Tonight Michele Mariotti conducts the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with a program featuring pianist Andrea Lucchesini. He will perform in Čajkovskij’s Piano Concerto No. 1, a work known for its powerful opening and expressive intensity.

The concert continues with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” a piece that blends lyricism and rhythmic vitality, inspired by distant landscapes and cultures

The performance will take place on May 3rd at 5pm at the Teatro del Maggio – Auditorium. An opportunity to experience a program that connects tradition and interpretation in a clear and engaging way 🎻

Ustina Dubitsky made her debut conducting the Opernhaus Zürich orchestra in a new production centered on Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, presented with a newly conceived prelude.

The program is enriched by additional music from Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán and Giuseppe Verdi, creating a dialogue between Italian opera and Central European operetta traditions 🎭

Performances take place at Theater Winterthur, premiering on 2nd May at 7pm, with further dates on 6th and 9th May at 7pm, 10th May at 2:30pm, and 13th May at 7pm 🎶

Ph: Sophia Hegewald

Alevtina Ioffe conducts a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La forza del destino at Bühnen Bern, where she serves as Chief Conductor of the Opera.

Premiering on 3 May 2026 at the Stadttheater Bern, this monumental Verdi masterpiece unfolds as a gripping drama of love, exile, revenge and fate. With its sweeping orchestral writing and powerful emotional contrasts, La forza del destinoremains one of the composer’s most compelling theatrical works. This new staging is directed by Julia Lwowski, with the Berner Symphonieorchester and Chorus of Bühnen Bern.

📍 Stadttheater Bern
🗓 Premiere: 3 May 2026
Additional performances through 19 June 2026.

@alyaioffe @buehnenbern

SINGLE RELEASE: The National Symphony Orchestra announces Barber: Vanessa — a breathtaking new recording led by Gianandrea Noseda. A Pulitzer Prize-winning opera recorded live and brought to life with stunning vocal and orchestral power.

And starting now, listeners can experience the first released track from the album ahead of the full release. 🎧

📀 May 29
🎧 Pre-order begins May 1
🔗 LINK IN BIO.

@gianandreanoseda @natsymphonydc

The Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto has unveiled its new season, that will host a concert led by @gianandreanoseda with the @filarmonicatrt.

For the Festival’s final concert, Maestro Noseda will lead the orchestra in a programme that reflects dialogue between cultures and musical worlds. The evening opens with Menotti’s Overture from Amelia al ballo, followed by Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and concludes with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”.

📍 Spoleto
🗓 12 July 2026

@festivaldispoleto

Straight from the dressing room, @hayatosumino is inviting you to three special evenings with @migrosclassics , where he will perform with @auroraorchestra , conducted by @nicholascollon .

Program:
Adams: *Short Ride in a Fast Machine*
Gershwin: *Rhapsody in Blue*
Stravinsky: *Le Sacre du Printemps*

📍 28 April – Tonhalle Zürich
📍 29 April – Casino Bern
📍 30 April – Victoria Hall Geneva

🕢 All concerts start at 7:30 PM.

See you there!

Dmitry Matvienko leads a performance of Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem, one of the most significant works of the choral–symphonic repertoire. Brahms described it as “a human requiem”: music written not for the dead, but for the living. Moving between sorrow and hope, the music offers comfort and a message that reaches beyond religious boundaries. 🎶

For this special performance, Aarhus Symfoniorkester is joined by around 100 singers from four choirs across the Aarhus choral community, bringing together powerful choral forces for this remarkable score. 🎼👥
Experience the performance on 29 April at 7:30 pm at Symphony Hall, Aarhus Music Hall, with a second concert the following day at the same time.

@d.matvienko.conductor @aarhussymfoni

Christian Blex returns to the Norwegian Radio Kringkastingsorkestret to lead a program devoted entirely to English repertoire.

The evening opens with Georg Friedrich Händel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, composed in 1748 to celebrate the peace following the War of the Austrian Succession. The program continues with Benjamin Britten’s Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, an early work completed only decades after the composer’s death, performed here by Janina Kronberger, violin, and Magnus Boye Hansen, viola. 🎻

The concert concludes with Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, based on a theme by Henry Purcell and introducing the instruments of the orchestra. 🎶

Join us 29 April at 6 pm at Biorama, Holmestrand, with a second performance 30 April at 6 pm at the NRK Store Studio

@christian_blex @nrkkork

Puccini’s “Il trittico” has it all: sacrifice, redemption, passion, jealousy, and even a bit of comedy. Join @gianandreanoseda at Carnegie Hall for a concert performance of these three one-act operas, featuring the @natsymphonydc and a cast of all-star singers on May 3.

*reposted from @carnegiehall

Nicolò Foron made his debut with the @staatskapelledresden performing a work that traces the daily routine of Augustus the Strong: during the day, there is a stag hunt; in the evening, boisterous celebrations are held at Moritzburg Castle.

The composer Heinichen, who has largely been forgotten today, was a star celebrated throughout Europe at the time of his appointment to the Dresden court: he had made a name for himself in Venice, the musical metropolis of the time, was closely associated with Vivaldi, among others, and was regarded, alongside Handel and Hasse, as one of the three great Baroque composers whose names began with H.

Credits©️Oliver Killig (@oliver.killig)
*reposted from @staatskapelledresden

Happy birthday dear Gianandrea Noseda! 🎉

It is a great joy for us to continue supporting you in your artistic journey. Over the years, you have shown that a great conductor is defined not only by musical excellence, but also by the many qualities that shape true leadership.
Your charisma, your ability to connect deeply with musicians and audiences alike, and your unwavering artistic vision make you a truly unique presence on the podium.

We look forward to celebrating many more milestones together. Wishing you a wonderful birthday and another inspiring year ahead!

@gianandreanoseda

Roberto Abbado conducts the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini for a program dedicated to Beethoven and the idea of heroism in music.

At the center of the evening are two major works: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Op. 61, performed by violinist Midori, and the Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”, a landmark of the symphonic repertoire that reshaped the scale and expressive power of the orchestra. Midori joins the orchestra as soloist, bringing her musical insight to one of Beethoven’s most celebrated concertos.

📍 The concert takes place on 22 April at 8:30 pm at the Auditorium Paganini in Parma and will be repeated on 23 April at 5:00 pm at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara.

Ph: Miro Zagnoli