December

Lukasz Kuropaczewski Brings Meyer’s “Triptych” to Poland again
The Polish guitarist Łukasz Kuropaczewski gave a guest performance on 27 November 2015 at the Antwerp Guitar Festival with Krzysztof Meyer’s solo guitar ...

Sofia Gubaidulina’s Viola Concerto Recorded with a Newly Adapted Solo Part
The Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by Sofia Gubaidulina composed in 1996  begins rather sparsely, for – as the composer says – her idea was ...

Georgy Sviridov - 100th Birthday
After attending the music school in Kursk, Georgy Sviridov, whose 100th birthday we shall be commemorating on 16 December 2015, moved to Leningrad in order to study piano and composition ...

Two Shostakovich Albums Nominated for the Grammy Award in 2016
The nominations for the renowned “Grammy” Award have just been announced at the end of 2015. The stirring recording, released by Deutsche Grammophon, of the Boston Symphony Orchestra under ...

Italian Premiere: Moritz Eggert‘s “Pulse” in Florence
Moritz Eggert‘s orchestral work “Pulse”, composed in the year 2001, will now be given its Italian premiere on 17 December 2015 in Florence. The Orchestra del Maggio Musicale ...

American Premiere: “Fachwerk” by Sofia Gubaidulina in Berkeley
During the course of the “Zellerbach Hall Series“ the bayan player Geir Draugsvoll and the Berkeley Symphony will present the American premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina‘s ...

New CDs with music by Krzysztof Meyer
The pianist Marek Szlezer has now issued the second CD of his complete recording of the piano works of his compatriot Krzysztof Meyer. It contains Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 to 6, which were composed ...