June

Swiss Premiere: “An den Mond” by Johannes X. Schachtner
The Swiss premiere of Johannes X. Schachtner’s “An den Mond” (To the Moon) – Schubert-Labyrinth for Octet will be presented on 28 June 2016 in Zurich by Helena Berg ...

Composer in Residence: Giya Kancheli at the Chamber Music Festival in Risør
The Georgian composer Giya Kancheli will be composer in residence at this year’s Chamber Music Festival in Risør, Norway (28.06.-03.07.2016). Sofia Gubaidulina was a guest of the ...

Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch from 24 to 26 June 2016
For the first time, from 24 to 26 June 2016, this year’s Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch will also focus on an important GDR composer. Not only Dmitri Shostakovich, but also Hanns Eisler will be ...

Sofia Gubaidulina Is Capell-Compositrice of the Staatskapelle Dresden Again in 2016/17
Sofia Gubaidulina, who will be celebrating her 85th birthday on 24 October 2016, is again serving as Capell-Compositrice of the Saxon Staatskapelle Dresden for the 2016/17 season. The ...

“Buenos Aires” - New Work by Jan Müller-Wieland
The Bavarian youth ensemble for New Music JU[MB]LE was founded in Munich in 2015 and aims to enthuse and inspire especially gifted young up-and-coming Bavarian musicians for New Music, bringing ...

Eggert’s “Hump and Circumstances” and Schachtner’s “nach’m spiel” in One Concert
The world premiere of Moritz Eggert‘s new chamber orchestral work “Hump and Circumstances” will be presented during the course of the 20th anniversary of the Munich Society for ...

“O Come, Holy Ghost” by Sofia Gubaidulina for the First Time in the Netherlands
Sofia Gubaidulina’s “O Come, Holy Ghost” for soprano, bass, mixed choir and orchestra was commissioned by the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Frauenkirche Foundation in Dresden. The ...

World Premiere: Johannes X. Schachtner’s “Satiericon: Le Fils des étoiles” in Augsburg
The Brass Ensemble of the Leopold Mozart Centre in Augsburg will perform the world premiere of the new work “Satierikon: Le Fils des étoiles” for ten brass players (freely based on ...

“Sogno di Stabat Mater” by Lera Auerbach Receives Swedish Premiere
By order of Gidon Kremer, the Russian-American composer Lera Auerbach made an abridged adaptation of her 2005 work “Dialogues with Stabat Mater” in 2008. This briefer version entitled ...

Russian Premiere of Benjamin Yusupov’s Second Piano Concerto at Platonov Arts Festival 2016
A concert with the Russian-Israeli composer Benjamin Yusupov, supported by the Israeli Consulate in Russia, will take place on 5 June 2016 during the course of the Platonov Arts Festival, named ...

World Premiere: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks plays Eggert’s “Muzak”
The Grammy Award (2015) winner David Robertson will conduct The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) in the world premiere of Moritz Eggert’s ...

Reinhold Glière: 60th Anniversary of His Death on 23 June 2016
The works catalogue of the Russian composer Reinhold Glière is very extensive. The composer, conductor and music pedagogue, who was born in 1874 in Kiev and died in 1956 in Moscow, wrote ...

Vadim Repin Performs Lera Auerbach’s “De profundis” also in Japan
Following the 2015 world premiere in Novosibirsk and the recent Israeli premiere on 5 May 2016 in Rishon LeZion, the star violinist Vadim Repin will now be presenting the Japanese premiere of ...