Dorn Music

Anna Handler (Anna Handler Orchestral Conductor) conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Boston Symphony Orchestra) at Tanglewood (Tanglewood) this Friday, in a program celebrating music and dance with the Martha Graham Dance Company (Martha Graham Dance Company).

The evening features Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Christopher Rountree’s For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein), and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

🗓 FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 • 8 PM
📍 LENOX, MA – Tanglewood Festival, Koussevitzky Music Shed
🎟 https://www.bso.org/events/august-14-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-08-14-20%3A00

🎼 PROGRAM
AARON COPLAND
Appalachian Spring
CHRISTOPHER ROUNTREE
For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

ARTISTS
Anna Handler, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Martha Graham Dance Company
Janet Eilber, artistic director

Photo: Peter Rigaud

Toi toi toi to Anna Handler Orchestral Conductor for her performance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood Music Festival on Friday, Aug 14!

This Friday (8/14): A classic American ballet comes to Tanglewood for the first time when the BSO celebrates the 100th anniversary of legendary dancer and choreographer Martha Graham with a performance of Copland's "Appalachian Spring." Don't miss dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company performing Graham's choreography. Plus, hear BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler and the BSO perform Christopher Rountree's "For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)" and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony → bit.ly/4nup15J

📣 JUST ANNOUNCED: Tarmo Peltokoski will
conduct Richard Wagner's Lohengrin at the 2027
Bayreuther Festspiele! ✨

This new production will be realized by a stellar team including:

Director: ILARIA LANZINO
Stage Design: MARTIN HICKMANN
Costume Design: VANESSA RUST

König Heinrich: GEORG ZEPPENFELD
Lohengrin: MICHAEL SPYRES (Michael Spyres - BariTenor)
Elsa von Brabant: ELSA DREISIG (Elsa Dreisig)
Friedrich von Telramund: JORDAN SHANAHAN (Jordan Shanahan, Baritone)
Ortrud: JUDIT KUTASI

More information coming soon, including performance dates and times.

Photo credit (Peltokoski): Peter Rigaud

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO / Latvian National Symphony Orchestra), the State Choir LATVIJA, and a stellar cast of Wagnerian singers.

The Cēsis Art Festival and the Cēsis Concert Hall (Mākslas festivāls Cēsis Koncertzāle Cēsis) continue their ongoing tradition of “Cēsis Wagneriana” with this concert performance.

🗓 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 • 6PM
🗓 SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 • 4PM
📍 CĒSIS - Cēsis Concert Hall
🎟️ https://www.lnso.lv/en/event-list/cesis-art-festival-richard-wagner-lohengrin

ARTISTS:
Lohengrin – Johan Krogius (Johan Krogius)
Elsa – Vida Miknevičiūtė (Vida Mikneviciute)
Ortrud – Tuija Knihtila
Friedrich – Markus Marquardt
Heinrich – Timo Riihonen (Timo Riihonen)
The King’s Herald – Rihards Mačanovskis
The State Academic Choir “Latvija”
The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski

Pianist Colin Pütz (Colin Pütz) performs Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata and Chopin’s complete set of four Ballades at the Festival International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron (Festival International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron).

🗓 FRIDAY, JULY 17 • 4 PM
📍 LA ROQUE-D’ANTHÉRON – Auditorium Centre Marcel Pagnol
🎟 https://www.festival-piano.com/fpr_spectacle/17-07-26-16h-marcel-pagnol-colin-putz/

🎼 PROGRAM
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Photo: Peter Rigaud

Pianist Martin Helmchen () performs an exciting program of chamber music at the Aldeburgh Festival (Britten Pears Arts) this weekend with violinist Vilde Frang & Friends.

🗓️ SATURDAY, JUNE 27 • 11 AM
📍 SNAPE MALTINGS – Britten Studio
🎟️ https://www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/vilde-frang-and-friends

🎼 PROGRAM:
György Kurtág:
Signs, Games and Messages, for solo cello
Brahms:
Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38
Bartók:
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1
Kodály:
Serenade, Op.12

ARTISTS:
Vilde Frang violin
Aylen Pritchin violin Aylen Pritchin
Lawrence Power viola Lawrence Power
Guy Johnston cello Guy Johnston
Martin Helmchen piano

Photo: Peter Rigaud

This month, Anna Handler (Anna Handler Orchestral Conductor) conducts two performances of Bizet’s Carmen and one performance of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Deutsche Oper Berlin) in her position as Kappellmeisterin.

🗓️ SUNDAY, JUNE 7 - Carmen
🗓️ FRIDAY, JUNE 12 - Carmen
🗓️ SUNDAY, JUNE 14 - Zauberflöte
📍 BERLIN – Deutsche Oper Berlin
🎟️ https://tickets.deutscheoperberlin.de/webshop/webticket/seatmap?eventId=11615

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse () and Music Director Tarmo Peltokoski begin their tour of Japan this week, featuring pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii (). The program includes Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Mahler’s “Tragic” Symphony No. 6.

We are proud to manage the ONCT tour of Japan and wish a heartfelt Toi toi toi to the musicians and the entire team!

Tickets and more information are available at the links below, and on the website, linked in our bio.

🗓️ FRIDAY, JUNE 6
📍 KUMAMOTO – Kumamoto Prefectural Theater Concert Hall ()
🎟️ https://www.kengeki.or.jp/audienceperform/2026-onct-tsujii

🗓️ SATURDAY, JUNE 7
📍 HYOGO – Hyogo Performing Arts Centre ()
🎟️ https://www.asahi.co.jp/symphony/event/detail.php?id=2773

🗓️ SUNDAY, JUNE 8
📍 TOKYO – Suntory Hall
🎟️ https://www.ints.co.jp/tarmoonct2026.html

🗓️ MONDAY, JUNE 9
📍 KAWASAKI – Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall ()
🎟️ https://www.ints.co.jp/tarmoonct2026.html

🗓️ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
📍 NAGOYA – Aichi Prefectural Art Theater ()
🎟️ https://www.tokai-tv.com/events/scc2026_toulouse/

🗓️ FRIDAY, JUNE 13
📍 KITARA – Sapporo Concert Hall ()
🎟️ https://www.kitara-sapporo.or.jp/en/event/event_detail.php?num=6963

Tour presented by Avex Classics International

Following this weekend’s hugely successful performance at the Halle aux Grains, Music Director Tarmo Peltokoski takes the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse () and pianist Alexandre Kantorow () to the Philharmonie de Paris () for a SOLD OUT program featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Mahler’s 6th Symphony.

🗓️ TUESDAY, JUNE 2 • 8 PM
📍 PARIS – Philharmonie de Paris - Grande salle Pierre Boulez
🎟️ https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/activite/28199?itemId=140675

🎼 PROGRAM:
BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 4
MAHLER - Symphony No. 6

Pianist Martin Helmchen () joins the Chicago Symphony Orchestra () and conductor David Afkham for four consecutive nights this week, to perform Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1.

🗓️ THURSDAY, MAY 28 • 7:30 PM
🗓️ FRIDAY, MAY 29 • 1:30 PM
🗓️ SATURDAY, MAY 30 • 7:30 PM
🗓️ SUNDAY, MAY 31 • 3:00 PM
📍 CHICAGO – Symphony Center
🎟️ https://cso.org/performances/25-26/cso-classical/brahms-strauss-ravel-la-valse/

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