Richard Strauss' Salome opens the 87th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival. Alexander Soddy conducts; Emma Dante directs the new production. Lidia Fridman is Salome, Anna Maria Chiuri is Herodias, and Nikolai Schukoff plays Herod.
From the Rai Auditorium in Turin, a concert featuring music by Gioachino Rossini. Conductor Tiziano Severini, choir director Bruno Casoni, soprano Mariella Devia, contralto Bernadette Manca Di Nissa, tenor Rockwell Blake, baritone Roberto Servile. Rai Turin Symphony Orchestra.
In 1992, his first album Blufunk Is a Fact propelled him onto the international scene, carried by the global hit ‘Rhythm Is Love’. Over the course of his six studio albums, he added memorable tracks such as ‘Where Is Life’, ‘A Million Miles From Home’ and ‘Beautiful Emilie’ to his repertoire.
Platée, a silly and conceited nymph, falls for a fake wedding to Jupiter, king of the gods. This new staging of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Baroque masterpiece is colourful, eccentric, full of wit and free of taboos, yet also surprisingly deep. Louis XV had Platée performed for his son's wedding festivities in 1745. The burlesque raised Rameau’s standing and played a part in his appointment as composer to the court. In 1749, the Paris opera added Platée to its repertoire, notwithstanding the outrage sparked by the libretto.
Kokoroko was formed in 2014 by trumpeter and bugle player Sheila Maurice-Grey. During a trip to Kenya, the musician realised that the Afrobeat she grew up with in England had little in common with the sounds of the genre that became popular in Africa in the 1970s. This revelation shaped her musical approach.
Rapturous Apollo Helios, aka R.A.H., has established himself as one of the most notable rappers, songwriters and singers in the German capital. He draws inspiration from his Nigerian roots and Afro-descendant music, ranging from hip hop to soul and Afrobeat. In Leverkusen, he takes to the stage alongside the Ruffcats.
A memorable event: Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in a piano duo in Buenos Aires! Together, the two friends had already performed almost everywhere in the world, except in their hometown. This first concert at the Teatro Colón was a great musical moment and, in a way, also a popular celebration.
That year, political tensions between the two enemy states had eased, and the aim was to deepen their cultural relationship. This event became a musical highlight, significant for the bond it forged between these two cultures.
An exceptional event took place from 31 October to 1 November 2025 at St Thomas's Church in Leipzig, where Bach was cantor: Johannes Lang performed the complete organ works of his illustrious predecessor. The 22-hour programme followed the liturgical year. This third part celebrates Pentecost and the three Sundays after Trinity Sunday.
An exceptional event took place from 31 October to 1 November 2025 in St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach was cantor: Johannes Lang performed the complete organ works of his illustrious predecessor. The 22-hour programme followed the liturgical year. The works in this second part celebrate Eastertide.
An exceptional event took place from 31 October to 1 November 2025 in St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach was cantor: Johannes Lang performed the complete organ works of his illustrious predecessor. The 22-hour programme followed the liturgical year. The works in this first part celebrate Advent and Christmas.
Belgian collective NAFT set the ESNS festival alight with their fearsome blend of brass and electro. A real siren call in honour of the glorious release of celebration that's almost impossible to resist.
With an immersive performance specially designed for the Gaîté Lyrique's immersive theatre, Camille Yembe immerses the ARTE Concert Festival in the sincere and haunting pop of Plastique, her first EP.
With her second album Crèvecoeur, Adèle Castillon takes her electropop sound to new heights within the French-speaking pop scene. See what the buzz is all about here at Cabaret Vert.
Heir to the great voices of jazz, Dianne Reeves is renowned for her vocal virtuosity and improvisational skills. With Beautiful Life, her latest studio album to date, the singer won her fifth Grammy Award. The American also holds two honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and The Juilliard School.
Taking a classic opera and turning it on its head, Karin Henkel, a leading director in contemporary German theatre, offers a new interpretation of Verdi's masterpiece. In a world dominated by men, where women are exploited and history repeats itself, she explores the fate and sacrifice of a 19th-century heroine through a contemporary female perspective.
NNAVY puts Switzerland on the map of European neo-soul. Thanks to the warm, intimate melodies of her EP CLOSER, the young singer has cast a spell over the ESNS festival.
Swiss rapper Nathalie Froehlich knows her way around an aggressive beat and pulls no punches in her full-on performances. The stage at Eurosonic is no exception; prepare for a KO.
Jowee Omicil casts a spell over the Jazz à Porquerolles festival with a spiritual and festive maelstrom combining jazz, gospel, Afro-Haitian rhythms and hip-hop.