October 2019

Jüri Reinvere was awarded the Music Prize of the Estonian Cultural Foundation
Jüri Reinvere has won the Music Prize of the Estonian Cultural Foundation (Eesti Kultuurkapital) for his orchestral work "And tired of happiness, they started to dance". The prize was...

Brother of the composer Johannes X. Schachtner as a premiere performer of the Deviant Dances
The own brother and cellist Simon Schachtner is the premiere soloist of the new work "Deviant Dances" for violoncello and piano by Johannes X. Schachtner. The world premiere, which will be...

Trout Quintet for piano by multiple Sikorski composers now on CD
Last year, pianist Silke Avenhaus suggested to contemporary composers Ferran Cruixent, Dejan Lazić, Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Gerald Resch and Johannes X. Schachtner that they revisit ...

World premiere of Giya Kanchelis work Night prayers in a version for flute / bass flute, string orchestra and tape recorder
On October 4, 2019, Janne Thomsen (flutes) and the Danish Youth Ensemble, under the direction of Morten Ryelund, will premiere the work Night rrayers in a version for flute / bass flute, string ...

Composer Giya Kancheli has died
We are deeply saddened at the death of our friend and author Giya Kancheli, who died on 2 October 2019.

Lera Auerbach “Evas Klage” for Orchestra in Vienna
Lera Auerbach’s “Evas Klage”, a new work for orchestra, received its world premiere on 24 October 2019 at Vienna’s Konzerthaus in a performance marking the début of ...

German premiere of Osmo Tapio Räihäläs piano trio Temptations in Berlin
The piano trio "Temptations" by Osmo Tapio Räihälä will be first performed in Germany on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at the BKA Theater in Berlin by the Neue Klaviertrio ...