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14 AUGUST 2026 · PALS, SPAIN The next Art Song Challenge concert takes baritone Mikhail Timoshenko and pianist Elitsa Desseva to the Schubertíada in Catalonia. As recipients of a concert prize at the Art Song Challenge 2025, the duo will perform Franz Schubert’s monumental song cycle Winterreise, D. 911. Their interpretation combines dramatic intensity, sensitive musical dialogue and a strong sense of storytelling. The concert is part of the Art Song Challenge’s commitment to

Art Song Challenge 2025 Audience Award winner Gerda Iguchi takes her genre-defying artistry to some of Europe’s major stages as the new vocalist of experimental metal band IGORRR. What happens when an operatic voice meets electronic sound, baroque music and extreme metal? For mezzo-soprano, composer and transcriber Gerda Iguchi, these musical worlds have never been separate. In 2025, Gerda became one of the five finalists of the Art Song Challenge, selected from more than 130