the Boulez Ensemble in Berlin, you can read the full review here.
- [Artur Pizarro, the poet among pianists, impresses with Poulenc's concerto](https://puskasinternational.com/artur-pizarro-the-poet-among-pianists-impresses-with-poulencs-concerto/) - WDR 3 Tonart's review of Artur Pizarro's recording of the Poulenc concerto with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Rösner (in German):
- [Out on Odradek Records: Artur Pizarro plays Poulenc Concerto](https://puskasinternational.com/out-on-odradek-records-artur-pizarro-plays-poulenc-concerto/) - Odradek is releasing this months Artur Pizarro's recording of the Poulenc concerto with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Rösner:
- [Hans Swarowsky, un nom à redécouvrir](https://puskasinternational.com/hans-swarowsky-un-nom-a-redecouvrir/) - 'Claudio Abbado, Adam et Ivan Fischer, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Zubin Mehta, Mariss Jansons, Theodor Guschlbauer, Bruno Weil, Mario Venzago, Jésús López Cobos furent, entre autres, ses élèves….Mais Swarowsky fut aussi un pionnier sous de nombreux aspects et il est important de ne pas oublier son nom alors que paraît un coffret indispensable chez Profil.' (Crescendo Magazine)
- [Crescendo Magazine: Couleurs avec Artur Pizzaro et Thomas Rösner](https://puskasinternational.com/crescendo-magazine-couleurs-avec-artur-pizzaro-et-thomas-rosner/) - 'La justesse stylistique du pianiste et l’accompagnement attentif du chef font de cette lecture l’une des plus belles des versions contemporaines.'
- [Jesko Sirvend on Medici TV](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-on-medici-tv/) - Jesko Sirvend conducts the finals of the Long Thibaud Crespin competition with the Orchestre National de France on 15th and 16th November at 8pm CET at the auditorium de Radio France. Martha Argerich is the president of the jury. You can watch the finals on Medici TV:
- ['Extremely significant’: Pizzicato review of the Haenssler's Swarowsky Edition](https://puskasinternational.com/extremely-significant-pizzicato-review-of-the-haensslers-swarowsky-edition/) - Remy Franck's review of Guenter Haenssler's Swarowsky box doesn't spare with superlatives: ‘What is striking about Swarowsky’s conducting is the transparency of the structure’ ‘clarity and a cross-movement architectural thinking characterize this grandiose interpretation’ ‘extremely significant’
- [Premiere voller Leidenschaft](https://puskasinternational.com/premiere-voller-leidenschaft/) - Jesko Sirvend's highly successful debut with the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie in Chemnitz, reviewed in the Freie Presse:
- [Watch the Alban Berg Ensemble live @ Wigmore Hall](https://puskasinternational.com/watch-the-alban-berg-ensemble-live-wigmore-hall/) - The Alban Berg Ensemble Wien and soprano Magdalena Anna Hofmann join writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley to explore Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. This visually and musically illustrated lecture-recital looks in depth at the unique fusion of cabaret, song cycle and chamber music in the composer’s 1912 masterpiece. This event is part of the Live Stream
- [Guardian review: Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu at Wigmore Hall](https://puskasinternational.com/guardian-review-le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-at-wigmore-hall/) - A 'bravura show of intelligence and flair...combining an almost jazzy brilliance with admirable sensuousness of tone and line.' Read the full review here:
- [Max Emanuel Cenčić & Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu live at Wigmore Hall](https://puskasinternational.com/max-emanuel-cencic-le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-live-at-wigmore-hall/) - Max Emanuel Cenči & Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu perform arias from Orlando Furioso by Handel, Vivaldi and Porpora at London's Wigmore Hall. Watch a live broadcast of the concert on Wigmore Hall's facebook page here:
- [BERGfruehling 2019](https://puskasinternational.com/bergfruehling-2019/)
- [CHD at the London Haendel Festival](https://puskasinternational.com/chd-at-the-london-haendel-festival/) - '...The evening, thanks to the first-rate performances by Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu and Giuseppina Bridelli under the direction of Franck-Emmanuel Comte, was full of the sensitivity, snap and sparkle that one wants from Baroque opera...'
- [Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu: DUEL out on Arcana / Outhere Music](https://puskasinternational.com/le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-duel-out-on-arcana-outhere-music/)
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien: '...the Vienna Philharmonic in miniature'](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-the-vienna-philharmonic-in-miniature/) - 'Stocked with musicians who have triumphed in international competitions and play in top-class orchestras around Austria and Germany, this ensemble is without doubt one of the great chamber ensembles of today, right up there with the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin and other famous formations. As the first gentle chords of the quintet ring out and Alexander
- [Un’italiana alla Wiener Philharmoniker: è la prima, Silvia Careddu fa storia](https://puskasinternational.com/unitaliana-alla-wiener-philharmoniker-e-la-prima-silvia-careddu-nella-storia/)
- [Silvia Careddu at the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's New Year's concert](https://puskasinternational.com/silvia-careddu-at-the-vienna-philharmonic-orchestras-new-years-concert/) - You can watch the broadcast of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's New Year's concert for 7 days courtesy ORF here:
- [Alban Berg Ensemble in Innsbruck](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-in-innsbruck/) - The Alban Berg Ensemble was invited to inaugurate the chamber music series at the new 'Haus der Musik' in Innsbruck.
- [5* review for Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu in London](https://puskasinternational.com/5-review-for-le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-in-london/) - "Franck-Emmanuel Comte's production – part whimsy, part scholarship – combined with the excellence of all the performers, made for an inspiring, sparkling and entertaining evening... The singing was perfection from all concerned, but the two upper voices – the soprano Heather Newhouse Peraldo and the contralto Anthea Pichanick Contralto – need special mention.' Read the
- [Jesko Sirvend @ Orchestre National de France: Bernstein](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-orchestre-national-de-france-bernstein/) - Jesko Sirvend conducts the Orchestre National de France in a program dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, the concert is broadcast live on France Musique and is available online for 30 days:
- [Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu live on BBC Radio 3](https://puskasinternational.com/le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-live-on-bbc-radio-3/) - Prior to their 2nd London concert this season at St John's Smith Square, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu performs live on Radio 3's show InTune:
- [Partnership Squire Artists & Puskas International](https://puskasinternational.com/partnership-squire-artists-puskas-international/) - In September 2018 Squire Artists and Puskas International artists management & consultancy will be launching a large-scale strategic international partnership with a view to jointly representing a pool of selected artists and ensembles in general management and developing projects together. Each agency will retain its own distinct profile, roster and projects, but will collaborate on artist development
- [Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu on Classic FM](https://puskasinternational.com/le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-on-classic-fm/)
- [ORF 2 report Swarowsky exhibition at State Opera](https://puskasinternational.com/orf-2-report-swarowsky-exhibition-at-state-opera/) - ORF 2 reports about the Swarowsky exhibition at the Vienna State Opera, including an interview with Zubin Mehta.
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien live on Radio Klassik](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-live-on-radio-klassik-2/) - Radio Klassik Stephansdom is broadcasting the 2nd season concert of the ABEW at the Vienna Musikverein on 7.11.2018. You can listen again to the broadcast for 7 days, starting from 17.11 2018 here.
- [Hans Swarowsky Focus Radio Klassik Stephansdom](https://puskasinternational.com/hans-swarowsky-focus-radio-klassik-stephansdom/) - As part of their two week focus on Hans Swarowksy, Christoph Wellner talks to Manfred Huss about the exceptional and widely unkwown biography of Hans Swarowsky - listen again until the 29th October here (in German).
- [Hans Swarowsky Exhibition, Vienna State Opera](https://puskasinternational.com/hans-swarowsky-exhibition-vienna-state-opera/) - Prior to the upcoming revised edition of Hans Swarowsky’s writings on Music the Vienna State Opera House is hosting an exhibition titled Hans Swarowsky: Conductor – Teacher – Pianist – Translator - Writer. The revised edition of 'Wahrung der Gestalt', first edited by Manfred Huss for Universal Edition in 1979, will subsequently be published for
- [Alban Berg Ensemble live at the Vienna Musikverein](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-live-at-the-vienna-musikverein/) - To open their 2018/19 season, Radio Klassik is broadcasting the Alban Berg Ensemble's first concert this season live from the Vienna Musikverein on 6th October at 5pm CET, the concert is available for 7 days on demand.
- [Jesko Sirvend LIVE ON ARTE](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-live-on-arte/) - To end his first season as Chef Assistant with the Orchestre National de France, Jesko Sirvend is closing the Palazzetto Bru Zane Festival with this Gounod Gala at the Auditorium de Radio France. Live on ARTE CONCERT FR on 16th June, 8pm CET and available on VOD until 17th June 2019:
- [Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu live on ARTE WEB](https://puskasinternational.com/le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-live-on-arte-web/) - Hip Hop meets Baroque: 'Folia', Mourad Merzouki's collaboration with Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu live from the 'Nuits de Fourviere' festival on ARTE WEB. Live at 21:30 local time, and for another 12 months to catch up.
- [Jesko Sirvend conducts Viva l'Orchestra, the ONF education flagship series](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-conducts-viva-lorchestra-the-onf-education-flagship-series/) - Jesko Sirvend conducts the Orchestre National de France's Viva l'Orchestra project - members of the Orchestre National meet with amateur musicians of all ages for this annual concert. Radio France is broadcasting the event live on maisondelaradio.fr and on their Facebook page.
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien live on Radio Klassik](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien-live-on-radio-klassik/) - Am 19. Mai musizierte das Alban Berg Ensemble Wien im Brahms-Saal des Wiener Musikvereins sein viertes und letztes Konzert im aktuellen Saison-Zyklus. Am Programm standen die „Bruchstücke“ aus Alban Bergs Wozzeck in einer eigens für das Ensemble angefertigten Fassung von Martyn Harry und die 4. Symphonie von Gustav Mahler in der Fassung für Kammerensemble vom
- [BERGfrühling (1) – Schubert, Weber, and Berg, 10 May 2018](https://puskasinternational.com/bergfruhling-1-schubert-weber-and-berg-10-may-2018/) - Mark Berry reviews the Bergfrühling Festival on his Boulezian blog: Alban Berg Saal, Carinthian Music Academy, Ossiach Schubert: Quintet in A major, D 667, ‘Trout’ Weber: Trio for flute, cello, and piano in G minor, op.63 Berg, arr. Martyn Harry: Fragments from ‘Wozzeck’ (world premiere) Alban Berg Ensemble Wien (Sylvia Careddu (flute), Alexander Neubauer (clarinet)
- [BERGfrühling (2) – Debussy, Webern, and Mozart, 11 May 2018](https://puskasinternational.com/bergfruhling-2-debussy-webern-and-mozart-11-may-2018/) - Mark Berry reviews the BERGfrühling Festival for his Boulezian blog. Alban Berg Saal, Carinthian Music Academy, Ossiach Debussy, arr. Michael Webster: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, for flute, clarinet, and piano Webern: String Quartet (1905) Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581 Alban Berg Ensemble Wien (Sylvia Careddu (flute), Alexander Neubauer (clarinet), Ariane Haering
- [BERGfrühling (3) – Haydn, Berg, and Brahms, 11 May 2018](https://puskasinternational.com/bergfruhling-3-haydn-berg-and-brahms-11-may-2018/) - Mark Berry reviews the BERGfrühing festival for his Boulezian blog. Alban Berg Saal, Carinthian Music Academy, Ossiach, 11.5.2018 (MB) Haydn, arr. Johann Peter Salomon: Symphony no.104, in D major, ‘London’ Berg: Lyric Suite Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34 Alban Berg Ensemble Wien (Sylvia Careddu (flute), Alexander Neubauer (clarinet), Ariane Haering (piano), Sebastian Gürtler,
- [BERGfrühling (4) and (5) – Dvořák, Berg, Schumann, and Schubert, 12 May 2018](https://puskasinternational.com/bergfruhling-4-and-5-dvorak-berg-schumann-and-schubert-12-may-2018/) - Mark Berry reviews the BERGfrühling festival for his Boulezian blog. St George’s Parish Church, Sternberg, and Alban Berg Saal, Carinthian Music Academy, Ossiach Dvořák: String Quintet no.2 in G major, op.77, for string quartet and double bass Berg: Four Pieces for piano and clarinet, op.5 Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op.47 Schubert: Octet in
- [BERGFruehling](https://puskasinternational.com/bergfruehling/) - BERG Fruehling in Ossiach: the start of the Alban Berg Ensemble's new festival at the Ossiacher See with the support of the Alban Berg Foundation (available until 17.05.)
- [Alban Berg Ensemble: Live at Wiener Musikverein](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-live-at-wiener-musikverein/) - Courtesy Vienna's Radio Klassik, the Alban Berg Ensemble's 3rd concert in their subscription series is broadcast on 28th April (with a 7 day catch up period) in its entirety on Vienna's Classical Station.
- [Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu: Paris - Madras | London debut](https://puskasinternational.com/le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu-paris-madras-london-debut/) - Celebrating its 25th season this year, Lyon based ensemble Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu makes it's London debut on 12th May at the London Festival of Baroque Music:
- [Ensemble Ultra on BBC Radio 3](https://puskasinternational.com/ensemble-ultra-on-bbc/) - Listen again to Ensemble Plus Ultra's appearance on BBC Radio 3's show InTune prior to their Christmas concert at Wigmore Hall on the 20th December
- [Alban Berg Ensemble - 1. Zykluskonzert im Musikverein](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-1-zykluskonzert-im-musikverein/) - 'Was die stiloffenen Sieben in ihrem Abo anbieten, könnte einem Festivalchef nicht besser einfallen.’ Kritik der Wiener Zeitung zum 1. Zylkluskonzert des Alban Berg Ensemble Wien der Saison 17/18 im Wiener Musikverein
- [Jesko Sirvend conducts ONF's flagship project Viva l'orchestra](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-conducts-onfs-flagship-project-viva-lorchestra/) - Watch the Orchestre National de France's documentary about their intergenerational flagship project 'Viva l'orchestra', conducted by Jesko Sirvend.
- [Aik Karapetian's Faust on ARTE.TV](https://puskasinternational.com/aik-karapetians-faust-on-arte-tv/) - Aik Karapetian's award winning production of Faust at Latvian National Opera with Marina Rebeka and Benjamin Bernheim will be on ARTE.TV for the next 6 months, starting from today:
- [The guy who serves music: Aik Karapetian in interview with Robert Hugill](https://puskasinternational.com/the-guy-who-serves-music-aik-karapetian-in-interview-with-robert-hugill/) - Robert Hugill interviewed Aik Karapetian after his production of Faust opened the Riga Opera Festival.
- [‘A striking production by a young Latvian director’](https://puskasinternational.com/a-striking-production-by-a-young-latvian-director/) - Aik Karapetian's production of Faust opened the Riga opera festival with Marina Rebeka, Benjamin Bernheim and Andreas Bauer in leading roles. Robert Hugill writes: ‘This was a visually arresting production which had the great advantage of taking the opera seriously, at the same time as minimising the vein of sentimental religiosity in the opera.’ You
- [Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu](https://puskasinternational.com/le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu/) - We are delighted to announce our collaboration with Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and Franck-Emmanuel Comte: The Concert de l’Hostel Dieu consists of a solo vocal ensemble and an orchestra playing on period instruments, who give about sixty concerts annually, which are mainly devoted to the baroque vocal repertoire. They are frequently invited to perform
- [Jesko Sirvend takes the position of 'Chef Assistant' with the Orchestre National de France](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-takes-the-positione-of-chef-assistant-with-the-orchestre-national-de-france/) - Jesko Sirvend will take on the position of ‘Chef Assistant’ with the Orchestre National de France, starting from September 2017. This position has been specifically created following Jesko's debut with the orchestra last September, which immediately resulted in several reinvitations during the current season. Highlights include concerts at the Theatre Antique d’Orange (The Planets), and
- [Alban Berg Ensemble Wien](https://puskasinternational.com/alban-berg-ensemble-wien/) - We're delighted to announce our new collaboration with the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien: Exciting modern and topical programs, to initiate the audience into our journeys of artistic discovery, to communicate music in an open-minded, uncompromising, yet in a poetic manner: this is the mission and the guiding principles that unite the seven musicians who constitute
- [Silvia Careddu](https://puskasinternational.com/silvia-careddu/) - We are delighted to announce our new collaboration with Silvia Careddu, newly appointed solo flute of the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsoper and member of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien: http://www.silviacareddu.net/
- [Jesko Sirvend debut @ ONF](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-debut-onf/) - After conducting his debut with the Orchestre National de France this Sunday, Jesko Sirvend has been immediately invited back to the ONF for the coming season (June 2018).
- [Review: Nick van Bloss @ Wigmore Hall](https://puskasinternational.com/review-nick-van-bloss-wigmore-hall/) - ‘Immaculately-articulated authority...thunderous grandeur’: Michael Church's review of Nick van Bloss's Wigmore Hall recital for The Independent.
- [Jesko Sirvend @ Orchestre National de France](https://puskasinternational.com/jesko-sirvend-conducts-his-debut-with-the-orchestre-nationale-de-france/) - Jesko Sirvend has been invited to conduct his debut with the Orchestre National de France on Sunday, 18th September
- [Nick van Bloss @ Wigmore Hall](https://puskasinternational.com/nick-van-bloss-wigmore-hall/) - Nick van Bloss gives a long awaited Beethoven recital at the Wigmore Hall on Sunday, 18th September: "After achieving recognition as a young pianist of tremendous talent, Nick van Bloss effectively retired in his mid-20s and stayed away from the concert platform for 15 years. Since returning to public performance in 2010, he has attracted
- [Manfred Huss records Three Salzburg Symphonies](https://puskasinternational.com/manfred-huss-records-three-salzburg-symphonies/) - This June, BIS Records has released Manfred Huss's recording of Mozart's Three Salzburg Symphonies with the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien as latest addition to their long term collaboration. According to critics, "The outstanding quality of these performances and recording may well set a new bar for future conductors and orchestras
- [NBO performs at EBRD's 25th anniversary gala](https://puskasinternational.com/nbo-performs-at-ebrds-25th-anniversary-gala/) - To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development have invited the No Borders Orchestra to provide the cultural event at their gala evening on 11th May at the Guildhall in London.
- [Pianist Nick van Bloss offers probing rendition of epic Beethoven](https://puskasinternational.com/pianist-nick-van-bloss-offers-probing-rendition-of-epic-beethoven/) - "One can hardly imagine van Bloss playing the power-pounding bravura concertos of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. To be sure he has the technical arsenal to play those scores or pretty much anything else in the standard repertoire of a traveling virtuoso. Van Bloss’s artistic personality and musicianship, however, places a premium on refinement, subtlety and intellectually
- [Supreme artistry: Nick van Bloss & Emperor concerto review](https://puskasinternational.com/supreme-artistry-nick-van-bloss-emperor-concerto-review/) - "A fresh interpretation of oft-played music is a rare treat. Yet that is precisely what patrons of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra experienced when English pianist Nick van Bloss performed Beethoven's monumental 'Emperor' concerto. Each movement had its surprises — stark deviations from tradition that drew forth new musical characters from the timeless score, all
- [CAMERATA ALMA VIVA LIVE ON BBC RADIO 3](https://puskasinternational.com/camerata-alma-viva-live-on-bbc-radio-3/) - Prior to their concert on 23rd October at London's St John Smith Square, Camerata Alma Viva appears live in interview with Sean Rafferty and performance on BBC Radio 3's show In Tune ( starts around 1h 37 min into the show: listen again for 30 days here
- [NICK VAN BLOSS PLAYS SCHUMANN'S KREISLERIANA LIVE IN MIAMI](https://puskasinternational.com/nick-van-bloss-plays-schumanns-kreisleriana-live-in-miami/) - Watch Nick perform Schumann’s Kreisleriana at his 2nd performance at the Miami International Piano Festival, recorded live on 18th January 2015:
- [NICK VAN BLOSS PERFORMS BEETHOVEN'S APPASSIONATA LIVE IN MIAMI](https://puskasinternational.com/nick-van-bloss-performs-beethovens-appassionata-live-in-miami/) - Watch Nick perform Beethoven’s Appassionata at his 2nd performance at the Miami International Piano Festival, recorded live on 18th January 2015:
- [Martyn Harry](https://puskasinternational.com/martyn-harry/) - We are delighted to announce that PUSKAS INTERNATIONAL artist management & consultancy has taken on the management of Martyn Harry. Professor Martyn Harry is a contemporary classical composer, and music lecturer at Oxford University. He is Annie Barnes Fellow in Music at St Anne’s College Oxford and Lecturer in Music at St Hilda’s College, where
- [NICK VAN BLOSS DISCUSSES BEETHOVEN](https://puskasinternational.com/nick-van-bloss-discusses-beethoven/) - Nick van Bloss discusses his recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and Sonata 'Appassionata' in the Nimbus Concert Hall:
- [BBC INTERVIEWS NICK VAN BLOSS](https://puskasinternational.com/bbc-interviews-nick-van-bloss/) - Nick van Bloss talks about his upcoming release of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations in the latest edition of the BBC Music Magazine. Read the full intervew here.
- [NICK VAN BLOSS ON CLASSIC FM](https://puskasinternational.com/nick-van-bloss-on-classic-fm/) - Nick van Bloss joined Tim Lihoreau's Wednesday webchat on Classic FM. You can read the full chat here.
- [PIZZICATO GIVES SUPERSONIC AWARD FOR DIABELLI AND APPASSIONATA:](https://puskasinternational.com/pizzicato-gives-supersonic-award-for-diabelli-and-appassionata/) - "How lucky are we to hear such a personal and refreshing performance of both the Diabelli Variations and the Appassionata. Nick van Bloss’s playing is fluid, extremely transparent, non-sentimental, yet always gripping by its rhythmic force." Remy Franck reviews Nick van Bloss's new Beethoven CD on Pizzicato.
- ["A STANDARD BY WHICH OTHER RECORDINGS CAN BE JUDGED" - NICK VAN BLOSS CD REVIEW](https://puskasinternational.com/a-standard-by-which-other-recordings-can-be-judged-nick-van-bloss-cd-review/) - Nick's new Beethoven CD is reviewed by Dominy Clements for MusicWeb International: "…All things considered, this has to be seen as a standard by which other recordings can be judged…" "…Superbly recorded and performed, generous is timing and content, this is one of the most recommendable Diabelli Variations currently available…" You can read the full
- [NICK VAN BLOSS INTERVIEW ON VIENNA'S CLASSICAL STATION](https://puskasinternational.com/nick-van-bloss-interview-on-viennas-classical-station/) - Christoph Wellner interviews Nick van Bloss for Vienna's classical station after his recital earlier this year at the piano festival in Deutsschlandsberg about his new Beethoven CD for Nimbus Records, Bach, Chopin and the new release of Nick’s Biography.
- [‘WONDERFULLY FRESH’ – NICK VAN BLOSS'S BEETHOVEN CD REVIEWED IN THE GUARDIAN](https://puskasinternational.com/93-2/) - 'Wonderfully fresh'...'urgent in its desire to communicate': Nicholas Kenyon reviews Nick's Beethoven CD for the Guardian, read the full review here.
- [No Borders Orchestra](https://puskasinternational.com/no-borders-orchestra/) - We are delighted to announce that PUSKAS INTERNATIONAL artist management & consultancy has taken on the general management of the No Borders Orchestra. The No Borders Orchestra (NBO) is a symphony orchestra comprised of excellent professional musicians from every country of the former Yugoslavia. Originally inspired by the West-Eastern Divan orchestra, the NBO grew out
- [Nick van Bloss: Schumann](https://puskasinternational.com/nick-van-bloss-schumann/) - "Brilliant technique and sublime musicianship is applied to these scores combined with an almost defiant will to avoid hamming things up and turning the music into a chocolate-box relic of a bygone age. " Dominy Clements reviews Nick's latest Schumann CD for Music Web International.
- [Christoph von Dohnányi discusses his career in the theatre](https://puskasinternational.com/christoph-von-dohnanyi-discusses-his-career-in-the-theatre/) - As part of the Christoph von Dohnányi @85 celebrations in the 2014/15 season, Christoph von Dohnányi joins Tom Service, Nicholas Payne (Director Opera Europa) and Peter Katona (Director of casting, Royal Opera House Covent Garden) at the Royal Academy of Music to reflect on his memorable career in the theatre.
- [Peter Quantrill introduces Christoph von Dohnányi's digital archive](https://puskasinternational.com/peter-quantrill-introduces-christoph-von-dohnanyis-digital-archive/) - "...mixing up Beethoven and Lutoslawski, Schumann and Glass, Richard Strauss and Shulamit Ran..." Peter Quantrill introduces Christoph von Dohnányi's new digitaldigital archive.

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## Projects

- [Hans Swarowsky](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/hans-swarowsky/) - Born in Budapest in 1899, Austrian conductor Hans Swarowsky is an icon of the music world. As conductor, teacher, writer (not least as co-writer of the libretto of Strauss' Capriccio) and translator, he was arguably the greatest single influence on the development of classical music and it’s industry in the 20th century. The total number
- [Dohnányi Digital Archive](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/dohnanyi-digital-archive/) - Dohnányi Digital ArchiveThe new digital archive of christophvondohnanyi.com allows you to explore the full range of Christoph von Dohnányi’s work with the world’s great orchestras and opera houses for over half a century.Hundreds of individual programmes have been catalogued by composer, performance date, venue and performers. Archival performance material exclusive to this site includes programme
- [Wiener Meisterkurse - Absent Music Festival](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/wiener-meisterkurse-absent-music-festival/) - We're delighted to have been invited to help developing the 50th Jubilee edition of 'Wiener Meisterkurse', which have found a new home at one of Vienna's iconic art deco sites, the Otto Wagner Areal, as part of a greater attempt by the Vienna Municipality to rennovate the building and fill the entire area around the
- [Antal Dorati Conducting Competition](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/antal-dorati-conducting-competition/) - We're delighted to have been invited to to join the jury of the Antal Dorati International Conducting Competition,: and help with the overall development of the competition. The competition was founded in 2014 in cooperation with the MÁV Szimfonikus Zenekar (known on the International market as Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV), an orchestra whose story dates
- [Hans Winterberg](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/hans-winterberg/) - We're delighted to collaborate with the Exil Arte Institute of the Vienna Music University and Boosey & Hawkes on the rediscovery of one of the most important Czech composers of the 20th century, Hans Winterberg. Boosey & Hawkes is currently working in cooperation with the Exil Arte Institute on a first Winterberg Edition, english pianist
- [Johannes Kalitzke: Silent Films](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/johannes-kalitzke-silent-films/) - Since 2011, Johannes Kalitzke has focused on composing orchestral music for expressionist silent films,including commissions for the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Berliner Musikfest or the Carinthian Summer Festival. 2011 Die Weber Music for the silent film of the same name by Friedrich Zelnik (1927) for chamber orchestra (or small orchestra) World Premiere Augsburg, June
- [SINFON.IO](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/sinfon-io/) - We are delighted to join the team of Vist.Co as consultantsin the development of SINFON.IO a dedicated native app for orchestras and venues. A modulate White-Label app, providing you with real-time and direct communication channelsfor your audiences and stakeholders at low cost to Unlock The Music!
- [B4CH](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/b4ch/) - All Bach multiple piano concertos as touring project in a unique artistic cooperation across the Baltic States: Young Polish conductor and current Taki-Alsop Fellow Anna Duczmal-Mrozconducts the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and 4 internationally acclaimed pianists from Estonia and Latvia:
- [Christoph von Dohnányi @ 85](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/christoph-von-dohnanyi-85/) - In June 2015, Christoph von Dohnányi returned to London for a series of events to close his 85th birthday season. Before conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 14/15 season end concert with a programme of Bartók, Mozart and Beethoven, Christoph von Dohnányi visited the Royal Academy of Music to participate in talks as well as working with
- [Ida Haendel London 2013](https://puskasinternational.com/projects/ida-haendel-london-2013/) - Read the Ida Haendel London 2013 blog IDA HAENDEL LONDON 2013 was a week-long celebration of the legendary violinist Ida Haendel, one of the most prolific and influential musicians of our time. During the festival in July 2013, London’s leading venues were privileged once more to play host to the elegiac sounds of the grand

## Artists

- [Markus Schirmer](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/markus-schirmer/) - Energy, expression and emotion characterise Austrian top pianist Markus Schirmer’s music-makingNo matter where he tours he receives audience acclaim for his charismatic musicianship and his ability to tell vivid stories with the instrument. One of his reviews sums him up precisely: “A pied piper on the piano...music that comes straight from the heart, the
- [Rémy Ballot](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/remy-ballot/) - Chief Conductor Klangkollektiv WienConductor in residence Richard Strauss Tage Garmisch-PartenkirchenFounder Rémy Ballot Ensemble"Something mystical… almost beyond words." – Wiener Zeitung "Both deeply rooted in tradition and radically innovative." – Süddeutsche Zeitung "Unrivaled as a Bruckner conductor." – DiapasonRémy Ballot has left a profound mark on the music world with his visionary Bruckner interpretations. His live recordings from
- [Rémy Ballot Ensemble](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/ballot-quartet-quintet/) - "Each member of the quartet is a highly cultivated musical personality who knows how to listen to his or her fellow players and is equally capable of taking the lead, accompanying and fitting into a tutti sound. This ensemble does not offer a mannered unified sound [...]. The playing of this quartet is orientated towards
- [Jonathan Powell](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/jonathan-powell/) - 'Powell has the energy of a nuclear reactor.' 'His piano playing is characterised by enormous sonority and precisely differentiated dynamics; even in the loudest passages' 'No wonder that this technically almost unbeatable artist immediately enchants the listener here.' Jonathan Powell’s recent activities include the world première recording of rediscovered Jewish Czech composer Hans Winterberg’s 1st
- [Johannes Kalitzke](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/johannes-kalitzke/) - Johannes Kalitzke, born in 1959 in Cologne, studied church music there from 1974 until 1976. After passing his school-leaving examinations, he studied piano with Aloys Kontarsky, conducting with Wolfgang von der Nahmer and composition with York Höller at the Cologne Music Academy. A stipend of the Study Foundation of the German People made it possible
- [NEO QUARTET](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/neo-quartet/) - They are passionate about art and contemporary music. They love to create, play concerts, think outside the box, challenge existing dogmas. They enormously value the possibilities of collaboration with various artists and ensuing mutual inspiration. They are fascinated by making bonds with audience, jumping to other dimensions and catching new perspectives of looking into the
- [FIDELIO TRIO](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/fidelio-trio/) - FIDELIO TRIO Darragh Morgan – violin Tim Gill – cello – cello Mary Dullea – piano The ...virtuosic Fidelio Trio... (Sunday Times) are Darragh Morgan, violin, Tim Gill, cello and Mary Dullea, piano. Shortlisted for the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, The Fidelio Trio broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3, RTÉ Lyric FM, WQXR,
- [ANNA DUCZMAL-MRÓZ](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/anna-duczmal-mroz/) - TAKI-ALSOP FELLOW 2022 Polish Conductor Anna Duczmal-Mroz is the current Taki-Alsop Fellow, previous fellows including among others Karina Canellakis and Mei-Ann Chen. In summer 2022, Anna Duczmal-Mroz conducted her US debuts with the National Orchestra Institute the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming projects include debuts with Staatsorchester Mainz, Staatskapelle Weimar and with the Orchestre National de
- [SOÓS-HAAG](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/soos-haag/) - Artistic curiosity and high musical standards characterize the Hungarian-Swiss piano duo Adrienne Soós and Ivo Haag, who are regarded as one of the best chamber music ensembles in Switzerland and beyond. They have recently completed their recording of the complete Brahms symphonies in the composer’s own version for piano duo. “… one of the best
- [Cyprien Katsaris](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/cyprien-katsaris/) - Cyprien Katsaris, the French-Cypriot pianist and composer, was born on 5 May 1951 in Marseilles. After early musical training in Cameroon, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Aline van Barentzen and Monique de la Bruchollerie, winning premiers prix for piano in 1969 and for chamber music (in the class of Jean Hubeau) in 1970.
- [Martyn Harry](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/martyn-harry/) - Professor Martyn Harry is a contemporary classical composer, and music lecturer at Oxford University. He is Annie Barnes Fellow in Music at St Anne’s College Oxford and Lecturer in Music at St Hilda’s College, where he also serves as artistic director of the Jacqueline Du Pre Music Building. Martyn studied composition with Alexander Goehr at
- [Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu](https://puskasinternational.com/artists/le-concert-de-lhostel-dieu/) - The Concert de l'Hostel Dieu consists of a solo vocal ensemble and an orchestra playing on period instruments, who give about sixty concerts annually, which are mainly devoted to the baroque vocal repertoire. They are frequently invited to perform at international festivals and venues. The performances of the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu are always marked

## Ida Haendel

- [STEVEN ISSERLIS TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/steven-isserlis-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - Ida is unique, adorable, incorrigible and irresistible. Her artistry is extraordinary, her personality equally so. She represents a bastion of fanatical devotion to music and to the violin, a beacon of unshakeable integrity. She is also charming, funny and (in the best sense) wicked. In short - she is a treasure! I first met her
- [VADIM REPIN TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/vadim-repin-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - "The art of Ida Haendel to me represents tradition multiplied by her personality and charisma. Ida is a woman of vivacious temperament almost impossible to compare to anybody else. Maybe her temperament can be best described as a kind of natural force of exceptional strength. She has very a special place in the history of
- [IDA HAENDEL TALKS ABOUT REVISITING REPERTOIRE](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/ida-haendel-talks-about-revisiting-repertoire/) - "I would say we never stop learning. In other words, something that I had played a 1000 times, every time I take that score, and I look at it, I find new information. It’s a never-ending source of education. Totally inexhaustible. It means that these were the greatest geniuses. We are just a tool. We
- [MARTHA ARGERICH TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/martha-argerich-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - "Ida’s sound quality is quite unique. I’m not only talking about her virtuosity but about her musicality. She has a very centered way of playing, which, I have the impression is in some ways lost nowadays. It’s very good for people to listen to this way, because it is the most beautiful way."
- [CHLOË HANSLIP TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/chloe-hanslip-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - "Ida has been a huge inspiration to me ever since I first heard her, and met her, over 10 years ago. The intensity of her sound and the depth of her musicianship are awe inspiring, and every concert she gives is a true experience from which you come away feeling energised having discovered new aspects
- [JENNIFER PIKE TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/jennifer-pike-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - "Ida has been a huge inspiration to me ever since I met her at the Menuhin competition at the age of 12. She is not only a legendary player but also a phenomenal presence – what a privilege that she still shares her magical powers with us."
- [WATCH IDA HAENDEL'S MASTERCLASS FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/watch-ida-haendels-masterclass-from-the-royal-college-of-music/) - Watch Ida Haendel's Masterclass from 3rd July 2013 at the Royal College of Music, London:
- [JOHN SUCHET TALKS TO IDA HAENDEL ON CLASSIC FM](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/john-suchet-talks-to-ida-haendel-on-classic-fm/) - Watch John Suchet in conversation with Ida Haendel on Classic FM.
- [IDA HAENDEL TALKS ABOUT HER APPROACH TO MUSIC](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/ida-haendel-talks-about-her-approach-to-music/) - "I approach a piece of music like a newborn. As if I had never played it before. It’s the road of discovery…every single time. Yesterday I discovered new things in the score. This is why I’m constantly asking: who were these geniuses we are constantly learning from? This is the excitement about it. The actual
- [IDA HAENDEL TALKS ABOUT INTELLECT VS EMOTION IN MAKING MUSIC](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/ida-haendel-talks-about-intellect-vs-emotion-in-making-music/) - "You have to have the gift to realise when you have to treat music like a monument, or physics, or a building, and when to put your soul into it. The notes are giving you all the information, you are either moved, and then you try to express by what you are moved, or you
- [ZUBIN MEHTA TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/zubin-mehta-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - "I’ve never played with Ida with an orchestra where the orchestra is not completely, especially the string section, in admiration of this playing."
- [IDA HAENDEL TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO ONESELF](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/ida-haendel-talks-about-the-importance-of-listening-to-oneself/) - "There are two things that are important when rendering a piece of music: to be able to hear yourself so objectively as if you were listening to somebody who was in the distance and a total stranger. How to use your hearing aid…I’m going to call it that…and to be able to analyse what yourself
- [TIMOTHY WALKER TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/timothy-walker-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - "I first met Ida Haendel when I was Concert Manager at the Canberra School of Music and it was the mid ‘80’s when she was on an Australian Tour with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Pritchard. She was magnetic; a larger-than-life persona matched by the sheer artistry of her performance. I will
- [IDA HAENDEL TALKS ABOUT CHOOSING HER COLLABORATORS](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/ida-haendel-talks-about-choosing-her-collaborators/) - "I choose my collaborators very carefully – and I don’t want to appear condescending, but if I don’t respect them to the highest degree, I wouldn’t perform with them. That’s the first issue for me, to find a collaborator that I trust, I respect, and I listen to what they are doing. And I’m capable
- [DMITRY SITKOVETSKY TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/dmitry-sitkovetsky-talks-about-ida-haendel/) - "I first met Ida around 1982 at Harold Holt’s offices. I still remember her grand entrance – she had of course no idea who I was. I think it’s important for all of us to have a link with our tradition, our history – we need to know our heroes. It’s a great gift to
- [IDA HAENDEL TALKS ABOUT CARL FLESCH](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/ida-haendel-talks-about-carl-flesch/) - "When I went to Flesch, as far as the actual playing goes, I played everything. I played Kreutzer Sonata when I was about 7. He only corrected some of my interpretation. But the actual position and the playing, he did not correct. He left me completely alone. Probably he felt that what I was doing
- [MAXIM VENGEROV TALKS ABOUT IDA HAENDEL PLAYING BACH’S CHACONNE](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/maxim-vengerov-talks-about-ida-haendel-playing-bachs-chaconne/) - "Once, after a concert in Poznan, I went to have dinner with friends. It was already 1 AM and everybody was tired, when Ida suddenly said: “Maxim, I’d like to play Bach’s Chaconne for you.” I said:, “But Ida, it’s already late. It’s 1AM.” She replied: “I know, but I really want to play it
- [IDA HAENDEL TALKS ABOUT SECURITY IN PERFORMANCE](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/ida-haendel-talks-about-security-in-performance/) - "If I wasn’t secure when I picked up the violin, that I know I can play the violin quite well, and I know what I am about to do on that violin, consulting the composer and the score in front of me, I wouldn’t do it. Yes, I am secure; otherwise I wouldn’t lure myself
- [FOR IDA HAENDEL, MUSIC IS LIFE ITSELF](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/for-ida-haendel-music-is-life-itself/) - "Music is part of everything – music is life itself. I don’t understand how people can exist without music. I see no existence without music because it was part of me almost since I was born."
- [CHACONNE – IDA HAENDEL VIOLIN RECITAL IS CD OF THE WEEK ON CLASSIC FM!](https://puskasinternational.com/ida-haendel/chaconne-ida-haendel-violin-recital-is-cd-of-the-week-on-classic-fm/) - Ida Haendel’s new release, recorded in 2008, will be presented as ‘CD of the week’ from 17 June onwards on Classic FM.

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