Moto Perpetuo

Amy Lane has been appointed Director of Opera at Opera Australia, starting in September.
The British director joins the company from the Copenhagen Opera Festival, where she served as Artistic Director.
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Nikolai Lugansky turns to three major works by Robert Schumann — the Fantasie Op. 17, Humoreske Op. 20 and Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26 — in a programme that moves between lyricism, fantasy and virtuosity.
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Lise Davidsen takes on Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in a new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, directed by Yuval Sharon and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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Anna Handler has been named Artist in Residence at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn for the 2026–27 season, marking the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death.
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Mozart’s violin sonatas evolve from keyboard-centred pieces into true chamber dialogues in this new release by Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov.
Their fourth volume explores works written between Mannheim and Vienna.
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra will end Andris Nelsons’ tenure as music director in 2027, concluding a 12-year partnership.
According to The New York Times, the orchestra’s board said the two sides were “not aligned on future vision.”
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The Venice Biennale has announced the recipients of its 2026 Lion awards for music.
The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement goes to Keiji Haino, while Canadian composer and organist Sarah Davachi receives the Silver Lion.
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The Staatskapelle Dresden has named Jörg Widmann both Capell-Compositeur and Capell-Virtuos for the 2026/27 season, the first time a single artist holds both titles with the orchestra.
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BRSO live from Munich 🎻
Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Frank Martin’s Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alain Altinoglu.
The programme also includes Honegger and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Watch details and full story at moto-perpetuo.com/brso-live-mu...

The Birgit Nilsson Festival returns to Sweden’s Bjäre Peninsula from 3–8 August 2026.
The highlight: Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer in an open-air concert performance at Båstad Tennis Stadium.
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After withdrawing Symphony No. 15 “Lincoln” from the Kennedy Center earlier this year, Philip Glass has a new premiere venue.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present the work’s at Tanglewood on July 5, conducted by Karen Kamensek.
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Verdi’s Nabucco live from the Vienna State Opera.
Anna Netrebko leads the cast as Abigaille, alongside Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the title role, under the baton of Marco Armiliato.
Free streaming.
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/nabucco-vien...

Beethoven’s Op. 10 heard on an 1820 Graf fortepiano.
Roberto Prosseda performs the Prestissimo from Sonata No. 5 in C minor, revealing sharper contrasts and rhetorical clarity on a historical instrument.
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/beethoven-op...

Barcelona Obertura 2026 begins on 5 March with 52 concerts across the city.
Grigorian, Argerich and Juan Diego Flórez lead a programme that combines major productions at the Liceu, the Palau and L’Auditori with 27 free concerts.
Read at moto-perpetuo.com/barcelona-ob...

Paavo Järvi will become the next Chief Conductor & Artistic Advisor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra from the 2028/29 season.
He succeeds Edward Gardner, who concludes his tenure in 2028,
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La Maestra 2026 has its winners.
Slovenian conductor Mojca Lavrenčič takes First Prize at the Philharmonie de Paris, alongside multiple special awards. Jiajing Lai and Alizé Léhon complete the podium.
Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/la-maestra-2...

Ravel, reimagined. 🎷🪗
MZ Duo performs Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude) in an arrangement for saxophone and accordion — part of their debut album ContraDANCE.
Watch the video of the week at moto-perpetuo.com/mz-duo-le-to...
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Jonathan Tetelman has withdrawn from the National Symphony Orchestra’s Il trittico at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. His decision comes amid a broader series of cancellations at the Washington venue.
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Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno live from Wigmore Hall this Saturday.
La Nuova Musica and David Bates lead Jeanine De Bique, Christopher Lowrey and Nick Pritchard.
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Barber, Marsalis, John Williams and Korngold come together in American Tapestry, a new release from the Calidore String Quartet exploring the many voices of American music — from concert hall to cinema.
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Herb Alpert awards $1 million to the Dudamel Foundation through a new international honour.
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The Gran Teatre del Liceu will stage Der Ring des Nibelungen from 2026/27 to 2029/30 in co-production with the Bayerische Staatsoper, where the project began in 2024.
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Roman Kofman, founder of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra and former Generalmusikdirektor of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, has died at 89.
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Simon Rattle concludes his long-running Janáček cycle in Berlin with The Cunning Little Vixen at Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
The new production, directed by Ted Huffman, also marks Magdalena Kožená’s return to her Janáček roots.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/simon-rattle...

At 21, Yunchan Lim records Bach’s Goldberg Variations live at Carnegie Hall — a summit work of the keyboard repertoire and a defining moment in his young career.
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Plácido Domingo has responded to a Washington Post front-page article linking him to the financial turmoil at the Washington National Opera.
In a letter to the editor, he defends his tenure.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/placido-domi...

At 16 she reached the final of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
Now 17, Tianyao Lyu is emerging as one of the most distinctive young pianists of her generation
A profile in our Young Talents section.
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A first-ever recording of Johann Ludwig Bach’s 18 Leipzig cantatas — music admired and performed by Johann Sebastian Bach himself. Johanna Soller and Capella Sollertia shed light on a lesser-known branch of the Bach family.
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Boris Giltburg turns to Bach’s The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I in a live recital from Wigmore Hall.
The sold-out concert will be streamed worldwide free of charge.
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/boris-giltbu...

After 25 years leading the Lucerne Festival, Michael Haefliger takes on a new role in Japan.
The Kusatsu Summer International Music Academy & Festival has appointed the former Lucerne director as Artistic Advisor.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/michael-haef...