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"Shutter Island" with Music by Alfred Schnittke
Music by Alfred Schnittke - Hymnus II for violoncello and double bass - can be heard on the soundtrack to the new film "Shutter Island." The soundtrack was produced by ...

The Vienna Philharmonic to present the world premiere of Peter Ruzicka’s “…ZURÜCKNEHMEN…”
The Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Christian Thielemann will perform the world premiere of the new orchestral work ...

Sikorski Works at the 28th Rassegna di Nuova Musica in Macerata “Vento dell'est” (2 to 15 April 2010)
In 1983 Stefano Scodanibbio founded the festival “Rassegna di Nuova Musica” which takes place in Macerata each year. This spring ...

Ulrich Leyendecker: World Premiere of Viola Concerto in Kaiserslautern
Compared to its little sister, the violin, the viola sounds somewhat more stuffed up. And because it is usually damned to providing sleepily boring accompaniment in ...

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: World Premiere of „... in memoriam ...“ in Freiburg
On 28 February 2010 the Ensemble SurPlus performed the world premiere of the new piece “... in memoriam ...” for bass flute, piano, violoncello and ...

Munich: World Premiere of Daniel Smutny’s “Auf den Flügeln des Gesangs”
“In my piece ‘Auf den Flügeln des Gesangs,’ I am concerned (as in most of my works) with a highly differentiated musical language. Very special sound forms and ...

Wenchen Qin’s “Sounds that Awaken Memories” in a Review
The journal “Ensemble” published the following review of the printed edition SIK 8591 in its current ...

Gubaidulina Festival in Yerevan
The 11th “Perspectives XXI” International Music Festival will be held during the second week of March 2010, this year dedicated to the composer Sofia Gubaidulina after having ...

“Russlandia” at the Dresden Music Festival 2010
The Dresden Music Festival 2010 in May stands under the motto “Russlandia.” Renowned chamber music ensembles such as the Hagen Quartet and the ...

Light Transformed into Sound: World Premiere of Jörn Arnecke’s “Lichtbogen” (Arc of Light) in Göttingen
The young composer Jörn Arnecke, who hails from Hamelin, first confronted the subject of light refractions in minerals in the work for ...

World Premiere in the USA: “Requiem for Icarus” by Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach has already composed a “Russian Requiem” which received its Latvian premiere with the Latvian State Choir on 22 August 2009 in Riga and ...