Sofia Jernberg: Debut Armory Hall NYC

On 20 May 2025, vocal artist Sofia Jernberg will make her debut in two concerts at the Park Avenue Armory Hall in New York City. She will perform solo works as well as compositions and improvisations in duo together with cellist Tomeka Reid. Sofia Jernberg‘s One Pitch: Birds for Distortion and Mouth Synthesizers builds the center of this outstanding programme, in which Sofia Jernberg will demonstrate her unique artistry and her fascinating voice. Just in April, she made her debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in a world premiere by Chaya Czernowin together with the LA Phil.

(published on 9 May 2025)

Eva Resch: Recital Wiener Konzerthaus

On 20 May 2025, the soprano Eva Resch will return in a recital to the Wiener Konzerthaus. In the context of the 41. International Musikfest presented by the Konzerthaus she will perform her new programme Red – an evening about love, violence and death together with the pianist Eric Schneider. They will interpret Lieder by B. Britten, H. Eisler, W. A. Mozart, D. Shostakovich, F. Schubert, R. Strauss, K. Weill, H. Wolf, A. Schönberg i. a.. The programme will soon also be recorded and released on CD. Eva Resch already made her successful debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus in 2022 in Bernhard Lang’s Cold Trip I + II.

(published on 7 May 2025)

Holger Falk & Sarah Maria Sun: AMOPERA

On 11 May 2025 the soprano Sarah Maria Sun and the baritone Holger Falk will perform the concertante-performative meta-opera AMOPERA on the stage of the Wiener Konzerthaus. Following the successful tour of Hong Kong and South Korea in March, this outstanding production of Klangforum Wien and the Needcompany/Jan Lauwers will now also be presented in Vienna.

During thismusic-theatrical evening excerpts of works by Luciano Berio, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Zemlinsky, Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten, Peter Maxwell Davis, Iannis Xenakis, Salvatore Sciarrino, Bernhard Lang, Beat Furrer, Rebecca Saunders, Michael Wertmüller and Sara Glojnarić will be intertwined.

(published on 30 April 2025)

Lavinia Dames: AchtBrücken Festival

On 10 May 2025, the soprano Lavinia Dames will sing the world premiere of Hèctor Parra‘s Ich ersehne die Alpen / So entstehen die Seen at the Kölner Philharmonie at the invitation of AchtBrücken Festival / WDR Musik der Zeit. This will be her festival debut and her first cooperation with the WDR Sinfonieorchester which will be led by Christian Karlsen. This work is based on a text by Händl Klaus and written for soprano, narrator, electronics and big orchestra. The part of the narrator will be performed by actor Thomas Loibl. The additional work in the concert programme will be Kaija Saariahos D'OM LE VRAI SENS played by clarinetist Boglárka Pecze.

On 18 May 2025, Lavinia Dames will also make her debut at the Oper Köln/Staatenhaus with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne in Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone, an oratorio in 15 stations (libretto by Amin Maalouf). This scenic production will also be presented on 19/25/28/31 May 2025 and is a coproduction with ACHT BRÜCKEN FESTIVAL. The conductor will also be Christian Karlsen, Friederike Blum will be directing, and Lise Kruse will create the set and costumes. In the solo part of Simone, Lavinia will once again be able to demonstrate her skills and qualities for demanding soprano roles.

(published on 28 April 2025)