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30 and 31 October 2026
Haute École de Musique de Genève
Masterclasses and lectures around György Kurtág
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16, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26 September 2026
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Frank Martin : La Tempête
Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Thierry Fischer, conductor
Arnaud Arbet, stage music conductor
Friday 17 July 2026 – 15:00
Setagaya Museum of Arts – Tokyo – Japan
Schönberg, Webern, Berg, Debussy, Messiaen, Takemitsu, Hosokawa
Le Seuil Musical
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
Monday 13 July 2026 – 10:00
Koiwa Shion Church – Tokyo – Japan
Lecture « The music of the 20th and 21st centuries »
Friday 29 May 2026 – 9 a.m.
ISCM – World new music days 2026 in Bucharest
Lecture « Five years as György Kurtág’s assistant during the composition of his opera Fin de partie (2014-2019) »
Saturday 11 April 2026 – 10:00
Conservatoire Charles Munch, 11th arrondissement of Paris
Masterclasses around György Kurtág’s music
Sunday 5 April 2026 – 18:30
Bucharest National Opera
Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro
Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
Thursday 11 December 2025 – 19:00
French Embassy in Berlin
J.S. Bach – György Kurtág : 2 transcriptions for piano 4-hands
Arbet : Trois Offrandes (extraits)
Arnaud Arbet and Kyoko Nojima, piano
J.S. Bach : O Mensch, bewein Dein’ Sünde gross (arrangement for ensemble)
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
Sunday 30 November 2025 – 15:00 and 17:30
Relais artistique du Diois – Die – France
Orchestre de Chambre de la Drôme – Le Seuil Musical
Lecture « Brève histoire de la musique des XXème et XXIème siècles »
Saturday 29 November 2025 – 10:00 to 17:00
Conservatoire du 11ème arrondissement de Paris
Masterclasses and lecture « György Kurtág : le simple et le complexe »
7 September 2025 – 16:30
George Enescu International Festival
Romanian Atheneum – Bucharest – Romania
Kurtág : Fin de partie
Hilary Summers : Nell
Frode Olsen : Hamm
Leigh Melrose : Clov
Leonardo Cortellazzi : Nagg
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
1-17 August 2025
Young Euro Classic – Berlin
Chairman of the jury of the European Composition Competition
25 May 2025 – 19:00
France Musique
Radio Broadcast : « Repassez-moi l’standard » (Laurent Valero)
Arbet : « démarquage » on the jazz standard « Taking a chance on love »
17 December 2024 – 19:00
Librairie 7L – Paris – France
Memphis, the Postmodernism and Ligeti
Webern : Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano op. 22
Ligeti : Le Grand Macabre (excerpts at the piano)
Musical discussion between Arnaud Arbet and Jean-Louis Gaillemin
Le Seuil Musical
Yoichiro Ueno, violon
Takahiro Katayama, clarinet
Nicolas Mizen, tenor saxophone
Kyoko Nojima, piano
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
23, 24 October 2024 – 19:00
Romanian Atheneum – Bucharest – Romania
Fauré : Pavane (version with choir)
Saint-Saëns : First Concerto for piano and orchestra
Debussy : Nocturnes
Ravel : Boléro
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
David Kadouch, piano
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
12 September 2024 – 19:00
Norrlandsoperan – Umeå – Sweden
Unsuk Chin : Subito con forza
Mozart : Concerto for clarinet and orchestra K. 622
Bartók : Dances of Transylvania
Stravinsky : Pulcinella Suite
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
24 May 2024 – 18:00
Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing – France
Arbet : La Corbeille de fruits for baritone and piano (texts Rabindranath Tagore) – WORLD PREMIERE
Arbet : 5 Fables de La Fontaine, divertissement for soprano, baritone and orchestra (here in the piano reduction) – WORLD PREMIERE
And also with works by Berg, Schönberg, Bartók and Stravinsky
Le Seuil Musical
Alexandra Untiedt, soprano
Vincent le Texier, bass-baritone
Kyoko Nojima, piano
Arnaud Arbet, presentation
8 May 2024 – 19:00
Romanian Atheneum- Bucharest
Arbet : Nonsense Songs for choir a capella (texts Edward Lear) – WORLD PREMIERE (Nr. 1 and 3)
Among other works
Choir of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
12 March 2024 – 19:00
Libraire 7L – Paris
Schönberg : First Chamber Symphony op. 9
Le Seuil Musical
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
Dialogue between Alexandre Devals and Arnaud Arbet about « crossing the thresholds in art at the beginning of the 20th century ».
7 March 2024 – 19:30
Musée en Musique – Musée de Grenoble – France
Debussy, Webern, Berg, Schönberg
Le Seuil Musical
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
6 March 2024 – 19:30
Conservatoire of Aubervilliers – France
Debussy, Webern, Berg, Schönberg
Le Seuil Musical
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
4 March 2024 – 10:00
University of Musicology – Grenoble – France
Lecture about the concert of the Ensemble Le Seuil Musical, March 7 at Musée en Musique (Debussy, Webern, Berg, Schönberg)
26 September 2023 – 18:30
Suntory Hall – Blue Rose – Tokyo – Japan
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Schönberg, a.o.
Tokyo Paris Ensemble Orchestra
Arnaud Arbet, conductor
17 September 2023 – 16:30
George Enescu International Festival
Romanian Athenaeum – Bucharest – Romania
Ligeti : Le Grand Macabre (French version)
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Arnaud Arbet, conductor