Tõnu Kaljuste: Edison Klassiek Award 2026 for Pärt Album: Lente
Tõnu Kaljuste receives the Edison Klassiek Award 2026 in the category Vocal for the album Arvo Pärt: Lente with Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Concerto Copenhagen.
Risto Joost: Contract extension with Chamber Orchestrra Heilbronn (WKO) until summer 2030
“In his first few years as Chief Conductor of the WKO, Risto Joost has convinced the orchestra members and guided them to artistic excellence. He has inspired all of us with a highly focused yet captivating conducting and his openness as a person. This also applies to the audiences and organisers at our guest performance venues." (Prof. Bayón, Chair of the Board of Trustees WKO Foundation)
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Danish National Vocal Ensemble extends Martina Batič as Chief Conductor until summer 2028
“At the start of our 20th anniversary season, it is particularly significant to continue our collaboration with Martina Batič. Her artistic ambition, creativity, and commitment to the ensemble have helped to shape an exciting chapter in our history,” said Elena Mitrevska, Artistic Director of the Danish National Vocal Ensemble.
Tõnu Kaljuste at Slovenian Philharmonic
Tõnu Kaljuste conducts the orchestra and choir of Slovenian Philharmonic in Ljubljana on 4 November 2022 performing Alfred Schnittke: Requiem and Arvo Pärt: Miserere.
Grete Pedersen conducts world premiere of Karin Rehnqvist
Grete Pedersen conducts the Fauré: Requiem and three pieces by Karin Rehnqvist including the first performance of Day is here! with the Norwegian Soloists' Choir and Ensemble Allegria in three concerts in Hamar, Fredrikstad and Oslo on 4, 5 and 6 November 2022.
Kaspars Putnins conducts premiere of Matthew Peterson in Stockholm
Kaspars Putnins conducted the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm on 29 October 2022 performing Sven-David Sandström: Sonnets of Darkness and Love with trombonist and vocalist Nils Landgren plus the world premiere of Matthew Peterson: An Inner Sky.
Video broadcast on 11 November, 19:00 (CET): https://www.radiokoren.se/en/concert/swedish-radio-choir-sandstrom-in-memoriam/
Florian Helgath extends tenure with Chorwerk Ruhr until 2026
Florian Helgath will lead the CHORWERK RUHR into the future for another three years. He will remain associated with one of the most important chamber choirs in the German-speaking world as artistic director until October 2026.
Born in Regensburg, the 43-year-old quickly established himself as one of the leading choral conductors of the younger generation and has been instrumental in shaping the successful work of CHORWERK RUHR since 2011. Florian Helgath sees his work as an exploration of new choral music that refers to traditional forms of music and thus enables the audience to have an extended artistic experience of the rich history of music.
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Martina Batič conducts Philharmonischen Chor München
Martina Batič conducts the Philharmonic Choir Munich in two concerts on 21 October 2022 in Munich and 23 October 2022 in Lustenau (A) with A cappella music by Reger, Pärt, Mendelssohn, Mauersberger, Leontowitsch, Kaminski, Rachmaninov and Bruckner.
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Risto Joost at rostrum of Bavarian State Orchestra
Risto Joost gives his debut with Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich on 31 October and 1 November 2022. The programme features Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko, Sibelius: Violin Concerto and Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.