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Navasard Hakobyan debuts with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra tonight singing his first Escamillo in Carmen. Full details here: buff.ly/nnGDYKs

This weekend, Alina Ibragimova makes her debut with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Read the full story here: buff.ly/rG3W5vK

Emanuel Ax returns to Europe this weekend for a series of appearances with major orchestras. 8-9 Mar: Cologne Philharmonie 13-14 Mar: Oslo Philharmonic 19-20 Mar: Orchestre de Paris 27-30 Mar: NDR Elbphilharmonie Read the full story here: buff.ly/1dhcSml

Alexandre Tharaud releases his solo piano arrangement of Ravel's Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré to celebrate the composer's 150th anniversary. Buy now 👉 buff.ly/wgGZzZZ

Malcolm Martineau and Sarah Dufresne release single to commemorate 150th anniversary of Ravel’s birth. Listen now 👉 buff.ly/x1hThd2

Tonight, Jonathan Cohen opens the London Handel Festival with Arcangelo in his debut as Artistic Adviser. Full details here: buff.ly/GxWIM2U

Ruth Reinhardt takes the podium tonight making her debut with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducting Dvořák, Lutosławski and Bruch. 7 Mar: @tivolivredenburg.bsky.social 9 Mar: Het Concertgebouw Read the full story here: buff.ly/nu8tlG3

Tonight sees Oscar Jockel make his debut with Camerata Salzburg in the first of a five-concert tour of Europe. Read the full story here: buff.ly/uV4oICP

Kensho Watanabe steps in with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra across March. Read the full story here: buff.ly/OglLLQQ

New song out today :) written for & recorded with Xuefei Yang ✨ enjoy! platoon.lnk.to/sauvage-mela... @askonasholt.bsky.social

Tonight, Duncan Ward returns to the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic conducting Zubel, Szymanowski, Bacewicz and Lutosławski. Full details here: buff.ly/ydDiwnN

Julia Bullock joins forces with Thomas Søndergård and the @minnesotaorchestra.org for Britten's Les Illuminations. Full details here: buff.ly/4kmLDTK

Miguel Sepúlveda announced as LA Phil Dudamel Fellow. Read the full story here: buff.ly/He4dJPA

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome organist Cameron Carpenter to the roster for representation in Europe, Japan and Australasia. Read the full story here: buff.ly/hKapXU6

Tonight sees Sasha Cooke join the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing Alma Mahler's Five Songs. Full details here: buff.ly/RvGb0sB

René Barbera debuts with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra performing Verdi's Requiem. 6 Mar: De Doelen 8-9 Mar: Het Concertgebouw Full details here: buff.ly/Y9JiSLU

Luis Castillo-Briceño debuts with Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen. More details here: buff.ly/92ImyQI

Finnegan Downie Dear makes his Sydney Symphony Orchestra debut conducting Brahms, Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel. Read the full story here: buff.ly/ZzDlcEl

Lucie Leguay debuts with the Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg tonight conducting Šerkšnytė, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius. Full details here: buff.ly/41iTAAD

Tonight, @jessdandy.bsky.social and Ben Goldscheider join forces for a recital of Robert and Clara Schumann and Brahms. Full details here: buff.ly/4ik0nRK

This week sees @nezetseguin.bsky.social return to the Wiener Philharmoniker to conduct a series of concerts on tour in the US and at home in Vienna. Read the full story here: buff.ly/YPRudcx

Tonight sees Kristina Mkhitaryan take the stage at the Metropolitan Opera singing her first Mimì in La Bohème. Performances until 21 March. Read the full story here: buff.ly/IVuD6LR

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome Johanna Malangré to the roster for general management. Read the full story here: buff.ly/M1NH2cL

Stephen Costello takes the stage at the Metropolitan Opera this evening singing Greenhorn in the company premiere of Moby Dick 15 years after he premiered the role at Dallas Opera. Performances until 29 March. Read the full story here: buff.ly/yzHszn3

Tune in to Mezzo TV tonight to watch Alexander Gavrylyuk's recent performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3 with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Watch here: buff.ly/3XmaltK

Toi toi toi to Mané Galoyan who makes her house and role debut tonight singing Liù in Turandot at Theater Basel. Full details here: buff.ly/4iguCZH

Alexander Gavrylyuk joins forces with Harry Ogg and the Symphoniker Hamburg tonight for Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Full details here: buff.ly/3QXdXPn

Pacific Symphony announces 2025-26 Classical Season with Artistic and Music Director Designate Alexander Shelley. Full details here: buff.ly/4iawUK0

This weekend sees Robin Ticciati return to the San Francisco Symphony conducting Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. Full details here: buff.ly/3ETz567

Toi toi toi to Robert Lewis who makes house and role debuts at Opéra National de Lorraine tonight singing Lensky in Eugene Onegin conducted by Marta Gardolińska. Performances until 6 March. Full details here: buff.ly/4gWwcib

Toi toi toi to Bekhzod Davronov who opens at Dallas Opera tonight singing Rodolfo in La bohème conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. Full details here: buff.ly/4iacTmC

Tonight, Ben Goldscheider joins the @ulsterorchestra.bsky.social performing Higgins’ Horn Concerto. Full details here: buff.ly/4kfcLUU

Tonight, Daniel Carter returns to @deutscheoperberlin.bsky.social conducting Nixon in China featuring Kyle Miller as Chou En-lai. Full details here: buff.ly/4bleSCq

OUT TODAY! Franco Fagioli releases The Last Castrato: Arias for Velluti alongside the Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal. Buy now 👉 buff.ly/4blgtIi

Tonight sees Kensho Watanabe debut with the @calgaryphil.bsky.social conducting Ravel, Prokofiev and Berlioz. Full details here: buff.ly/4gZc0Mw

OUT NOW! Cristian Măcelaru and the WDR Sinfonieorchester release 3 CD box set of Rachmaninov's Orchestral Works. Buy now 👉 buff.ly/3Xidef5

Tonight, Reinhard Goebel debuts with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducting Händel, Rebel, Kraus and Haydn. Full details here: buff.ly/43cvaLW

Harry Bicket takes the podium this weekend to make his debut at Opernhaus Zürich conducting Handel’s Agrippina. The new production by Jetske Mijnssen features Jakub Józef Orliński as Ottone. Performances until 30 March. Read the full story here: buff.ly/41Av53r

Alexander Shelley returns to the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducting Brahms and Schumann. Full details here: buff.ly/4bdOytQ

OUT NOW! Ian Bostridge joins forces with Saskia Giorgini to release Twilight: Schumann Songs on @pentatonemusic.bsky.social Buy it now 👉 buff.ly/4jHxErv

February’s New Release Playlist is here featuring 20 Askonas Holt artists across 13 albums! Listen now 👉 buff.ly/3DcLCRB

This weekend sees Erina Yashima debut with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker conducting Weill, Poulenc and Mozart. Full details here: buff.ly/4hVVDSe

Tonight, Alexandre Tharaud joins forces with Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France for Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Full details here: buff.ly/3XgoAQL

Julia Bullock returns to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performing Jessie Montgomery's Five Freedom Songs and Mahler's Symphony No.4. Full details here: https://buff.ly/41sMSt4

Tonight, Nadine Sierra joins the Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper performing at the Vienna Opera Ball. Full details here: https://buff.ly/4heZ6dP

Thomas Zehetmair joins forces with the Polish National Radio Orchestra tonight performing Schumann's Violin Concerto. Full details here: https://buff.ly/4biU0vI

This week sees the Chiaroscuro Quartet make their debut in Hong Kong. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/41jqgu0

ON TOUR: Vilde Frang makes her debut with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in performances of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. 26 Feb: Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp 27 Feb: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/4bedNfL

Toi toi toi to Rachel Willis-Sørensen who opens at the Royal Opera tonight singing Leonora in Il trovatore. Performances until 22 March. Full details here: https://buff.ly/3Qps7YW

@en.france24.com caught up with Franck Ollu speaking on the life and career of Pierre Boulez and paying tribute to the conductor and composer in his centenary year. Watch the full interview here: https://buff.ly/3Di1ulM