January 2018

Grammy in 2018 for Manfred Honeck's recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
On the night of January 29, 2018, the winners of the Grammys 2018 were announced. The recording of our work Symphony No. 5 op. 47 by Dmitri Shostakovich with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra...

American Premiere of Peter Ruzicka’s “ELEGY: Memory for Orchestra”
The world premiere of his third opera BENJAMIN at the Hamburg State Opera on 3 June 2018 will be a central event for Peter Ruzicka during this new year. Before that, however, there will be many ...

Numerous Local Premieres of Lera Auerbach’s “72 Angels: In splendore lucis“ for Choir and Saxophone Quartet
The work “72 Angels: In splendore lucus“ for choir and saxophone quartet by Lera Auerbach is being performed all over the world. This work, composed in 2016 and premiered in Amsterdam, ...

Guoping Jia with World and Local Premieres in New York and Berlin
The new ensemble piece “Diaspora” by Guoping Jia was just recently premiered in December 2017 in Berlin, and we can already report on another world premiere and an American premiere of ...