The new season with the Czech Philharmonic will be opened by the Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit. Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov has undergone back surgery, which will require a four-week rest. We wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to all the concerts in the 129th season!

VINYL ... I remember. The smell of the packaging, the touch (the wobble, pressed against both palms), the angling, nudging onto the turntable, the meticulous, gentle descent of the stylus arm as it was laid to rest on the outermost groove. Then, to stand back – a few silent

A little Friday afternoon treat for you all - here's Stephen Hough’s encore from our concert last night: 'Rustle of Spring' by Christian August Sinding.

What a magical start to our season in #Swansea!✨ Huge thanks to Sir Stephen Hough Stephen Hough Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft, and the incredible BBC NOW musicians for an unforgettable night Special shoutout to the wonderful Swansea audience & the fab team at Brangwyn Hall!

Cedille releases "Children's Stories" featuring works by Michael Abels and Augusta Read Thomas, November 15. conta.cc/3ZSOrAb

Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall celebrates 15 years of groundbreaking live and on-demand concert streaming. Click here to read the full press release: conta.cc/4h3M9Va

Wu Man joined the The Philadelphia Orchestra,Conductor Marin Alsop for performance at the NCPA in Beijing on Friday evening. Wu performed Zhao Jiping’s Pipa Concerto No. 2, a work composed for her. @ShumanPR@Opus3Artists@silkroadproject 📸 Todd Rosenberg

Happy to be heading to Cleveland Orchestra for some Beethoven this week

Five extraordinary pianists. One unforgettable cycle. Pianists Sir Stephen Hough, Yunchan Lim, Garrick Ohlsson, Minsoo Sohn, and Orion Weiss take on the complete Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle at Severance Music Center November 6 to 17.

The SF Symphony “Día de los Muertos” concert was a total triumph. Congrats to Carlos Miguel Prieto, Pacho Flores, the orchestra, Marni Cook and the entire production team for a brilliant and moving performance.

🎉🎂🎈happy birthday Stephen Hough 🎈🎂🎉 Today, we are wishing a very happy birthday to pianist and composer Stephen Hough. We are celebrating by listening to the album we released together in 2023! #happybirthday #choralmusic #dannyboy #stephenhough #album Stephen Hough

In 2014, we embarked on a special project to renovate Orchestra Hall so that it could hold space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity

New album “ Wu Man• Music From the Dunhuang Caves”just released in Beijing by NCPA classics label #pipa #album #琵琶

Happy Lunar year!

Kayhan Kalhor, Wu Man & Sandeep Das DoosTrio wolftrap.org/calendar/perfo…

Wishing James Conlon ⁦James Conlon⁩, ⁦LA Opera⁩’s music director and much more besides, a very happy 75th birthday!

Now available for pre-order: STANDARD STOPPAGES Grammy Award-winning Third Coast Percussion (TCP) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025 with an album that explores how time can be stretched, manipulated, played with, and reimagined. More info here: cedillerecords.org/albums/standar…

Wu Man: Cultural Exchange Requires “Taking a Step Back” - Jingzhi Chronicle jingzhi.news/section/the-vi…

I so enjoy practing Smoke Gets in My Eyes. I try to make the guitar sing despite the big stretches at the end of this arrangement. Hear it live at Binham Priory on 9/8 wellsmaltings.org.uk/events/binham-…, & on my USA tour from 13/8 to 6/9. concertsinamerica.com/xuefei/ Askonas Holt Shuman Public Relations

Aug 22, Master Musicians with Peirani & Segal | Edinburgh International Festival ⁦Shuman Public Relations⁩ ⁦AKMI⁩ eif.co.uk/events/master-…