Renowned organist and professor Henry Fairs, known for his international performances and prize-winning career, will be giving a series of concerts in Freiberg, Berlin, Stuttgart, Magdeburg, Marienstadt and more.
British tenor Ian Bostridge – one of the world’s leading interpreters of Schubert and Britten – performs during the 71st Chamber Music Week at Schloss Elmau and at the Prinzregententheater in Munich. Born in London, Bostridge has appeared at major opera houses worldwide since his 1993 debut at Wigmore Hall.
The world-renowned ensemble London Brass, known for its virtuosity and fresh sound from classical to James Bond, will perform in upcoming concerts in Hanover, Papenburg, Viersen and more. Check here for tickets and dates.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra – one of the UK’s leading symphony orchestras and resident at London’s Royal Festival Hall – will tour Germany this winter, bringing its celebrated sound to major cities across the country. More info here.
British singers Lucy de Butts, Alex Potter and Matthew Brook join Gaechinger Cantorey and conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann for a celebration of 350 years of English vocal music in honour of St Cecilia. The programme features works by Purcell, Britten and leading contemporary composer James MacMillan. Tickets here and here.
The Marmen Quartet is fast establishing itself as one of the most impressive and engaging talents in chamber music, demonstrated by recent first prizes at the prestigious Bordeaux and Banff International String Quartet Competitions. The quartet brings its energy and intelligence to an impressive range of repertoire, ranging from Haydn to music of today.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra – one of Scotland’s leading ensembles with a distinguished international reputation – joins cellist Gautier Capuçon for Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto. See them live in Dortmund and Ludwigsburg.
British artists Sir Donald Runnicles, Jeremy Bines and David Butt Philip join forces at the Berliner Philharmonie for Schoenberg’s monumental Gurrelieder, a late-Romantic epic that marked a turning point toward the composer’s atonal period. The performance also forms part of the farewell season of Sir Donald Runnicles, concluding nearly 20 years as General Music Director of Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Neues Museum Nürnberg presents the first major photobook retrospective of British photographer Martin Parr. Designed as an immersive hotel experience, the exhibition showcases over 200 photobooks exploring the humour, excess and everyday absurdities of global consumer culture. More info here.
The Julia Stoschek Foundation presents one of the most extensive solo exhibitions by British artist Mark Leckey to date. “Enter Thru Medieval Wounds” traces the intersections between pop and youth culture, social class, and the evolution of technology from the 1970s to the present. More info here.