+++ Tora Augestad in Beat Furrer’s 'Wüstenbuch' in Basel and Berlin: In Beat Furrer’s new music theatre piece Wüstenbuch, which will receive its premiere in Basel on 15 March and its German Premiere at MaerzMusik Berlin on 27 March, Tora Augestad will sing one of the two leading parts. The production is stage directed by Christoph Marthaler.

+++ Jérémie Rhorer in two opera productions in Brussels and Paris: From mid-March to early April, Jérémie Rhorer can be seen at two major European opera houses. At the Opéra Comique in Paris he will conduct his orchestra Le Cercle de l’Harmonie with Grétry’s opera L'Amant jaloux, and at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels he will conduct Mozart’s Idomeneo.

+++ The New Helsinki Quartet will perform Finnish pieces at the Lincoln Center: On 16 and 18 March, the New Helsinki Quartet will follow an invitation of the Chamber Music Society and perform works by Finnish composers in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York.

+++ Claire Huangci wins the 8th National Chopin Piano Competition of the United States: “Everything she played was so polished, so beautiful. It was an unanimous decision” - the jury of the 8th National Chopin Piano Competition of the United States has just awarded the 1st Prize to 19 year old pianist Claire Huangci.

+++ Caroline Stein sings Wagner at the Opéra Bastille: As Woglinde in a new production of Wagner's Rheingold, directed by Günter Krämer, Caroline Stein can be heard in Paris from 4 to 28 March. The Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris will play under the baton of Philippe Jordan.

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