December

Italian Premiere: “grid/index [III]” by Marko Nikodijevic in Rome
As a contemporary counterpoint to the three variation cycles interpreted by the Russian-German pianist Igor Levit at the 2015 Goldberg-Variations Music Festival, the Alte Oper Frankfurt ...

Jan Müller-Wieland Composes for Baroque Instruments for the First Time
The “Five Pieces about Jesus” for soprano and five baroque instruments (four players) by Jan Müller-Wieland will be given their world premiere four days before Christmas Eve, on ...

Johannes X. Schachtner: Concerts in Late 2016
Two concert highlights featuring music of Johannes X. Schachtner in Gauting and Munich will be presented during the Christmas season this year. On 17 December 2016 Schachtner’s new ...

New Clarinet Quintet by Elena Firsova
The Russian composer Elena Firsova completed her Clarinet Quintet, Op. 160 in February 2016, in response to a commission from the Ensemble Incendo Berlin. The Clarinet Quintet is cast in ...

Dutch Premiere: “Triptych - The Mirror with three Faces” by Lera Auerbach
The Delta Piano Trio, founded in Salzburg in 2013 by the three young Dutch musicians Gerard Spronk (violin), Irene Enzlin (violoncello) and Vera Kooper (piano) will perform the Dutch premiere of ...

New Works by Schachtner: “Invention VI: Liebmannista” and “Pacifico”
During the course of the series “Studio for New Music”, Johannes X. Schachtner’s “Invention VI: Liebmannista” for small ensemble with soprano obbligato will be given ...

String Quartets and Bass Clarinet Quintet by Ulrich Leyendecker on CD
The composer Ulrich Leyendecker, born in 1946, stated in an interview for the newspaper “Die Rheinpfalz” that the New Music should reconquer the sensual dimension. In his oeuvre, ...