Iveta Apkalna will be performing alongside the WDR Symphony Orchestra on an extensive concert tour of Germany and Austria in October 2026. Under the baton of the new principal conductor, Marie Jacquot, the Latvian organist will be making guest appearances at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the German-speaking world. The tour will also feature the renowned violist Antoine Tamestit.

The tour kicks off on 14 October with the WDR Happy Hour at the Konzerthaus Dortmund. This will be followed by concerts on 16 and 17 October at the Kölner Philharmonie, with the performance on 17 October being streamed live on ARD Klassik and via WDR’s online channels. The tour then moves on to the Brucknerhaus in Linz (20 October), the Congress Innsbruck (21 October) and, for two concerts, the Festspielhaus in Salzburg (22 and 23 October). The tour concludes with a guest performance at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg on 25 October.

The programme centres on Camille Saint-Saëns’ monumental Symphony No. 3, the ‘Organ Symphony’, in which Iveta Apkalna takes on the solo part. The concert is rounded off by Richard Wagner’s overture to Tannhäuser and Thierry Escaich’s viola concerto La Nuit des Chants, with Antoine Tamestit as soloist.

The tour is one of Marie Jacquot’s first major projects in her new role as Principal Conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra and offers a rare opportunity to experience Iveta Apkalna performing Saint-Saëns’ famous ‘Organ Symphony’ in no fewer than seven renowned concert halls across Germany and Austria.