May 2020

German premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina's oratorio “Über Liebe und Hass” [On Love and Hate] in Hamburg
The oratorio "On Love and Hate" (2016/2018) was commissioned by the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden, the Philharmonisches Orchester Rotterdam and the Gergiev...

Swedish premiere of the opera “The Blind” by Lera Auerbach in Gothenburg
The extraordinary choral opera "The Blind" by Russian-American composer Lera Auerbach is to have its Swedish premiere in Gothenburg on 15 May 2020 at the "Point Music Festival"...

Posthumous premiere of Giya Kancheli’s piano trio “Middelheim”
On May 28, 2020, the (posthumous) premiere of the piano trio “Middelheim” by Giya Kancheli will take place in the Tbilisi Conservatory in the final concert of this year’s...

'Composers are like priests and gardeners' - for the 70th birthday of Elena Firsova
On March 21, 2020, St. Petersburg-born Elena Firsova celebrates her 70th birthday.As Elena Firsova once said, Composers – not all of them of course – have much in common with ...