Vanessa P.: The best Rhythm of the World 

On 14 June 2026, the percussionist Vanessa Porter will make her debut at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Rostock performing the The best rhythm of the world together with Elisa Lázaro Hernando (percussion) and the narrator Malte Arkona. The artists will take the young and the grown-up audience on an interactive, musical journey around the globe and will perform works by J. S. Bach, Astor Piazzolla, Matthias Schmitt, Nebojša Jovan Živković and other composers.

(published on 2 June 2026)

Anu Komsi: Ensemble Intercontemporain

On 5 June 2026, the soprano Anu Komsi will sing again in concert with the Ensemble intercontemporain Paris, this time she will perform György Kurtág’s Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova op. 17 under the baton of the artistic leader Pierre Bleuse at the Cité de la musique Paris. Further works in the concert programme will be the French premieres of Isabel Mundry‘s The I's for voice, ensemble and electronics with the mezzo-soprano Hélène Fauchère and of Márton Illés‘ Four skEtches for ensemble and electronics as well as the world premiere of a new composition by Tobias Feierabend for flute (Emmanuelle Ophèle). IRCAM (Carlo Laurenzi & Augustin Muller) will be responsible for the realization of the electronics. Anu Komsi has already performed with the Ensemble Intercontemporain to great acclaim, interpreting György Kurtág’s Songs to Poems by Anna Akhmatova at the Festival Warsaw Autumn 2013.

(published on 26 May 2026)

Sarah Maria Sun: KunstFestspiele

On 26 May 2026, the soprano Sarah Maria Sun will perform a recital together with her trio at the invitation of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen at the Orangerie Herrenhausen. Together with Jan Philip Schulze (piano) and Kilian Herold (clarinet) she will present her latest Dramedy-Album Silence is Golden in an entertaining concert full of subtle irony. The programme combines humor, passion and virtuosity no matter the musical genre. Romantic repertoire meets Broadway and avantgarde music. Songs like Franz Schubert‘s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Thierry Tidrow‘s Die Flamme, George Gershwin‘s The man I love, Leonard Bernstein‘s What a movie from Trouble in Tahiti, Gustav Mahler‘s Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn and György Ligeti’s Mysteries of the macabre demonstrate the wide spectrum of this trio’s artistry.

On 28 May 2026, Sarah Maria Sun will sing another concert at the Orangerie Herrenhausen at the KunstFestSpiele, this time with the NDR Radiophilharmonie and Jörg Widmann presenting his composition Versuch über die Fuge for soprano, oboe and chamber orchestra, which Sarah performed many times already. Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Symphony for string orchestra No. 10 B minor and Korngold’s Symphonic Serenada for string orchestra B flat major Op. 3 will complete the concert programme.

(published on 20 May 2026)

Sarah S. & Holger F.: AMOPERA in Katowice

On 17 May 2026, the soprano Sarah Maria Sun and the baritone Holger Falk will present the Polish premiere of the meta-opera AMOPERA at the Katowice Culture Nature Festival - NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice. This outstanding production brought on stage by the Klangforum Wien (direction: Tim Anderson) and the Needcompany (staging: Jan Lauwers) already has been premiered and performed in Erl, Wien, Hong Kong, South Korea and Bolzano to great acclaim. This meta-opera intertwines excerpts of works by Luciano Berio, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Zemlinsky, Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten, Peter Maxwell Davis, Iannis Xenakis, Salvatore Sciarrino, Bernhard Lang, Beat Furrer, Rebecca Saunders, Michael Wertmüller and Sara Glojnarić resulting into an impressive music-theatrical evening.
Opera Now states enthusiastically: At the heart of this are soprano Sarah Maria Sun and baritone Holger Falk, who, throughout the evening, morph into a multitude of characters, personalities, and distorted characters - both physically and vocally. (...) While it is certainly a team effort, the success of this production lies in how Sarah Maria Sun and Falk have enigmatically embraced the material. They are our conduit into this world, and it would be very easy to feel alienated if they didn't possess the stage presence to sell it.

(published on 13 May 2026)