SWR-Music CD: Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony under Andrey Boreyko
The Eighth Symphony, Op. 65 by Dmitri Shostakovich was completed in 1943. Like the Seventh Symphony, Op. 60, it was composed under the immediate impression of the Second World War. Shostakovich ...
Polish Premiere: “Nu.Mu.Zu” by Kancheli in Warsaw
Andrey Boreyko is the conductor at the Polish premiere of Giya Kancheli’s “Nu.Mu.Zu” for orchestra with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra on 19 May 2017 at the Warsaw Filharmonia ...
Weinberg’s “Congratulations!” in Heidelberg
Mieczysław Weinberg‘s chamber opera “Congratulations!” will be given its German premiere at the Heidelberg Theatre on 28 May 2017 in the original version in Russian under the ...
70th Birthday of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh was born in Baku/Azerbaijan. She will celebrate her 70th birthday on 28 May 2017. Franghiz Ali-Zadeh’s highly individual musical language vacillates between Orient ...
“Garden Wind” by Osmo Tapio Räihälä
The Finnish violinist Maria Puusaari will be the soloist at the world premiere of Osmo Tapio Räihälä’s “Garden Wind” for violin solo on 13 May 2017 at the ...
PETER RUZICKA: Two World Premieres in Bremen und Hamburg
The soprano Sarah Maria Sun will be the soloist at the world premiere of Peter Ruzicka’s “MNEMOSYNE” for soprano, string orchestra and percussion at the concert entitled ...
Geir Draugsvoll Brings Gubaidulina’s “Fachwerk” to Austria
The bayanist Geir Draugsvoll and the percussionist Martin Köhler will be the soloists at the 7th Symphony Concert of the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck (Tyrol Symphony Orchestra ...