Thierry Fischer launched the 2026/27 season of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León (OSCyL) in Valladolid on 1 and 2 October, in a programme pairing Haydn’s Symphony No. 1 and Oboe Concerto, with soloist François Leleux, and a selection from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. The new season takes “Audacity” as its theme. Having completed...

This September, Thierry Fischer conducts a new production of Frank Martin’s “La Tempête” at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Directed by Netia Jones and co-produced with the Opéra national du Rhin, this new staging brings Fischer back to a work he has long championed—having previously conducted it in concert in 2008 and recorded it for...

Thierry Fischer opens the 2026 season of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (Osesp) at Sala São Paulo with a striking program juxtaposing Bach, Stockhausen and Beethoven this week. The concerts feature Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 in Villa-Lobos’ orchestral arrangement, Stockhausen’s spatial masterpiece Gruppen, and Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9. The...