Bach Competition Leipzig 2025

Beatrice Rana performs Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

Martha Argerich, Maria João Pires and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande perform Mozart and Mahler at Geneva’s Victoria Hall.

The marvellous Martha Argerich performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2.

There were 27, now there are just three: The final of the 2025 Leipzig Bach Piano Competition.

Cristian Măcelaru, Beatrice Rana and the Orchestre National de France celebrate Ravel.

Mikhail Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France play Rachmaninov's piano concertos Nos. 1 and 2.

Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 by Mikhail Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

Pianist Alexandre Kantorow joins forces with the Orchestre National de France.

Sofiane Pamart plays the extended version of his solo album Planet Gold, released in 2020.

Romantic open-air opera gala at Hanover Klassik Open Air 2025.

Piano/electric duo Grandbrothers perform at Cologne Cathedral to celebrate the 700th anniversary of its consecration, in a spectacular show featuring their ‘augmented’ piano and light show.

Jazz revelation Samara Joy has her Parisian audience spellbound.

Kokoroko blends jazz and Afrobeat for a journey between London and Africa.

The Balkan Paradise Orchestra mixes Balkan brass with dance music in a heady artistic swirl.

Viennese production duo Anna Müller and Paul Wallner, aka HVOB, in concert at the Konzerthaus in Vienna.

Handel's most famous oratorio about the Messiah, from the birth of Christ to his death on the cross.

Baroque masterpieces by Vivaldi, Lotti and Caldara - live from the Elbe Philharmonic with Akamus and the NDR Vocal Ensemble.

Julia Lezhneva and Franco Fagioli in arias and duets by Baroque masters at the Bayreuth Baroque Festival 2025.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Culture magazine Twist meets artists and creatives to discuss insomnia and how it manifests in their art.

Claude Monet made the cliffs at Étretat famous, but the charming town now suffers from overtourism.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

Cultural workers are calling for a Europe-wide work status that protects artists in the face of shrinking budgets and the rise of AI.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.