Alma conducts · Piano
Ho Guom Opera
Wiener KammerOrchester with Alma conducting and at the piano. Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, Schubert and works by Alma, including the world premiere of her Impromptu in B major. With Nadezhda Karyazina and Adrian Eröd.
Alma conducts
Ho Guom Opera
Alma conducts the Wiener KammerOrchester in music by Mozart and Strauss, alongside her own Waltz of the Sirens and Grinzinger Polka. With Nadezhda Karyazina and Adrian Eröd.
Alma conducts
Wiener Konzerthaus · Mozart-Saal
Wiener KammerOrchester. A semi-staged evening presented by Opera Verace.
For Alma Deutscher, music begins with melody. Composing since the age of five, she writes in a lyrical idiom that seeks beauty and intensity of emotion. Her compositions have travelled from concert halls and opera houses on three continents to millions of listeners online.
Known in her early years as a violinist and pianist, she has been conducting since she was sixteen. From the podium, in her own works as in the classical and romantic repertoire, she brings to the audience her vision of beauty and the emotional power of music.
More about Alma“One of the greatest musical talents of our time.”Zubin Mehta
Opera in focus
“…the once-in-a-lifetime opera-going event that had audiences standing and cheering.”Opera Today
A composer and a poet find each other through a melody. Alma’s reimagining makes music the heart of the familiar story.
“…the once-in-a-lifetime opera-going event that had audiences standing and cheering.”Opera Today
“Alma Deutscher is a stick of dynamite.”Le Figaro
Improvisation in focus
Alma began improvising melodies at the piano when she was three, and improvisation remains at the heart of her composing. Sometimes, at the end of a concert, she invites the audience to choose four notes and creates a piece around them on the spot. Some of these improvisations later grow into full compositions.
Watch Alma improvise at Suntory Hall, Tokyo ↗ Explore more improvisations on YouTube ↗
“Alma Deutscher is a stick of dynamite.”Le Figaro
The spirit of Vienna
“The ‘Siren Sounds’ Waltz releases gravity-defying waves of sound from the orchestra, deploying cymbal and snare, tuba and trumpet, to achieve musical effervescence.”The New Criterion
Vienna’s dance tradition runs deep in Alma’s music. This waltz was inspired by the distinctive sirens of Austrian police cars, which she first heard when she moved to Vienna at the age of twelve. Its performance at Carnegie Hall has been watched millions of times on YouTube and social media, and a recording by the London Symphony Orchestra will be released in 2027.
“The ‘Siren Sounds’ Waltz releases gravity-defying waves of sound from the orchestra, deploying cymbal and snare, tuba and trumpet, to achieve musical effervescence.”The New Criterion
“The poetry of Franz Schubert, the melancholy of Chopin, the grace, lightness and brilliance of Mozart – all this can be found in Deutscher’s piano miniatures…”Saarländischer Rundfunk
“Alma is a force of nature.”Sir Simon Rattle
“To find a voice as original and as uplifting
as Alma Deutscher’s, is more than a gift –
it is hope.”OperaWire
