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Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor) Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Cologne, Philharmonie, 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Atys ‘Tragédie en musique’ in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687) Libretto by Philippe Quinault after Ovid's 'Fasti' Creation in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, January 10, 1676 Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón (Conductor) Choir of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Alan Woodbridge (Chorus Master) Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève Angelin Preljocaj (Stage Direction and choreography) Prune Nourry (Sets), Jeanne Vicérial (Costumes), Eric Soyer (Lighting) Nicholas Scott (Zéphyr | Le Sommeil) Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Melpomène) Matthew Newlin (Atys) Giuseppina Bridelli (La Déesse Cybèle) Ana Quintans (Sangaride) Andreas Wolf (Celaenus) Gwendoline Blondeel (Iris | Doris | Divinité fontaine) Michael Mofidian (Idas | Phobetor | Un songe funeste) Valerio Contaldo (Morphée | Dieu de fleuve) José Pazos (Phantase) Luigi De Donato (Le Temps | Le Fleuve Sangar) Lore Binon (La Déesse Flore | Mélisse | Divinité fontaine) Versailles, Château de Versailles, Opéra, 23 March 2022

Opera Now: Hans Abrahamsen OPERA NOW is a six-part documentary series hosted by Vasco Mendonça, a composer with a passion for contemporary opera who is committed to introducing the general public to this unique world. In each episode, he presents a landmark work of the 21st century through interviews with composers, directors, and singers... Before becoming a hit animated film (both the Disney version and Lev Atamanov’s 1957 adaptation!), The Snow Queen was a fairy tale by the famous Hans Christian Andersen. In this episode, we explore its adaptation into an opera by Hans Abrahamsen, a fellow Dane of the famous storyteller, who turned it into a splendid ode to childhood and memories…

Michel Portal "Minneapolis" Michel Portal, saxophone, bass clarinet, bandoneon Tony Hymas, keyboards Vernon Reid, guitar Sonny Thompson, bass Stokley William, drums Recorded on February 19th 2016, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Festival "Sons d'Hiver" 2016 Directed by Stéphane Sinde

Michel Portal in concert Michel Portal (saxophone, bass clarinet) Nils Wogram (trombone) Bojan Z (piano) Bruno Chevillon (Double Bass) Lander Gyselinck (drums) Setlist Full Half Moon (Bojan Z) Split the Difference (Nils Wogram) Mr Pharmacie (Michel Portal) In town (Michel Portal) Armenie (Michel Portal) African Wind (Michel Portal) To celebrate his 85th birthday, saxophonist and clarinettist Michel Portal stays true to the guiding principle of his bold and eclectic musical career: a keen taste for new music, with no regard for borders. Recorded on September 6, 2020, Grande Halle, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Célidja Pornon

Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello) Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 Trio n°1, op. 49 Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Trio n°1, op. 8 Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, June 3, 2025

Madama Butterfly 'Tragedia giapponese' by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after David Belasco's play 'Madame Butterfly' First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 February 1904 GNO Orchestra, GNO Chorus, Vassilis Christopoulos (Conductor) Agathangelos Georgakatos (chorus master) Olivier Py (stage director) Pierre-André Weitz (Sets), Pierre-André Weitz (costumes), Bertrand Killy (Lighting) Anna Sohn (Cio-Cio-San) Andrea Carè (B.F. Pinkerton) Alisa Kolosova (Suzuki) Dionysios Sourbis (Sharpless) Yannis Kalyvas (Goro) Petros Magoulas (Lo zio Bonzo) Haris Andrianos (Il principe Yamadori) Diamanti Kritsotaki (Kate Pinkerton) Petros Salatas (Lo zio Yakusidé) Vagia Kofou (La zia) Vicky Athanassiou (La cugina) Haris Andrianos (Il Commissario imperiale) Christos Lazos (L'Ufficiale del registro) Vassiliki Petroyanni (La madre di Cio-Cio-San) Athens, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, 10 June 2023

Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750 Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 | 1. Adagio Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 Edward Elgar 1857 - 1934 Enigma Variations, Op. 36 | Variation IX (Adagio) ‘Nimrod’

Tosca ‘Melodramma’ in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after Victorien Sardou's play 'La Tosca' First performance in Rome, Teatro Costanzi, 14 January 1900 Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona, Francesco Ivan Ciampa (Conductor) Coro della Fondazione Arena di Verona Hugo de Ana (Stage Director, Sets, Costumes, Lighting) Sonya Yoncheva (Floria Tosca) Vittorio Grigolo (Mario Cavaradossi) Roman Burdenko (Barone Scarpia) Giorgi Manoshvili (Cesare Angelotti) Giulio Mastrototaroil (Sagrestano) Carlo Bosi (Spoletta) Nicolò Ceriani (Sciarrone) Verona, Arena di Verona, 2023

Utopia, Teodor Currentzis (conductor) Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Regula Mühlemann (soprano) Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, op. 83 Gustav Mahler 1860 – 1911 Symphony No. 4 in G major Berlin, Funkhaus, 7 April 2025

Lucas Debargue (piano), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen (conductor) Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Ma Mère l’Oye (Suite) George Gershwin 1898 - 1937 Rhapsody in Blue, for piano and orchestra Maurice Ravel Concerto in G major, for piano and orchestra George Gershwin An American in Paris Bordeaux, Auditorium de l'Opéra, 8 January 2026

National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Catherine Larsen-Maguire (Conductor) Ryan Corbett (Accordion) Anna Clyne 1980 - This Midnight Hour Jay Capperauld 1989 - Galvanic Dances for accordion and orchestra Hector Berlioz 1803 - 1869 Symphonie fantastique Op. 14 Berlin, Konzerthaus, 6 August 2025

The life I love - The pianist Menahem Pressler The music world has known Menahem Pressler for more than half a century and mainly for his work with the famous Beaux Arts Trio. He was the heart of this ensemble and when in 2008 the trio decided to separate, it was not the end for Menahem Pressler’s career – in fact it was the start of a most remarkable and successful path as a soloist and in 2013, the 90-year-old grand seigneur of the piano gave his long overdue debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In ‘The life I love – the pianist Menahem Pressler’, from talks with Pressler over excerpts from one of his Master Classes, to interviews with artists like Daniel Harding, Quatuor Ébène, Leonidas Kavakos or Daniel Hope, we will gain deep insights into the life of this enchantingly “venerable prodigy”. Menahem Pressler died on May 6, 2023 Directed by Grete Liffers 2014

UNLIMITED MILES: MILES DAVIS AT 100 John Beasley (keyboards), Sean Jones (trumpet), Mark Turner (saxophone), Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Ben Williams (bass), Terreon Gully (drums) Tokyo, Blue Note Tokyo, 22 April 2026 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miles Davis, this dream project brings together an all-star sextet led by pianist and composer John Beasley, who joined Miles Davis' band in his twenties. Joined by Sean Jones, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Ben Williams, Terreon Gully, and Beasley, the ensemble interpret Miles's music with their signature grooves, bold harmonies, and inspired improvisation blending the modal beauty of "Kind of Blue," the electric fire of "Bitches Brew," and the funk of “Amandla”.

Christian Zacharias (piano) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Piano Concerto no. 8 in C Major K 246 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas

Nuits Blanches & Take back the night Piece for ten dancers and two musicians Choreography Hervé Koubi Assistant Fayçal Hamlat Music Dear Deer Clothilde Sourdeval Frédéric Iovino Hervé Koubi Company Dancers So Hee Park Ji Woo Lim Jeong Eun Hwang Ye Ri Yoo Soo A Huh Hye Soo Shin Seohyun Baek Tae Hee Kim Momoka Kubota Yeain Hwang Lighting design Lionel Buzonie Costume design Guillaume Gabriel Directed by Mohamed Athamna Cannes, Théâtre de la Licorne, 30 November 2025

Roméo et Juliette ‘Drame lyrique’ in 5 acts by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after the tragedy by William Shakespeare First performance in Paris, Théâtre-Lyrique du Châtelet, 27 April 1867 Philharmonia Zürich, Roberto Forés Veses (Music Direction) Chor der Oper Zürich, Ernst Raffelsberger (Chorus Master) Ted Huffman (Stage director) Andrew Lieberman (Stage design), Annemarie Woods (Costumes), Franck Evin (Lighting), Pim Veulings (Choreography) Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo Montaigu) Julie Fuchs (Juliette Capulet) Svetlina Stoyanova (Stéphano) Yuriy Hadzetskyy (Mercutio) Maximilian Lawrie (Benvolio) David Soar (Le Comte Capulet) Katia Ledoux (Gertrude) Omer Kobiljak (Tybalt) Andrew Moore (Le Comte Paris) Jungrae Noah Kim (Gregorio) Brent Michael Smith (Frère Laurent) Valeriy Murga (Le Duc de Vérone) Zurich, Opernhaus, 10 April 2023

Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Gautier Capucon (cello) Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Trio Élégiaque no. 1 in G minor Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893 Trio in A minor op. 50 ‘In memory of a great artist’ Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 14 June 2024

Combined Choir and Combined Orchestra of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, Alan Buribayev (conductor) Saltanat Akhmetova, Zhupar Gabdullina, Aigul Niyazova (sopranos), Tatyana Vitsinskaya, Oksana Davydenko (altos), Nurlan Bekmukhambetov (tenor), Oleg Tatamirov (baritone), Tair Tazhi (bass) Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major Nur-Sultan, Astana Opera, 21 July 2017

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi (conductor) Hélène Grimaud (piano) Leoš Janáček 1854 - 1928 The Little Cunning vixen, Suite George Gershwin 1898 - 1937 Piano Concerto in F Jean Sibelius 1865 - 1957 Symhony no. 5 in E flat major op. 82 Zurich, Tonhalle, 31 January 2026

The Noseda Effect A film by Alex Olegnowicz The Noseda Effect is an intimate portrait of Gianandrea Noseda, filmed over three years, from his hometown of Milan, at the famous Teatro alla Scala, and continues at the Juilliard School, the Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Opera and the Zurich Opera. The film features interviews with his family, friends and artistic collaborators, including Piotr Beczała, Renée Fleming, Stefano Poda and many others. The film includes footage of rehearsals with the Filarmonica della Scala, the Juilliard Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as a soundtrack from Noseda's extensive discography.

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor) Mao Fujita (Piano) Krzysztof Penderecki 1933 - 2020 Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima Frédéric Chopin 1810 - 1849 Piano Concerto No. 1 Witold Lutosławski 1913 - 1994 Symphony No. 3 Toulouse, Halle aux Grains, 13 March 2026

Jascha Heifetz - God's Fiddler Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin, a musical ‘wunderkind’ who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. Through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, this documentary filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in Los Angeles, re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century. We hear from all the great violinists of his generation, and from many of his former students who are still alive, that Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music? Directed by Peter Rosen 2011

Nate Smith (drums), Fima Ephron (bass), Brad Allen Williams (guitar), Jaleel Shaw (saxophones), Jon Cowherd (keyboards) Jazz à Vienne Festival, 30 June 2022

Miles Davis in Concert (1988) Münchner Klaviersommer ´88 Miles Davis (Trumpet) Kenny Garrett (Saxophone) Bobby Irving (Keyboards) Adam Holzman (Keyboards) Joseph "Foley" McCreary (Guitar) Benjamin Rietveld (Bass) Marilyn Mazur (Percussion) Ricky Wellman (Drums) Director Janos Darvas Münchner Klaviersommer 1988, Philharmonie am Gasteig

Jowee Omicil ‘sMiles’ - Tribute to Miles Davis Jowee Omicil (saxophones, clarinets, flutes, pocket trumpet, vocals and piano) Andy Bérald (drums) Taylor Philemon (battery) Julia Richard (bass) Paris, Studio de l'Ermitage, April 13, 2026