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© Dorothea Heinze

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© Gregor Hohenberg, Rakhi Singh © Robin Clewley, Abel Selaocoe © Christina Ebenezer, Aurora Orchestra © Mark Allan, Manchester Collective

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© Michael Schnater

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© Dorothea Heinze

© Markus Werner

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© Christina Ebenezer

© Bayer Kultur

© Oliver Killig

© Wonge Bergmann

© Emilie Holba

© Scottish Ensemble

© Maximilian Probst

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© Scottish Ensemble

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© Milos Krstic

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© Jakob Tillmann

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The image shows an ensemble of male and female musicians dressed in black, together with a conductor wearing a glittering top, performing on an illuminated stage. In the darkened background, the audience can be seen in silhouette, holding up the flashlights of their mobile phones towards the stage, creating a sea of tiny points of light. — © Alte Oper Frankfurt / Tibor Florestan Pluto

The image shows a group of musicians performing while standing, all dressed in black and playing the violin, viola, or cello. The background is completely black, and the image is blurred from left to right, creating a strong impression of motion and conveying the dynamic nature of the performance. — © Nekame Klasohm

The image shows a Black woman wearing a shimmering gold poncho. Standing in front of a microphone, she appears to be singing or calling out into it. Her eyes are closed, her mouth is open, and her head is tilted upwards, with her face illuminated by the stage lighting. She stretches her arms out to either side. — © Claire Shovelton

Cologne In Motion

The image shows a group of musicians performing while standing, all dressed in black and playing the violin, viola, or cello. The background is completely black, and the image is blurred from left to right, creating a strong impression of motion and conveying the dynamic nature of the performance. — © Nekame Klasohm

Ecstasy of the Virtues

The image shows a Black woman wearing a shimmering gold poncho. Standing in front of a microphone, she appears to be singing or calling out into it. Her eyes are closed, her mouth is open, and her head is tilted upwards, with her face illuminated by the stage lighting. She stretches her arms out to either side. — © Claire Shovelton

Alte Oper Frankfurt joins the KULT

The image shows an ensemble of male and female musicians dressed in black, together with a conductor wearing a glittering top, performing on an illuminated stage. In the darkened background, the audience can be seen in silhouette, holding up the flashlights of their mobile phones towards the stage, creating a sea of tiny points of light. — © Alte Oper Frankfurt / Tibor Florestan Pluto

kultur.farm.festival 2026

Scottish Ensemble at Rheingau Musik Festival

© Ansgar Klostermann

New York Speaks – a Judd Greenstein evening

“watershed” with Württembergisches Kammerorchester

© Justus Wille

Francesco Tristano turns the concert hall into a club

© Justus Wille

Aurora Orchestra: “The Tour of Spring”

© Justus Wille

Polish debut for Abel Selaocoe

© Joanne Stoga

From Budapest to Tallinn

Manchester Collective: Debuts in Northern Europe

© Dorothea Heinze

Abel Selaocoe is “Artist in Focus” at Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

© Jakob Tillmann

Rakhi Singh in Belgium and the Netherlands

© Jasper Toeli

Sustainability, revisited

To Antarctica with treppenhausorchester

© Maximilian Probst

New Signing: Nwando Ebizie

© Emilie Holba

New signing: Francesco Tristano

© Milos Krstic

Abel Selaocoe presents new recital

© Jakob Tillmann

New signing: Scottish Ensemble

© Scottish Ensemble

Anna Meredith & Band in Lübeck and Weimar

© Justus Wille

Yet another memorised success

© Andy Paradise

The Orchester im Treppenhaus takes DISCO on tour!

© Maximilian Probst

Dual leadership at Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

© Elke Walter

CARNIVAL

© Julian Guidera

We are Opus

Grand finale in Cologne

© Justus Wille

What does a turning point sound like?

© Inês Rebelo de Andrade

“Isabelle Lewis” on tour

© Joke Hendrix

The fast forward classical team at the Classical:Next conference in Berlin 2025

Manchester Collective returns to Heidelberger Frühling

© Susanne Lencinas

Vivaldi goes South Korea

© Sungchan Kim

Two Worlds United – Aurora Orchestra on Tour with Abel Selaocoe

© Daniel Dittus

Sirocco on tour once again

© Petra Hajska

Pascal Schumacher's GLASS Project

© Julian Mährlein

KULT

© Maximilian Probst

The Singh sisters make the Belgian news

© Bjorn Comhaire

Sirocco blows through Düsseldorf and Frankfurt

© Wonge Bergmann

Abel Selaocoe is portrait artist at Kölner Philharmonie

© Christina Ebenezer

Every concert a debut - Abel Selaocoe on tour in Germany

© Oliver Killig

Manchester Collective makes Rothko Chapel sound

© Bayer Kultur

Orchester im Treppenhaus performs for thousands of visitors at open days

© Nailya Bikmurzina

Abel Selaocoe performs at Konzerthaus Berlin twice in two months

© Markus Werner

New release by Orchester im Treppenhaus

Rakhi Singh veröffentlicht ihr Debütalbum

Aurora Orchestra on tour with 'Rite of Spring' - memorised

© Dorothea Heinze

Abel Selaocoes celebrated festival debuts

© Thomas Scheerer

DISCO international

© IKSV Istanbul Muzik Festivali

fast forward classical beim Heidelberger Frühling

© Gregor Hohenberg, Rakhi Singh © Robin Clewley, Abel Selaocoe © Christina Ebenezer, Aurora Orchestra © Mark Allan, Manchester Collective

Max Richter at Berlin Philharmonic

© Dorothea Heinze

Abel Selaocoe & Bantu Ensemble - debuts in Berlin and Cologne

© Dorothea Heinze

Pascal Schumacher in Hamburg and Luxembourg

© Eric Engel

Aurora Orchestra debut at Elbphilharmonie

© Daniel Dittus

Rakhi Singh

© Robin Clewley

Aurora Orchestra in Cologne

© Mark Allan

Manchester Collective - new record

Pascal Schumacher - album release

© Fredrik Altinell

Valgeir Sigurðsson & Daniel Pioro & Liam Byrne

Gwendal Le Flem

Anna Meredith - Bumps Per Minute

Orchester im Treppenhaus

© Nailya Bikmurzina

Happy New Year

Manchester Collective

© Drew Forsyth

TONALi

TONALi

Abel Selaocoe

© Mlungisi Mlungwana

Reeperbahn Festival 2021

Malakoff Kowalski in Hamburg

@ Julija Goyd

Aurora Orchestra @ Printworks London

Pascal Schumacher

Fredrik Altinell

Aurora Orchestra - Aurora Play

© Aurora Orchestra

Malakoff Kowalski at Rheingau

©Jannik Frank

Upcoming concerts Aurora Orchestra

#DiversityDay

Female composers

© Imke Borchers

Malakoff Kowalski - radio portrait

Julija Goyd

Pretty in print

© Justus Wille

Anna Meredith: 'Anno'

© Gem Harris

Malakoff Kowalski - interview for SALON Magazin

No means no

© Justus Wille

Justus Wille

© Sebastian Madej

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