August 2020

Two works by Composer in residence Gerald Resch at the Davos Festival 2020
As part of this year‘s Davos Festival, on August 6th Gerald Resch‘s work “al fresco“ for solo cello by cellist Anton Spronk will be performed.

75th birthday of Anatolijus Senderovas
On 25 March 2019, the Lithuanian composer Anatolijus Senderovas died of cancer at the age of 73. We are commemorating his 75th birthday on 21 August 2020.

In memory of Giya Kancheli on his 85th birthday
On 10 August 2020, the Georgian composer Giya Kancheli would have been 85. He died of heart failure in his hometown of Tbilisi on 2 October 2019.

70th anniversary of the death of Nikolai Myaskowsky
On August 8, 2020 we are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the death of Nikolai Myaskovsky, whose fascinating music also influenced some of his famous students.

90th birthday anniversary of the Estonian composer Veljo Tormis
The Estonian composer Veljo Tormis was born in Kuusalu on August 7, 1930. We commemorate his 90th birthday on August 7, 2020.