December

Festival “Culturescapes” in Azerbaijan with Franghiz Ali-Zadeh’s Cello Concerto
In the current issue of the Neue Musikzeitung (December 2009) there is a report by Barbara Haack well worth reading (p.4) about the Basle Sinfonietta’s concert tour to Azerbaijan. During the ...

Ins Dunkle, ins Offene – Documentation on Peter Ruzicka, 18 December on Bavarian Television
The poet Paul Celan has played a major role in Peter Ruzicka’s works for decades. His opera “Celan” was composed in 2000. This was one of the main reasons why the Munich author and ...

World Premiere of Moritz Eggert’s “Tetragrammaton” for String Orchestra in Stuttgart
The world premiere of Moritz Eggert’s new instrumental work “Tetragrammaton” for string orchestra will take place on 15 December 2009 at the ...

Alfred Schnittke’s 75th Birthday: Little-Known Statements of the Composer Who Died in 1998
Alfred Schnittke’s 75th birthday on 24 November will be commemorated worldwide with concerts, festivals and special events. The NDR will broadcast a ...

Manuel Munzlinger: World Premiere of the “BaRock concerto” in Berlin
Manuel Munzlinger’s “BaRock concerto” will be given its world premiere performance on 19 December 2009 at the Cathedral in Berlin. Munzlinger (oboist and conductor) and his ...