Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has received the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, awarded at London’s Royal Festival Hall. 👉Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/vikingur-ola... #vikingurolafsson

Jonas Kaufmann’s Doppelgänger: Schumann cycles with Helmut Deutsch, paired with rare 1994 student tracks. A dialogue across time. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/jonas-kaufma... #schumann #jonaskaufmann

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir sings Arvo Pärt at 90 ✨ Filmed at the Philharmonie de Paris with Tõnu Kaljuste. 🎶 An all-Pärt programme now streaming on Stage+. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/estonian-phi... #arvopart

Beatrice Venezi will be the next Music Director of La Fenice 🎶 starting in October 2026. The appointment has sparked controversy, with unions protesting the process and media pointing to her political ties. 👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/beatrice-ven... #teatrolafenice #opera

Yuja Wang will return to the Curtis Institute of Music in 2026–27 as Artist Collaborator, Piano, mentoring students and leading artistic collaborations. 👉 Read at moto-perpetuo.com/yuja-wang-cu... #curtisinstitute #yujawang

Pekka Kuusisto will be the next Chief Conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, starting April 2028 after a two-year residency. 🎻 👉 moto-perpetuo.com/pekka-kuusis...

Live on Medici.tv: Verdi’s Otello from Madrid’s Teatro Real 🎶 Brian Jagde, Asmik Grigorian, Igor Golovatenko & Nicola Luisotti. Watch details at moto-perpetuo.com/verdi-otello... #otello #verdi

German-Japanese conductor Elias Grandy will become Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in the 2026/27 season, succeeding Petr Popelka. 👉 Read at moto-perpetuo.com/elias-grandy...

British conductor Alexander Shelley has been named Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, starting Sept 2026. He also takes up the Pacific Symphony in the same season. 🎶 👉 Read at moto-perpetuo.com/alexander-sh... #nationalsymphonyorchestraofireland #alexandershelley

What if the double bass replaced the cello in Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6? 🎻 Spanish bassist Uxía Martínez Botana reshapes the sound of a masterpiece. 👉 Watch and read at moto-perpetuo.com/uxia-martine...

Deutsche Oper Berlin reshapes its musical leadership from 2026: Maxime Pascal & Michele Spotti named Principal Guest Conductors, Titus Engel as Conductor in Residence. Full story 👉 moto-perpetuo.com/deutsche-ope... #opera #berlin

✨ Young Talents ✨ Argentine composer Alex Nante has forged a unique sound world, with his music performed by Kent Nagano, Gustavo Dudamel, and François-Xavier Roth. 👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/alex-nante-i... #alexnante #contemporarymusic

Simone Young has extended her tenure with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra through 2029 and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Sydney 🎓🎶 👉 moto-perpetuo.com/simone-young... PH: Fiona Wolf/University of Sydney

Xian Zhang has been named Principal Guest Conductor of the China NCPA Orchestra, while continuing as Music Director in New Jersey and Seattle. More at moto-perpetuo.com/xian-zhang-c...

François-Xavier Roth opens his tenure as chief conductor of the SWR Symphonieorchester with Schubert, Rebel & Berio. 📍 Stuttgart, 19 Sept – free livestream on ARD Klassik YouTube. Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/francois-xav...

Alexandre Bloch has been appointed Music Director of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, beginning in 2026–27. Marc Korovitch expands his role as Chief Conductor of the Choir and Principal Guest Conductor of the orchestra. 👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/alexandre-bl...

George Benjamin succeeds Kaija Saariaho at France’s Académie des beaux-arts. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/george-benja... #georgebenjamin #kaijasaariaho

Antonio Pappano & Seong-Jin Cho open the @londonsymphony season with Shostakovich’s 9th, Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto & Beethoven’s 5th. 👉 Find where to watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/antonio-papp... @londonsymphony.bsky.social

From TikTok to Hamburg: Daria Challah takes her Herbert Music community to the Elbphilharmonie as new Creator in Residence. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/daria-challa... @elbphilharmonie.de

🎹 Daniil Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Silver) in Pletnev’s piano transcription — part of a full concert on Stage+ and a preview of his upcoming album. 👉 Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/trifonov-tch...

RPO strengthens its artistic team: 🎶 John Rutter – Artist Laureate 🎶 Emilia Hoving – Associate Conductor 🎶 Kevin John Edusei – Conductor-in-Residence Season opens 24 Sept at the Royal Albert Hall with Symphonic Queen. Read more: moto-perpetuo.com/royal-philha...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra names Timothy Higgins principal trombone, succeeding Jay Friedman — principal since 1964 — who retired after 63 years with the CSO. 🎺 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/timothy-higg... @chicagosymphony.bsky.social

Ovations in Berlin 🎶 After Ghent cancelled them, Lahav Shani & the Munich Phil performed at Musikfest with @lisabatiashvili More info at moto-perpetuo.com/lahav-shani-...

The #ARDCompetition 2025 has crowned its winners in Munich 🎶 🥇 Clarinet: Elad Navon 🥇 Piano: Liya Wang 🥇 Trumpet: Robin Paillet Full results at moto-perpetuo.com/ard-competit...

San Francisco Symphony and its musicians have reached a tentative 3-year contract 📷 15% salary increases, top-tier pension, health benefits & 10 weeks’ vacation — avoiding a strike as the new season begins. 📷 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc... #sanfranciscosymphony

🎶 After being cancelled in Ghent, the Munich Philharmonic and conductor Lahav Shani will now appear at Musikfest Berlin, in a programme re-staged as an act of solidarity. 👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/musikfest-be... #israel #gaza #munichphilarmonic #lahavshani

Herbert Blomstedt, who first conducted the Oslo Philharmonic in 1960, has been named Honorary Conductor at age 98. 🎶 Watch the video and read more 👉 moto-perpetuo.com/herbert-blom... #herbertblomstedt #oslophilarmonic

🎹 New Moto Pick: Javier Perianes – Scarlatti Sonatas 15 works that show the many faces of Scarlatti, brought to life by one of Spain’s finest pianists. 👉 Read at moto-perpetuo.com/javier-peria... #scarlatti #javierperianes

Gounod’s Faust from Opéra de Lille, directed by Denis Podalydès and conducted by Louis Langrée, streaming for free on @operavision.eu 👉 Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/gounod-faust... #faust #opera

The Hallé appoints Rachel Helleur-Simcock as Section Leader, Cello. After 16 years with the Berlin Philharmonic, she debuts on 25 Sept with Elgar’s Cello Concerto under Kahchun Wong. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/rachel-helle... PH: Johann Sebastian Hänel-Digital Concert Hall

Musicians rally against Ghent cancellation: A petition by Mahan Esfahani calls on Flanders Festival to reinstate the Munich Phil concert with Lahav Shani. Signed by Argerich, Capuçon, Schiff & more. 👉 moto-perpetuo.com/petition-ghe... #LahavShani #Israel #Gaza

Teddy Abrams will succeed Ara Guzelimian as artistic and executive director of the Ojai Music Festival, starting September 2026. His first edition will be in June 2027. Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the 80th Festival in 2026. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/teddy-abrams...

Flanders Festival Ghent has cancelled the Munich Philharmonic’s concert with Lahav Shani over his role at the Israel Philharmonic. Munich officials denounce the move. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/flanders-fes...

📷 Video of the week — Mahan Esfahani plays Bach’s Fugue in G major, BWV 860 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. This marks a major milestone in his project to record all of Bach’s keyboard works. 📷 Watch and read at moto-perpetuo.com/mahan-esfaha...

Six new musicians join the San Francisco Symphony 🎻 But their first concerts may be overshadowed by a strike authorization and leadership tensions after Salonen’s departure. 👉 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc...

The Orchestre national d’Île-de-France has named Pablo González its next Music Director. He takes up the post in September 2027 for four seasons. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/pablo-gonzal...

📷 Yifan Wu has won the 65th Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Haydn Orchestra under George Pehlivanian. 📷 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/yifan-wu-win... #busonipianocompetition

Christoph von Dohnányi, former Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra and one of the most important German conductors of his generation, has died in Munich at the age of 95. 👉 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/christoph-vo... #ChristophvonDohnányi #clevelandorchestra

The Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition concluded in Parma with Stepan Armasar (25, Russia) winning first prize and the Audience Prize. 👉 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/stepan-armas... #latoscanini #conductingcompetition

Arjan Tien has been named Principal Conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra from 2026. Bernhard Gueller is honoured as Conductor Laureate for Life. 👉More info at moto-perpetuo.com/arjan-tien-c...

Mahler’s Titan roars from Hamburg! 🌍✨ The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra opens its new season with Alan Gilbert and Kirill Gerstein in Strauss, Rachmaninov, and Mahler. Free streaming. 👉 Read more and find where to watch at moto-perpetuo.com/mahler-1-elb...

Andris Nelsons extends his tenure as Gewandhauskapellmeister until 2032. Plans ahead: new composer festivals, recordings with DG, and projects with the Boston Symphony and Leipzig Opera. 👉More info at moto-perpetuo.com/andris-nelso...

Daniel Barenboim suffered a fall and shoulder injury and will be unable to appear at the Grafenegg Festival finale. Rudolf Buchbinder will instead perform Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 with the Tonkünstler Orchestra. 👉 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/barenboim-ca...

The Vienna State Opera opens its 2025–26 season with a free open-air gala in the Burggarten 🌿🎶 With Garanča, Yoncheva, Kaufmann, Bernheim & more. Find where to watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/vienna-state...

Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro bring Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas to life in a stellar Warner Classics recording. Voices, continuo, and chorus in perfect balance. 👉 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/dido-aeneas-...

The Met Opera will perform in Saudi Arabia for three weeks each winter from 2028, in a deal expected to bring $100M, reports NYT. The partnership comes as the Met faces one of its toughest financial crises. 👉More info at moto-perpetuo.com/met-opera-sa...

Our Moto Rec: Alisa Weilerstein & Czech Philharmonic in Richard Blackford’s The Recovery of Paradise (Mvmt IV), released on Pentatone. A concerto of the elements, resilience & renewal. 👉 moto-perpetuo.com/alisa-weiler...

Breaking: Finnish conductor John Storgårds will be the next Music Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, starting in the 2026–27 season. Read more at 👉 moto-perpetuo.com/john-storgar...

Alyssa Wang has been named Music Director of Cape Symphony. Her debut comes in December with Holiday on the Cape. 🎻 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/alyssa-wang-...

Breaking news: Esa-Pekka Salonen will be the next music director of the Orchestre de Paris in 2027 🎶 He also returns to LA as Creative Director of the Philharmonic. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/esa-pekka-sa... @orchestredeparis.bsky.social #laphil #esapekkasalonen