January

New CD with one work for violin and one for viola by Jan Müller-Wieland
The violinist and violist Elisabeth Kufferath is touring through New Zealand and Germany in 2017 with two works by Jan Müller-Wieland. Now she has also made world premiere recordings of these ...

Daniel Raiskin Conducts “Musica festiva” by Krzysztof Meyer in Slovakia
The organist Marek Štrbák, together with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, will perform the Slovak premiere of “Musica festiva” by the Polish composer Krzysztof Meyer on ...

”The Homecomer” by Jan Müller-Wieland Given World Premiere
Performances of compositions by Moritz Eggert and Jan Müller-Wieland (to celebrate their fiftieth birthdays) will be presented at an academy concert in the Reaktorhalle in Munich on ...

Vassily Lobanov turns 70 on 2 January 2017
Vassily Lobanov was born on 2 January 1947 in Moscow. From 1977 to 1990 Lobanov was the pianist in a piano trio with the violinist Oleg Kagan and the cellist Natalia Gutman. His performances as ...

Scenic World Premiere: Moritz Eggert’s Opera “Freax” at the Theater Regensburg
The long-awaited scenic world premiere of Moritz Eggert’s opera “Freax” at the Theater Regensburg will take place on 21 January 2017. Under the musical direction of Tom Woods ...

Nikodijevic’s “tiefenrausch” Continues to Tour Europe’s concert halls
The Armida Quartet is continuing its tour with “tiefenrausch” by Marko Nikodijevic through Europe’s concert halls in 2017. The work was commissioned for the series ...

Lera Auerbach: Trio for Violin, Tenor Saxophone and Piano Given World Premiere
In 2014 Lera Auerbach composed a Trio for violin, horn and piano for the 60th birthday of the Geneva couple Séverine and Ivan Cohen. They are friends of the composer and the work was ...

Gubaidulina Festival Composer & Artist in Residence at Bergen International Festival 2018
The Bergen International Festival will present Sofia Gubaidulina as the festival composer and artist in residence for 2018. The festival was founded in the year 1952; the first edition ...