Work of the week

Dutch premiere of Andrew Norman's Play: Levels 1, 2 and 3 (Oct 29, 2025) with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Klaus Mäkelä.

Premiere of Strauss’ A Night in Venice on his 200th birthday (Oct 25, 2025) at Vienna.

Ravel’s famous Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) forms the emotional core of the ballet "Eros" in Würzburg. The revival premiere is on October 18, 2025, at the Theaterfabrik Blaue Halle. Musical Direction: Enrico Calesso. Choreography: Glumbek & Dumais.

World premiere of Huw Watkins' new Octet on October 3, 2025, in Fairfax, VA, with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

World premiere of Enjott Schneider's new oratorio Kabbala – The Paths of Light at the UNESCO World Heritage sites.

A new opera based on Werner Bräunig's unvarnished post-war novel, a commissioned work for Chemnitz 2025.

On 5 September 2025, the new version of Nikolai Kapustin's Concert Rhapsody will be performed for the first time. Pianist Frank Dupree will be accompanied by the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra under its new principal conductor Jordan de Souza – a highlight of the summer gala evening under the open sky on Friedensplatz in Dortmund.

It is one of the most beloved violin concertos of all time – and a work with an unusual backstory. A new version of the Violin Concerto in D minor will be premiered on 30 August 2025 in Lüneburg, near Hamburg, at the final concert of the International Masterclass for Conductors Hamburg 2025.

On August 21, 2025, at the Staunton Music Festival in Staunton, Virginia, the world premiere of Stefan Heucke’s new Concerto for trumpet "The Glory of Life" will take place. Solo trumpet is performed by Bruno Lourensetto, accompanied by the Staunton Music Festival Orchestra under Carsten Schmidt.

On August 11, 2025, the New National Theatre Tokyo will host the world premiere of a remarkable new opera: Natasha by Toshio Hosokawa. Under the musical direction of Kazushi Ono and staged by Christian Räth, this opera confronts some of the most pressing issues of our time.