Conductor

The highly anticipated North American premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas' monumental concert installation 11,000 Strings brings the ensemble to the city of the composer’s tenure at Columbia University. For six performances, the Drill Hall of the Park Avenue Armory in New York will be transformed into an immersive sonic experience. 50 pianos and Klangforum Wien will envelop listeners in a variety of sonic environments, from chillingly tender melodic motifs to the thunderous roar of a looming weather storm. This unforgettable experience showcases Haas’s focus on the human dimension in his experimentalism while creating a new way of listening.

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11,000 Strings at the Park Avenue Armory, New York

Park Avenue Armory

After the fall of Troy, Princess Cassandra is abducted by Agamemnon to Mycenae, where certain death awaits her. In a final spiritual effort, she recalls past events and emotions, analyzes them, and interprets them: the abduction of Helen, which triggered the war; her own love for Aeneas and her hatred of "Achilles the Beast"; the increasingly authoritarian atmosphere within Troy in the face of external threats; and finally, the death of her family and the end of her hometown. The priestess and seer Cassandra had foreseen the catastrophes, but no one would believe her.

Cassandra

Mozarteum Foundation

The Frenchman Pierre Boulez and the American Elliott Carter met for the first time in Paris in the early 1950s. A friendship for life immediately developed between these composers. The Ensemble Musikfabrik and Bas Wiegers now commemorate these two important composers of modernism with cult pieces of new music. And one of the soloists is pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who owes a lot to Boulez and Carter.

Ensemble Musikfabrik

Museum Ludwig

Bas Wiegers conducts works by LutosŁawski, Saariaho and Debussy

Freiburg Concert Hall

In order to get to know the sound down to its most mysterious ramifications, Kaija Saariaho simply put it "under the microscope". In 2023, the great Finnish composer died in her adopted home of Paris. Together with violinist Carolin Widmann, the SWR Symphony Orchestra remembers this magician of intermediate and microtones.

Carolin Widmann | SWR Symphony Orchestra | Bas Wiegers

Bas Wiegers conducts works by Lutosławski, Sariaaho and Debussy

Cologne Philharmonie

Kultur- & Kongresszentrum Liederhalle

Tania Kross sings arias from the first opera in Papiamentu and cabaret songs about Amsterdam. Bas Wiegers conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in works by Revueltas and Verbey and a world premiere by Calliope Tsoupaki.

Amsterdam 750

The Concertgebouw

Opera with a text by Händl Klaus (definitive version, 2015-2018, premiered in 2019)

Part of the performance takes place in complete darkness.
Concert performance.

Conductor

Bas Wiegers

Events

Upcoming events

May 2, 2026

Music of the time #GRAPE · WDR Sinfonieorchester

Past events

Sep 30 - Oct 7, 2025

11,000 Strings at the Park Avenue Armory, New York · Klangforum Wien

Jul 23, 2025

Cassandra · Salzburger Festspiele

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Little Suite by Lutosławski

Kölner Philharmonie

Conductor in Graal théâtre by Saariaho

Kölner Philharmonie

Conductor in La mer by Debussy

Kölner Philharmonie

Conductor in Domaines by Boulez

Kölner Philharmonie

Conductor in Verblendungen by Saariaho

Kölner Philharmonie

Conductor in Double Concerto by Carter

Kölner Philharmonie

Conductor in Notturno by Verbey

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conductor in Meisje uit de provinsie in het magies sentrum by Stokkermans

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conductor in Zo tolerant by Stokkermans

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conductor in Another Day by Tsoupaki

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conductor in Cuauhnáhuac by Revueltas

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conductor in Katibu di Shon by Corsen

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conductor in Los Caprichos by Henze

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Conductor in Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Žuraj

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Conductor in Symphony No. 3 by Henze

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Conductor in 11.000 Saiten by Haas

Klangforum Wien

Conductor in Koma by Haas

Klangforum Wien

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