Newly discovered organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach received their first performance in 320 years at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche. Read the full story and listen to the works at moto-perpetuo.com/newly-discov... #johannsebastianbach

The Latin Grammys celebrated classical music with two awards: pianist Isabel Dobarro won Best Classical Album, and composer Gabriela Ortiz received Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Find more at moto-perpetuo.com/latin-grammy...

The 2025 International Opera Awards were held in Athens, honouring Agnes Baltsa, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, MusikTheater an der Wien, and more. Full winners’ list at moto-perpetuo.com/opera-awards...

Live from Cologne: conductor Marie Jacquot leads the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, alongside works by Handel and Jehan Alain, with Thomas Ospital at the organ. Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/marie-jacquo...

Sir Donald McIntyre, the New Zealand bass-baritone whose commanding Wotan shaped the history of Bayreuth’s Centenary Ring, has died at 91 in Munich Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/sir-donald-m... #donaldmcintyre

A 24-hour tribute to Erik Satie at the CETC, the experimental stage of Teatro Colón: nearly a hundred pianists perform Vexations in continuous rotation. Watch details and full story at moto-perpetuo.com/satie-vexati... #satie #eriksatie

New Moto Pick: Martin Helmchen records the first chapter of his complete Schubert cycle, including works with new completions and the brilliant D 850. Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/martin-helmc...

The San Diego Symphony has extended Rafael Payare’s tenure as Music and Artistic Director through 2028–29, marking ten years since his arrival in 2019. Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/rafael-payar...

Tchaikovsky’s final opera returns in a poetic new production from Bordeaux, directed by Stéphane Braunschweig. Live-streamed on OperaVision. ✨ Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/iolanta-bord...

Sarah Strohm (20, CH) and Brian Isaacs (25, US) shared First Prize at the 2025 Geneva International Music Competition (Viola), with Ayaka Taniguchi (23, JP) taking Second Prize. 🎻 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/geneva-viola...

San Francisco Opera will bring back Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2028 with Eun Sun Kim on the podium and Francesca Zambello’s production. Featuring Tamara Wilson, Brian Mulligan and Simon O’Neill. 🔗 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc...

Esa-Pekka Salonen opens with Turangalîla, while Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, and Yunchan Lim lead a program that blends generations and traditions. The Verbier Festival, held each summer in the Swiss Alps, will also expand to China in 2026. 👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/verbier-fest...

Gautier Capuçon climbs Mont Blanc with his cello to film Max Richter’s Sequence for Gaïa, a meditation on nature, fragility, and beauty. Watch and read full story at moto-perpetuo.com/capucon-sequ... #classicalmusic #contemporarymusic #cello

James Vaughen joins The Philadelphia Orchestra as Principal Trumpet from 2026. 🎺Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/james-vaughe... #PhiladelphiaOrchestra #YannickNezetSeguin

Sir Antonio Pappano has been named an Honorary Member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, joining a distinguished group that includes Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Simon Rattle, and András Schiff. 🔗 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/antonio-papp... #AntonioPappano #ChamberOrchestraOfEurope

After protests at the Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris and continued artist cancellations, mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and pianist Anna Geniushene call for unity and freedom in the classical music. Read at moto-perpetuo.com/musicians-re...

The Recording Academy has announced the 2026 Classical Grammy nominations, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel, Curtis Stewart, and many more. 📷 See the full list at moto-perpetuo.com/2026-classic... @RecordingAcad #GRAMMYs #GRAMMY #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalGrammy

What if Don Juan had been written by a woman? Helena Cánovas’ Don Juan no existe reclaims a forgotten voice from early 20th-century Spain — now streaming for free on OperaVision. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/don-juan-no-...

Watch the live broadcast from Vienna with Myung-Whun Chung, Maxim Vengerov, and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/live-myung-w...

Protesters disrupted the Israel Philharmonic’s concert in Paris with flares and shouts. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/israel-philh... #israel #gaza #mideast

The Pavel Haas Quartet brings new life to four of Bohuslav Martinů’s string quartets in their latest Supraphon release Read full story at moto-perpetuo.com/pavel-haas-q... #supraphon #pavelhaasquartet

American conductor James Gaffigan has been named Music Director of Houston Grand Opera, beginning as Music Director Designate in 2026–27 and full Music Director in 2027–28. 👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/james-gaffig... #opera

Nathalie Stutzmann will remain Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra through 2028–29, continuing a collaboration that began in 2022. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/stutzmann-at...

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen appoints Stephan Zilias as Music Director from September 2026, succeeding Alejo Pérez, now at Teatro Colón’s Orquesta Estable. More at moto-perpetuo.com/alejo-perez-... #classicalmusic

Diego Incertis Sánchez joins the San Francisco Symphony as Principal Horn in January 2026, succeeding Robert Ward after 43 years with the orchestra. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/diego-incert... #classicalmusic

Conductor Elena Schwarz speaks after the cancellation of Clara Iannotta’s Violin Concerto in Essen, thanking the composer and Carolin Widmann for their support and looking ahead to the work’s future premiere. Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/elena-schwar...

Watch Miriam Prandi perform the Courante from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 in this poetic video, created with Noir Film, where music, city, and nature merge in harmony. 🎥 Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/miriam-prand... #johannsebastianbach

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will become Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France from Sept 2026. Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/mirga-grazin... #classicalmusic

The Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko embark on a major Asian tour this November, with concerts in South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Japan. Pianist Pianist Sunwook Kim joins as soloist Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/berlin-philh... @berliner-philharmoniker.de

“I’m no longer a pianist,” said Maria João Pires in a new interview with Renascença, months after announcing she would step away from the stage. The 81-year-old artist reflects on life, change, and the sale of her Belgais Arts Centre. 📖 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/maria-joao-p...

Rei Hotoda will become Music Director of the Las Vegas Philharmonic in July 2026. She described her new post as “an honor” and looks forward to “shaping the Philharmonic’s future together” with its musicians. More info at: moto-perpetuo.com/rei-hotoda-t...

German baritone Eike Wilm Schulte, admired for his refined artistry and long association with the Bayerische Staatsoper and Bayreuth Festival, has died at 86. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/eike-wilm-sc... #rip #eikewilmschulte #Opera

Elżbieta Penderecka, widow of Krzysztof Penderecki and a leading promoter of Polish music, has died at 78. She founded the Beethoven Easter Festival and the Lusławice Music Centre. 📷More info at moto-perpetuo.com/elzbieta-pen... #KrzysztofPenderecki

The Vienna State Opera streams Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande live, conducted by Alain Altinoglu and starring Rolando Villazón, Kate Lindsey and Simon Keenlyside. Free to watch with registration – watch details and full story at moto-perpetuo.com/pelleas-et-m...

Album of the week: Antoine Tamestit plays Morton Feldman’s The Viola in My Life, a meditative cycle where the viola finds its most intimate voice. With the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne conducted by François-Xavier Roth and Harry Ogg. Discover more at moto-perpetuo.com/antoine-tame...

Live streaming on October 31: Nathalie Stutzmann makes her debut with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich, conducting Wagner, Strauss, and Mozart’s Requiem. Watch and read at moto-perpetuo.com/live-wagner-...

The Belgian National Orchestra mourns concertmaster Alexei Mochkov (1968–2025), a defining presence in the ensemble for over 25 years. 🎻 Read more: moto-perpetuo.com/alexei-mochk...

Aurel Dawidiuk, Associate Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, will become General Music Director of the Bochumer Symphoniker from 2026–27. Read more → moto-perpetuo.com/aurel-dawidi... @harrisonparrott.bsky.social

🎶 The Vienna Philharmonic has revealed the program for the 2026 New Year’s Concert — the first to be conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/yannick-neze...

Bernard Labadie returns to lead Les Violons du Roy, the Québec City chamber orchestra he founded in 1984. Read the full story at moto-perpetuo.com/bernard-laba...

Víkingur Ólafsson performs the first movement of Schubert’s Sonata in E minor, D. 566, in this new video from his upcoming album Opus 109 on Deutsche Grammophon. Watch the video and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/vikingurolaf...

French conductor Lucie Leguay will become Music Director of the Sinfonietta de Lausanne from the 2026–27 season. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/lucie-leguay...

Polina Lebedieva joins the Ensemble Intercontemporain as assistant conductor under Pierre Bleuse, beginning in January 2026. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/polina-lebed... @askonasholt.bsky.social

Ted Huffman has been appointed Director General of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, succeeding Pierre Audi. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/ted-huffman-...

The cancellation of Clara Iannotta’s new Violin Concerto in Essen has sparked public statements from the composer, the soloist, and the orchestra about artistic freedom and institutional limits. Read the full story at moto-perpetuo.com/clara-iannot... #carolinwidmann #contemporarymusic

📷 Ekaterine Buachidze and Mihai Damian share the First Prize at Operalia 2025 in Sofia! Discover the full list of winners and highlights from this year’s edition 📷 📷 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/just-in-ekat...

Aozhe Zhang has won the 58th Premio Paganini in Genoa. 🎻 Rino Yoshimoto and Hyun Seo Kim completed the podium in a unanimous decision by the jury chaired by Uto Ughi. ✨ Read the full story at moto-perpetuo.com/aozhe-zhang-... #violin #paganiniviolincompetition

Canadian pianist Élisabeth Pion has won the 2025 Honens International Piano Competition. 🎹 The 30-year-old pianist impressed the jury with performances of Franck and Prokofiev in the final rounds in Calgary. ✨ Read the full story at moto-perpetuo.com/elisabeth-pi... #pianocompetition

Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco opens the new season at Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni in Modena — a new production conducted by Massimo Zanetti and directed by Federico Grazzini. 🎭 Live stream by OperaStreaming 🎥 Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/verdi-nabucc... #opera #verdi

San Francisco Opera unveils a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal — a meditative journey through compassion and transformation, directed by Matthew Ozawa and conducted by Eun Sun Kim. ✨ Read the full story at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc... @sfopera.bsky.social #opera #richardwagner #eunsunkim