Great news! Michael Alexander Willens has been selected to receive the 2026 Telemann Prize. The Cologne-based conductor will be honored by the city of Magdeburg
Vienna Mandolin Stories is Alon Sariel’s first full concerto album, inviting listeners on a journey through late-18th and early-19th-century Vienna. The album features works for mandolin
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?At the Kölner Akademie, I play the horn — mostly natural
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?I have been playing the violin at the Kölner Akademie since
When it comes to how we celebrate Christmas around the world, customs and traditions couldn’t be more diverse. But what unites almost all celebrations is
When we look back at music history, we like to summarize past eras with a handful of composers who were active in the respective period.
In November 1843, Carl Reinecke made his debut as a pianist at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with a work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The composer himself
Johann Nikolaus Forkel’s contribution to the world of music is inestimable, even if you are perhaps hearing about him for the first time. With his
Whether as a ten-year-old under the wing of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, as a young pianist holding his own among Cherubini, Rossini, Berlioz and Liszt in
When it comes to the musical work of Joseph Haydn, there is no getting around the name of the Hungarian Esterházy family. Starting out as
Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” is undoubtedly one of the best-known and most successful works in musical history. Just how timeless both the plot and
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?I play the clarinet and my first project with the Kölner
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