September

Concerts on the Occasion of the 110th Birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich in Lisbon
Memorial concerts on the occasion of the 110th birthday of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who died in 1975, will be given in Lisbon on 23 and 25 September 2016, performed by the ...

Krzysztof Meyer’s New Work Commissioned by the Kraków Philharmonic
The Polish composer Krzysztof Meyer has written his new orchestral work “Metamorphoses” in response to a commission in honour of the 70th jubilee of the Chopin Music School in ...

New Work by Marko Nikodijevic at the Alte Oper Frankfurt
Marko Nikodijevic’s “ABSOLUTIO. Postlude for orchestra” was commissioned by the Alte Oper Frankfurt in cooperation with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony with the generous support of the ...

“Islands” by Gerald Resch Given World Premiere
The world premiere of the orchestral work “Islands” by the Austrian composer Gerald Resch will be presented during the course of the Romanian radio festival “RadiRo” in ...

Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs World Premiere of Cruixent’s “Big Data”
The American conductor Leonard Slatkin is beginning his ninth season as principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). Amongst other works, he has commissioned a new work from the ...

Original Music to the Movie “Ivan the Terrible” Receives World Premiere
The world premiere of Sergei Prokofiev’s original music to the film “Ivan the Terrible” will take place on 16 September 2016 at the Musikfest Berlin in the Konzerthaus ...

Mexican Premiere of “Focs d’artifici” by Ferran Cruixent
Ferran Cruixent’s percussion concerto “Focs d’artifici” (“fireworks”) given its Mexican premiere on 14 September 2016 in Toluca de Lerdo. Under the direction of ...

Norwegian Premiere: Schachtner’s Chamber Orchestral Version of Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “Psalm 42”
The Norwegian premiere of Johannes X. Schachtner’s chamber orchestral version of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s choral cantata “Psalm 42” will be given on 18 September 2016 in ...

Gidon Kremer & Baltic Sea Philharmonic with Weinberg’s Violin Concerto on Tour
After its first tour in April 2016, the Baltic Sea Philharmonic will embark on its second tour in September under the direction of Kristjan Järvi, founding conductor and music director, together ...

Schachtner wrote New Work for the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Max Reger
The composer Johannes X. Schachtner was commissioned to write a work, entitled “Palindrome”, for the Reger Days of the City of Weiden. This was undertaken to celebrate the Max Reger Year ...

Sergei Prokofiev’s “Ivan the Terrible” at the Gergiev Festival 2016
The Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest and the Groot Omroep Koor under the musical direction of the Russian star conductor Valery Gergiev will present the Dutch premiere of Sergei Prokofiev’s ...