April 2018

Johannes X. Schachtner's song Remember the trout will be premiered in Saarbrücken
The pianist Silke Avenhaus inspired an examination of Schubert's Trout Quintet by five contemporary composers. Even before this composition of the group of authors with contributions by Ferran...

Lady Macbeth of Mzensk resumed at London's Royal Opera House Covent Garden
On April 12, 2018, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London resumed the Shostakovich opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" in the production of Richard Jones, after it has not been shown ...

Hanswurstiade with Puppet Show by Johannes X. Schachtner
The Ensemble Blauer Reiter under the direction of Armando Merino will perform the world premiere of  "Hanswurstiade" for 2 singers, 2 puppeteers and ensemble by Johannes X. Schachtner...

German first performance of Rudolf Barschais adaption of The Art of the Fugue
The Russian conductor and violist Rudolf Barschai crowned his lifes work with the orchestral treatment of Johann Sebastian Bachs "The Art of the Fugue" for solo instruments ...

Moritz Eggert's homage to the passion for collecting: world premiere of
Collecting is a human passion. Or better said, it was a prerequisite for survival from the beginning of our development. The hunter-gatherer past has left its mark on our behavior. The composer ...

Shostakovich and Prokofiev in the ProArte program 2018/2019
Konzertdirektion Goette in Hamburg presented the new season program 2018/2019. World-class orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andris Nelsons (5.9.18) and the Berlin ...

Four premieres of Prokofiev ballets in the second half of April
The two ballet classics "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella" by Sergei Prokofiev celebrate on the same day, namely April 14, 2018, at the Theater Chemnitz and Theater Hagen ...