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In homage to the composer who died a hundred years ago, on 4 November 1924, Thomas Hengelbrock conducts his celestial Requiem under the dome of the Panthéon in Paris. A musical event introduced by an orchestral version of Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15.

Paris Pantheon

The Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock.

Thomas Hengelbrock and Orchestre de chambre de Paris

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With Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, accordionist Martynas Levickis reveals the thousand and one facets of an instrument rarely given pride of place in concert halls. The NDR Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Delyana Lazarova are the perfect partners in this programme, which also includes a contemporary work by Caroline Shaw and Stravinsky's Firebird.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue opens the 2023 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.

Martynas Levickis

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder for the 75th anniversary of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra at Munich's Isar Philharmonic.

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder at Munich's Isarphilharmonie.

Simon Rattle conducts Schoenberg

Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and dancer Chun Wing Lam celebrate the music of Bach in a former foundry where several of Rodin's masterpieces were created.

Paris Sur Mesure

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

Alexandre Tharaud and Chun Wing Lam

Julia Fischer sublimates Brahms's Violin Concerto alongside the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru. An eclectic programme that also highlights works by Elsa Barraine and Claude Debussy.

Brahms, Debussy and Barraine

Julia Fischer performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National de France.

Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer

For its opening concert, the 2024 Festival Présences pays tribute to Steve Reich. The event features conductor George Jackson, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Synergy Vocals choir and Hae-Sun Kang with Héloïse Werner.

Présences Festival 2024

Radio France celebrates contemporary music and creativity with the Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Tribute to Steve Reich

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ARTE Concert is broadcasting five full-length concerts by ensembles from Europe, Kazakhstan, Brazil and South Africa, featuring the Shabyt Ensemble, cellist Julia Hagen and violinist Guido Sant'Anna, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and percussionist David Panzl.

Now in its 25th year, Young Euro Classic brings together some of the world's finest youth orchestras.

Young Euro Classic

No maestros here, only maestras: We showcase some of the most notable female conductors working in music today. Whether they be established names, pioneers or rising stars taking part in the La Maestra competition, delve into this series of concerts to discover each of their singular visions. 

Female conductors

Pioneers, rising stars and promising talent: These are some of the most notable female conductors working today.

Generation Maestras

Baroque

Opera

Performing Arts

Parcourir les genres

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performing works by György Ligeti and Igor Stravinski.

Ligeti and Stravinsky

Barbara Hannigan and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.

Barbara Hannigan

Under the baton of Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra performs works by Lili Boulanger, Romualdas Gražinis and Anton Bruckner.

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Continuation and conclusion of Rachmaninov's complete piano concertos: Conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, Mikhail Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform concertos Nos. 3 and 4.

Rachmaninov's concertos: Nos.3 and 4

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

Mikhaïl Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Mikhail Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France embark on an ambitious musical adventure: performing all of Rachmaninov's piano concertos. They begin with concertos Nos. 1 and 2, conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk.

Rachmaninov's concertos: No.1 and No.2

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

Mikhaïl Pletnev with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Ten years ago, the ‘Hannover Klassik Open Air’ was launched under the motto ‘Opera for everyone’. A success story that has lost none of its charm to this day.

This anniversary show presents highlights from past open-air concerts with new international singing stars in Hanover's illuminated Maschpark.

Opera highlights from the atmospherically illuminated Maschpark Hannover with the NDR Radiophilharmonie and international opera stars.

Hannover Klassik Open Air 2024

To close the 25th season of Young Euro Classic, the South African orchestra MIAGI (Music Is A Great Investment) explores the influence of African music around the world and thrills the audience at Berlin's Konzerthaus.

Young Euro Classic 2024

At the Young Euro Classic 2024, the MIAGI Orchestra ‘explores the influence of African music’.

MIAGI Orchestra

For this concert, the Almaty University of the Arts orchestra combine Kazakh melodies played on the dombra, a two-stringed lute, with works from the European Romantic and Classical repertoire performed by pianist Karina Izmailova under the baton of Yerbolat Akhmedyarov.

Schumann, Kazakh dombra melodies and Dvořák played by the Almaty University Orchestra.

Eurasian Student Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Eliel Ferreira, the Goiás Youth Symphony Orchestra, assisted by violinist Guido Sant'Anna, makes a foray into Argentina while celebrating Brazilian classical music.

Latin American dances with the Goiás Youth Symphony Orchestra as part of the Young Euro Classic festival.

Orquestra Sinfônica Jovem de Goiás (Brasil)

For a quarter of a century, the Young Euro Classic Festival has provided a springboard for young instrumentalists from the 27 member states of the European Union to play in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO). This year's eclectic programme is sure to delight audiences at Berlin's Konzerthaus.

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the European Union Youth Orchestra.

European Union Youth Orchestra

The latest edition of the Festival International de Colmar opens with an exceptional performance from the Orchestre Symphonique du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. After Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin, baritone Stéphane Degout sings Mahler's Songs of a Wandering Companion. The evening at Saint-Matthieu church closes with César Franck's Symphony in D minor, a jewel from the repertoire of the late 19th century.

Festival international de Colmar

A "Royal Overture" of Wagner, Mahler and Franck, conducted by Alain Altinoglu and featuring baritone Stéphane Degout.

A Royal Overture

The Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival has invited paino legend Elisabeth Leonskaja to perform two sonatas by Franz Schubert in front of a lucky audience at the Grand Théâtre de Provence.

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival

Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja presents two Schubert sonatas in Aix-en-Provence.

Elisabeth Leonskaja performs Schubert

Conducted by Stéphane Denève with the talent of pianist Lise de la Salle, the Orchestre National de France celebrates the New Year through Bernstein, Gershwin, Bizet and Offenbach.

Conducted by Stéphane Denève

The Orchestre National de France celebrates the end of the year with some rousing music.

New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France

The Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels is one of the most prestigious international music competitions. Dedicated to the violin in 2024, each year it brings together promising young artists from all over the world. The closing concert with the three first prize-winners (Ukrainian Dmytro Udovychenko and Americans Joshua Brown and Elli Choi) is the high point of the event.

Closing concert with the winners

The closing concert with three winners of the 2024 edition of the prestigious international violin competition.

Concours Reine Elisabeth 2024

Rufus Wainwright has composed a requiem in memory of those lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. This ode to life uses the full power of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and features actress Meryl Streep.

Featuring Meryl Streep

American singer Rufus Wainwright pays tribute to the victims of Covid-19.

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem

The Apaches orchestra, dancer Andrea Catozzi and free-runners Johan Tonnoir and Simon Nogueira take over the great nave of the Musée d'Orsay for this edition of Paris Sur Mesure: A place where movement, visual art and contemporary music collide.

A cavalcade of free-running, visual art and contemporary music at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

Les Apaches | Simon Nogueira | Johan Tonnoir | Andrea Catozzi

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Conductors Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movements of Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 9' in succession across Europe. An epic concert celebrating the bicentenary of the creation of Beethoven's masterpiece.

Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna

Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movements of the ‘Ninth’ in succession across Europe.

Beethoven: Symphony no. 9

The most popular of Gustav Mahler's symphonies, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and staged by Romeo Castellucci. A very special production, which promises to stir up the audience at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

A message from director Romeo Castellucci:
The action you are about to witness has the particular misfortune of containing images that, charged with violence, seem to be the cruel likeness of our near reality.
I imagined this work over a year ago.
No one could have foreseen this painful overlapping of art and reality, which today seems like an atrocious prophecy.
How to support today the unconscious exactness of these images on the stage?
But what to do in the face of the irretrievable that theatre represents?
It is essential to accept the pain produced by this concordance, in the light that Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection can represent.
Romeo Castellucci
July 2022
Recorded 13 July in Aix-en-Provence with the Orchestre de Paris and the Choir of the Orchestre de Paris.

Aix-en-Provence Festival 2022

The most popular of Gustav Mahler's symphonies, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and staged by Romeo Castellucci. A very special production, which promises to stir up the audience at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Resurrection - Gustav Mahler

The father sets the tone, the son takes the solo. In Lausanne, two stars come together on stage who just happen to be from the same family. Jean-Jacques Kantorow, who conducts the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, opens the evening with Camille Saint-Saëns's Symphony n° 2. Alexandre Kantorow then joins him to perform Johannes Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2.

Concert with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Symphony No. 2 by Saint-Saëns and Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms with the Kantorow father and son.

Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Kantorow interpret Brahms

Shortly after the Russian Revolution, Finland declared its independence on 6 December 1917. Every year on this National Day, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra traditionally gives its annual Independence Day concert. The 2023 lineup festures star violinist Pekka Kuusisto playing a selection of great Finnish composers: Magnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen and, of course, Jean Sibelius.

Independence Day Concert

Three eminent Finnish composers are on the programme for the annual Finnish Independence Day concert, featuring Pekka Kuusisto.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform works by Vivaldi and Mozart in the famous Cour Marly at the Musée du Louvre, featuring mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and violist Amihai Grosz.

An evening at the Musée du Louvre

Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform live at the Musée du Louvre.

Vivaldi and Mozart in the Cour Marly

Under conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi, a remarkable performance from Ensemble Matheus performing the music of Mozart at Lyon's Trinity Chapel. A concert dominated by the great composer's superb Great Mass in C minor.

Trinity Chapel - Lyon

Ensemble Matheus interprets Mozart's remarkable Great Mass in C minor.

Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor

Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France invite Alexandre Kantorow to play Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. A concert also featuring music by Prokofiev.

90 years of the Orchestre National de France

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

Cristian Măcelaru conducts Chopin and Prokofiev

Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings with the French Radio Orchestra in a sensual programme celebrating the city of lights: gay Paris.
Mezzo-soprano Julia Dawson, tenor Ziad Nehme and bass-baritone Douglas Williams also perform.
Programme
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella
 Kurt Weill – Youkali
 Jacques Offenbach - La Gaîté parisienne

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings with the French Radio Orchestra in a sensual programme celebrating the city of lights: gay Paris.

Barbara Hannigan Conducts Stravinsky and Weill

Conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve and his Vox Clamantis choir give a special performance for the 30th edition of La Folle Journée: An a cappella concert featuring works by Duruflé, Bruckner, Pärt and Von Bingen, as well as Gregorian chants. Including Arvo Part was a natural choice seeing as Jaan-Eik Tulve and Vox Clamantis also come from Estonia. Four works by the immense Baltic composer fill the Cité des Congrès de Nantes auditorium: Missa syllabica, Nunc dimittis, Da pacem, Domine and And I Heard a Voice, sitting next to other works like an excerpt from Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens by Maurice Duruflé, Gloria by Helena Tulve (performed for the first time in France) and O ignis Spiritus by Hildegarde Von Bingen.

La Folle Journée de Nantes 2024

A concert dedicated to a cappella singing, under the baton of Jaan-Eik Tulve.

Jaan-Eik Tulve with Vox Clamantis

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Violinist Nemanja Radulović and Electro Street Crew combine classical music and dance at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris.

Paris sur Mesure

Nemanja Radulović & Electro Street at the Jacquemart-André Museum

Conducted by Adrien Perruchon and with Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France get us in the festive spirit.
 
 
Programme:

Gioachino Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture and  "Cruda sorte” aria
Gioachino Rossini - La pietra del paragone : " Quel dirmi, oh Dio !”
Charles Gounod - Faust: Ballet
Georges Bizet - L'Arlésienne (Adagietto, Intermezzo and Farandole)
Max Reger - Maria Wiegenlied
Pietro Yon - Gesù bambino
Augusta Holmès – Trois anges sont venus ce soir
Traditionnal - Les anges dans nos campagnes
Adolphe Adam - Minuit chrétien

The French radio orchestra gives a festive concert with Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, conducted by Adrien Perruchon.

Christmas Concert

The French National Orchestra, conducted by musical director Cristian Macelaru, performs French repertoire from Berlioz to Offenbach in a festive concert.

With the Orchestre Nationale de France

Grand Bal Symphonique

Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France invite you to celebrate the New Year at the Radio France Auditorium.

With the Orchestre National de France

A festive programme to bring in the New Year.

Grand bal symphonique

Pianist Tanguy de Williencourt joins forces with the Modigliani Quartet to perform Dvorák's Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 81 at La Folle Journée de Nantes.

Dvorák's Quintet for piano and strings in A major at La Folle Journée de Nantes.

Tanguy de Williencourt and the Modigliani Quartet

The Orchestre de Radio France performs Harold in Italy by Berlioz, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner with violist Antoine Tamestit as soloist.

Journey to Italy with John Eliot Gardiner

Every year, Radio France celebrates contemporary music with Présences Festival. The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano takes over the Philharmonie de Paris to perform works by Thomas Lacôte, Unsuk Chin and Yann Robin.

Bach / Lacôte / Chin / Robin

The Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France celebrates contemporary music, conducted by Kent Nagano.