Baden-Baden – Seen and Heard International

Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic elevate Madama Butterfly in Baden-Baden

23/04/2025 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Germany Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn, Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festpielhaus Baden-Baden, 20.4.2025. (AL-L)

Eleonora Burrato (Cio-Cio-San) and Teresa Iervolino (Suzuki) © Monika Rittershaus

Nurturing tomorrow’s virtuosos: The Carl Flesch Academy experience

15/08/202414/08/2024 by Laurence Vittes

Germany Carl Flesch International Competition – Concertos and Chamber Music Rounds: 17 candidates (violin, viola, cello, double bass). Baden-Baden, Germany, 12, 13 and 14.7.2024. (LV)

Lauren Yoon playing Korngold at the Carl Flesch Academy concerto finals © Jörg Bongartz

Wagner Gala with the Berlin Philharmonic in Baden-Baden: variations on a theme of excellence

30/03/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Wagner: Vida Miknevičiūtė (soprano), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Kwangchul Youn (bass), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 25.3.2024. (DMD)

Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Monika Ritterhaus

Young violinist Leonhard Baumgartner wins the Carl Flesch Prize at Baden-Baden

08/08/202307/08/2023 by Laurence Vittes

Germany Carl Flesch International Competition – Concertos Round: 16 candidates (violin, viola, cello, double-bass), Philharmonie Baden-Baden / Heiko Mathias Förster (conductor). Weinbrennersaal, Kurhaus Baden-Baden, 21-22.7.2023. (LV)

Leonhard Baumgartner plays Schumann’s Fantasie © Jörg P. Bongartz

A Colourfully Exciting Don Quixote from Brazil’s São Paulo Dance Company

06/05/201826/04/2018 by Gregor Tassie

Germany Germany São Paulo Dance Company’s Don Quixote: Dancers of São Paulo Dance Company, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz / Christoph Gedschold (conductor), Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, 14.4.2018. (GT)