January 2020

The composer Herbert Baumann died in Munich at the age of 94
As the composer's family reports, the composer Herbert Baumann died in Munich on the night of January 20/21, 2020 at the age of 94.Baumann's work, especially his ballet music for "Alice ...

Amsterdam: Dutch premiere of Lera Auerbach's “Goetia: 72 – In umbra lucis“ for choir and string quartet
The Nederlands Kamerkoor and the Quatuor Danel under the baton of Peter Dijkstra will present the Dutch premiere of Lera Auerbachs "Goetia: 72 - In umbra lucis ...

“g.a.p.” (or Gradus ad Parnassum) by Johannes X. Schachtner
The literature for piccolo in contemporary chamber music is not extensive. Johannes X. Schachtner has now completed a duo entitled "g.a.p." for flute / piccolo and percussion, which will be ...

Canadian premiere of Lera Auerbach's „Eterniday (Homage to W.A. Mozart)“
Lera Auerbach had to rewrite the work „Eterniday (Hommage à W.A. Mozart)“ for bass drum, celesta and strings, which was almost completed in autumn 2009, since her manuscript was burned in her ...

World premiere of Jüri Reinvere’s Opera “Minona” about Beethoven's Daughter
Estonian composer Jüri Reinvere was commissioned by Theater Regensburg to compose a work for the Beethoven anniversary year 2020. The result was an opera entitled "Minona". The...

Festival Ultraschall: World Performance of “Abgesang” by Marko Nikodijevic
For its 2019/20 season, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (conductor-in-chief: Vladimir Jurowski) will be joined by Serbian composer Marko Nikodievic as composer in residence. Two premieres are...

World premiere of „da ispravitsja / prayer room with night watch“ by composer in residence Marko Nikodijevic in Berlin
The Serbian composer Marko Nikodijevic is Composer in Residence for the 2019/2020 season with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. This is associated with two world...

“Pay tribute to Beethoven in form, spirit and humor” - Dejan Lazićs S.C.H.Erzo
The new work ”S.C.H.E.rzo” for orchestra by Dejan Lazić will premiere on January 17, 2020 in Indianapolis by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Krzysztof ...

Enthusiastic press comments on Jüri Reinveres opera Minona in Regensburg
The author Egbert Tholl writing in, among others, the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the world premiere of the opera "Minona" by Jüri Reinvere (25.01.2020, Theater Regensburg), in which ...

The press calls Jüri Reinvere's opera „Minona“ a coup for the Beethoven year
"Jüri Reinvere listens to the family secrets of the genius," wrote the Mittelbayerische Zeitung in its January 20 issue for the premiere of the opera "Minona" by Jüri...

Maximiliano Alejandro Soto Mayorga is the winner of the TONALi20 composition award
The winner of the TONALi20 composition award has been determined. It is the Chilean composer Maximiliano Alejandro Soto Mayorga. He is honored for his composition "... figuras en la...

Simon Höfele’s excellent recording of Alexander Arutiunian’s trumpet concerto in A flat major
Alexander Arutiunian's trumpet concerto dates from 1950 and was written in Moscow for the virtuoso Timofei Dokschitzer.

Dejan Lazić releases an arrangement of the Rondo concertante KV 333 by Mozart on CD
The arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Rondo concertante” for piano and orchestra by the pianist and composer Dejan Lazić, based on a movement from the Piano Sonata in B flat major KV...