Holger Falk: Klangforum & Wien Modern

On 24 October 2026, the baritone Holger Falk will sing Schubert’s Winterreise. A composed interpretation by composer Hans Zender for the first time. Vimbayi Kaziboni will conduct the Klangforum Wien in concert at the Evangelische Stadtkirche Ravensburg at the invitation of the Festival weit! neue musik weingarten. Zender closely follows Schubert’s musical language while incorporating effectively alienating sound effects that further emphasize the icy coldness and metaphysical gloom of the work. Just in spring, Holger Falk performed with the Klangforum Wien Bernhard Lang‘s Songbook II.2 art the Wiener Konzerthaus to great acclaim: Equally high-spirited was Bernhard Lang’s Songbook II.2. – Retextured, not least thanks to Holger Falk: the baritone shied away from neither rhythmically acrobatic nor ironic challenges, virtuously dancing his way through the intricate loops (...). Die Presse

On 13 November 2026, two concerts will follow at the festival Wien Modern at the Bockkeller Vienna presenting Friedrich Cerha‘s Keintate I+II together with the Attensam Quartett. In 2022, the artists released Cerha‘s cycle on CD on the label Kairos receiving raving reviews: Holger Falk’s performance is simply overwhelming - vocally nuanced, proofing a multifaceted articulation, and ranging from the vulgar to the artistic, from delightfully grumbling to sarcastically profound. It even overshadows the old recording by Viennese chansonnier HK Gruber, for whom Cerha originally wrote the two Keintaten. Opernwelt

(published on 14 October 2026)

Sarah Maria Sun in Oxford & Vicenza

On 18 October 2026, the soprano Sarah Maria Sun will make her debut at the reknown Oxford International Song Festival with her trio Silence is Golden, teaming up with Jan Philip Schulze (piano) and Julian Bliss (clarinet). The programme presents Franz Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock, George Gershwin’s The man I love, Kurt Weill’s One life to live, Miroslav Srnka’s 5 Songs from Thirteen Songs After Postcards by Jurek Becker to His Son Jonathan, Benjamin Scheuer’s Fragwürdige Fragmente and György Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre among other pieces. 

On 23/25/26 October 2026, Sarah Maria Sun will make a first appearance at the Vicenza Opera Festival in the beautiful Teatro Olimpico singing Papagena in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. This production of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the musical/stage director Iván Fischer was premiered in September at the Müpa Budapest to great acclaim. Colleagues on stage will be Samantha Gaul (Pamina), Julian Prégardien (Tamino), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Alina Wunderlin (Queen of the night), Markus Werba (Papageno), Mirella Hagen (First Lady), Olivia Vermeulen (Second Lady), Marie Seidler (Third Lady), Stuart Patterson (Monostatos) and other singers. 

(published on 12 October 2026)

Vanessa Porter: Live in Berlin

On 12 October 2026 the percussionists Vanessa Porter and Emil Kuyumcuyan will perform their record release concert at the Musikbrauerei Berlin presenting their latest duo-CD BETTER ME . The album has been released on the Label Neos recently and is already nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award 2026. Susanne Benda from magazine Fono Forum is mesmerized: You don’t interrupt this CD; it possesses power and a compelling pull—a dazzlingly sonorous spectacle of the world—fantastic! BETTER ME exclusively presents compositions by both artists that move between contemporary music, electronic sound art, and performative energy. 

On 14/15/16 October 2026, Vanessa Porter will make a first appearance with The Alonetimes – Music-Theatre by Jennifer Walshe and Philip Venables at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. This celebrated production was just presented at Musica Strasbourg, the BOZAR Brussels and the Muziekgebouw Amsterdam to great acclaim and will celebrate its UK-premiere on 19 October 2026 at the Schwarzman Centre Oxford. Vanessa is joined by Aedín Cosgrove (costume and light), Romain Muller (sound), Ragnar Árni Ólafsson (video), Loré Lixenberg und Oskar McCarthy (vocals), Adam Starkie (bass clarinet), Diamanda La Berge Dramm (violin) and Andreas Borregaard (accordion).

(published on 6 October 2026)

A. Komsi: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

On 8 October 2026, the soprano Anu Komsi will make her debut with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at the Victoria Hall in Geneva. Under the baton of Eva Ollikainen she will sing the outstanding composition Mirage for soprano, cello and orchestra by Kaija Saariaho with the cellist Lionel Cottet as well as Jean Sibelius‘ Luonnotar – tone poem for soprano and orchestra op. 70. Further works on the programme will be Sibelius’ Pohjola’s Daugther – Tone poem für large orchestra op. 49 and Pjotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky‘s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique. The second concert will be scheduled on 10 October 2026 at La Grange au Lac, Évian-les-bains in Neuvecelle.

(published on 29 September 2026)