September 2020

Jüri Reinvere’s Saxophone Quartet “A-O” to be premiered at the Estonian Music Days 2020
The world premiere of Jüri Reinveres new saxophone quartet “A-O” was postponed from spring to autumn due to the coronavirus crisis and is now scheduled for 17 September 2020 as part...

Shostakovich’s 7th symphony ‘Leningrader’ will be performed with a full orchestra in Brandenburg
The Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt will play Symphony No. 7 “Leningrader” op. 60 by Dmitri Shostakovich on September 19, 2020 in Frankfurt/Oder and on September 25, 2020 in Seelow.

The Slovenian premiere of the “Four Song Melodies (... without words)” for solo guitar by Johannes X. Schachtner
Johannes X. Schachtner wrote the solo guitar piece “Three Song Melodies” in 2018 and later added a fourth movement (Pietoso) to the work at the request of the Augsburg guitarist Stefan...

100th Birthday of Alexander Lokshin
Alexander Lokshin was born on 19 September 1920 in Biysk on the northern edge of the Central Asian Altai Mountains.

The great Estonian composer Arvo Pärt turns 85
On 11 September 2020, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt will celebrate his 85th birthday.

Experience Marko Nikodijevic’s “7 Deaths of Maria Callas” as a live stream
The spectacular work will be available on September 5 at 6:30 pm as a free live stream.

Susanne Kessel presents the new piano composition MADEAM by Johannes X. Schachtner in Bonn for the world premiere
The new piano work “MADEAM” is dedicated to the Bonn pianist Susanne Kessel, who commissioned the work for her project “250 Piano Pieces for Beethoven”.

German premiere of the revised version of Gubaidulina's piano concerto “Introitus” in Leipzig
The Gewandhaus Orchestra and soloist Alice Di Piazza will be giving the German premiere of this version under the baton of Michael Sanderling in Leipzig on 23 September 2020.

Johannes X. Schachtner's orchestral work “Intonation ... sans mesuré“ is to be premiered in Passau
This work will be premiered by the Beethoven Philharmonic Orchestra under Thomas Rösler on September 11, 2020 at the opening of the Festival.

World Premiere of Marko Nikodijevic's “7 Deaths of Maria Callas” at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich
Why interpretations by probably the most legendary opera diva of the 20th century sound so uniquely stirring can hardly be described in words.

World premiere of the Prologue by Sofia Gubaidulina postponed to June 2021
The Gewandhausorchester has now postponed the premiere until 24/25/27 June 2021 in Leipzig.

World premiere and German first performance of Gerald Resch‘s String Quartet No. 3 attacca
In the Beethoven anniversary year, Austrian composer Gerald Resch has once again turned his attention to the string quartet genre.

Article on the “New piano works by Dmitri Shostakovich” in Piano News 5 2020
The author Marco Frei has published a highly readable article in the current issue of the trade journal “Piano News” (5 2020).

Classics orchestral suites by Prokofiev and Khachaturian under Dmitri Kitajenko’s baton at OehmsClassics
On a double CD the Munich label OehmsClassics has released recordings of Sergei Prokofiev’s “Summer Night” op. 123 and the Scythian Suite op. 20 as well as Aram Khachaturian’s “Masquerade” or...

The press on the Munich premiere of the opera “7 Deaths of Maria Callas“ by Marko Nikodijevic
“Callas is indeed arisen” reads the Süddeutsche Zeitungs headline for its review of the premiere of the eagerly awaited opera project "7 Deaths of Maria Callas" ...