February 2020

Hans Maier brings Schachtner's accordion piece „pasar la calle“ to the Slovenian premiere
The distinctive piece „pasar la calle“ for mid-tone accordion by Johannes X. Schachtner will be given its Slovenian premiere on February 1, 2020 in Ljubljana. The soloist is Hans ...

Russian composer Sergei Slonimsky died in St. Petersburg at the age of 87
Sergei Slonimsky, a composer, pianist and musicologist born in Leningrad in 1932, died in St. Petersburg on February 9, 2020 at the age of 87. Slonimsky wrote eight operas, 34 symphonies and a...

World premiere: “Kleines satyrisches Liederbuch” (Small Satyric Songbook) by John X. Schachtner
The mezzo-soprano Eva Summerer and the pianist Raphael Fusco perform the work "Kleines satyrisches Liederbuch" (Small Satyric Songbook) for medium voice and piano by Johannes X. Schachtner ...

Canadian premiere of Lera Auerbach’s “Dreams and Whispers of Poseidon”
On March 27, 2005, the American Youth Orchestras new composition, Lera Auerbachs “Dreams and Whispers of Poseidon”, was written in 2005 to mark the 40th anniversary of the ...

Pixels Ensemble members bring Lera Auerbach's Piano Trio No. 4 to the British premiere
Lera Auerbachs Piano Trio No. 4, created in 2017, was commissioned by the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland, where Lera Auerbach once acted as a jury member for...