Anna-Lena Elbert: Franz Liszt Academy

Between 19-22 November 2026, the soprano Anna-Lena Elbert will make her debut singing four concerts at the remarkable LISZT FERENC ACADEMY OF MUSIC in Budapest at the invitation of the KAMARA.HU FESTIVAL:
On 19 November 2026, she will perform Robert Schumanns Lied cycle Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 with pianist Izabella Simon.
On 21 November 2026, she will sing two concerts presenting Ernest Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle Op. 37 and Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Niedecker Songs accompanied by the Merel Quartet and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt as well as W. A. Mozart‘s concert aria K. 505 Ch’io mi scordi di te... Non temer, amato bene with the Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra and the pianist Roman Rabinovich.
On 22 November 2026, she will interpret Dmitri Shostakovich‘ Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok Op. 127 together with Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Dénes Várjon (piano) and Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin).

(published on 27 October 2026)

Sofia Jernberg: Solo-Concert in Berlin

On 27 October 2026, the vocal artist Sofia Jernberg will start off the new series Cantadoras presented by the Deutsche Oper Berlin performing a solo concert at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. The highly acclaimed Ethiopian-Swedish soprano, performer and composer meanders between contemporary composition, noise, free jazz and experimental vocal art. Her voice ranges five octaves, from guttural growls to crystalline overtones, from microtonal glissandi to percussive sonic explosions. She just premiered her composition Sunville - Afrofuturistic Musical Theater at the Deutsche Oper Berlin/Tischlerei successfully.

(published on 21 October 2026)

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 at 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)