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Marcin Danilewski releases Krzysztof Meyer’s “Capriccio interrotto” on CD
The Polish composer Krzysztof Meyer, who now lives in Germany, once stated a few years ago that the time had come to “never discover melody”. »…
25th anniversary of the death of Mieczysław Weinberg
The days are now long behind us when composer Mieczysław Weinberg, standing in Dmitri Shostakovich’s long shadow, was less known internationally. »…
Chinese New Year 2021 and our Chinese composers
The Chinese New Year 2021, the "Year of the Buffalo", is also an occasion to read our magazine "Musikszene China" ... »…
Nicholas Angelich releases Prokofiev album featuring 8th piano sonata and Visions fugitives
Nicholas Angelich highly praised for his “fine filigree work”, as the newspaper WELT once put it, has dedicated an album ... »…
Unbridled energy and urgency in Marc Coppey’s recording of Shostakovich’s cello concertos
Marc Coppey was predicted a great career by Yehudi Menuhin even as a young musician. »…
Spanish Dance theatre project “Bogumer”
Despite the still tense Corona situation in Spain, the dance theatre project “Bogumer” premiered on 23 January 2021. »…
International Classical Music Award for Alban Gerhardt
The Berlin cello virtuoso Alban Gerhardt had already aroused great enthusiasm in 2007 ... »…
The great music publisher Prof. Dr. Hans W. Sikorski dies
He has died in Hamburg on 22 January 2021 at the age of 94. »…
Estonian composer Raimo Kangro died 20 years ago
The Estonian composer Raimo Kangro wrote lively, even impulsive music. »…
A stream of Grigori Frid’s “The Diary of Anne Frank” on German Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
The production can be streamed as a free online event on the theatre’s website. »…
Remembering Ulrich Leyendecker on his 75th birthday
On 29 January this year, composer Ulrich Leyendecker, who died in Bonn on 29 November 2018, would have turned 75. »…
Gidon Kremer releases live recording of Mieczysław Weinberg’s Violin Concerto on CD
Mieczysław Weinberg’s Violin Concerto op. 67 is already more than sixty years old, but only over recent years has it attracted the more intense, indeed enthusiastic, attention it merits. »…
Marius Felix Lange's opera “Snow Queen” receives its premiere in Japan
On 17 January 2021 the Japanese premiere is about to take place at the Sakaiminato Symphony Garden. »…
Herbert Baumann’s ballet “Alice in Wonderland” in Brisbane, Australia
A “Wonderland” that gives us hope and pleasure, but above all an Alice who pushes through small and larger miracles against all odds, is certainly something we could all use in these difficult times. »…
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Hilversum releases CD of Lera Auerbach’s “Eva's Lament”
On the occasion of its 75th anniversary in October 2020, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Hilversum released an anniversary CD. »…
World premiere in China: “Ban Zhu (Gui No. 2)” for bamboo flute orchestra by Xiaoyong Chen
While concert life has come to a virtual standstill in Europe and many other parts of the world, in the meantime it has been able to stabilise again in China. »…
World premiere concert of Jan Müller-Wieland’s “Gottesspur” (Divine Trace) online
NDR Hannover has released a link for this remarkable concert. »…
SWR publishes Marko Nikodijevic's stream of “Cvetić, kućica ... / la lugubre gondola”
Now the stream has been published under the following link. »…
25th anniversary of the death of Alexi Matchavariani
On New Year's Eve 25 years ago, 31 December 1995, the composer Alexi Matchavariani died. »…
In honour of the great Beethoven - composers who dedicate works to the jubilarian
Works with reference to Beethoven from the Sikorski catalogues, some of which have not yet been premiered. »…
The music of Galina Ustvolskaya’s impressive 5th symphony “Amen” conquers the USA
Together with members of his university orchestra, Christopher Russell, conductor and professor at Azusa Pacific University, intends to perform the 5th symphony “Amen”. »…
Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic enthral with Myaskovsky and Prokofiev Symphonies
Myaskovsky (1881-1950) had met Prokofiev during their joint years of study. »…
Shanna Pranaitis makes world premiere recordings of Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf’s flute works for NEOS
Like the oboe, the flute plays a prominent role in Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf's work. »…
New Harmonia Mundi CD with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet op. 57 and the Seven Romances op. 127
The new album of the Trio Wanderer »…
Veit Hertenstein has recorded Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata op. 147 and the Cello Sonata op. 40 in his own arrangement for viola
From the young viola player Veit Hertenstein came the saying, “Violin is good, viola is better!” »…
Alfred Schnittke‘s Cello Concerto No. 1 with Eckart Runge in the Bestenliste 4/2020 of the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 4/2020
The recording has been ranked in the category ‘Orchestral Music and Concerts’. »…
Part 4 of the complete edition of all Weinberg string quartets released by Accord
The fourth part of the complete edition of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s string quartets featuring the Silesian Quartet has been released on CD by the ACCORD label. »…
Sikorski Magazine 3/2020
The few world premieres that did not have to be canceled in this time of crisis include "7 Deaths of Maria Callas" by Marina Abramovic and Marko Nikodijevic and the brilliant "Carmen" adaptation by... »…
The Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne with Sergei Taneyev’s “John of Damascus” op. 1 at Oehms classics
On 19 June 2020 we commemorated the 105th anniversary of the death of Sergei Taneyev. »…
Works for solo instruments and chamber orchestra / strings / ensemble
Here you will also find works for unusual solo instruments such as oud, zheng and sheng, electric guitar or jazz trio and small orchestras or ensembles. »…
Works for voice and chamber orchestra / strings / ensemble
Texts from all over the world, from Shakespeare, Poe, Petrarca to Rilke, Willemsen or ancient Chinese poems, have inspired our composers. »…
Works for Ensemble
The variety of instrumental timbres in the ensemble music of our composers from all over the world is unlimited. »…
Works for chamber orchestra
Almost all works for chamber orchestras from our catalogs have an extra-musical title. »…
Composers on the Coronavirus Crisis
The consequences of the coronavirus crisis move us all. We have asked our composers how these months and weeks affect their artistic work. What they answer will be published progressively in this... »…
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80th birthday of Russian-British composer Vladislav Shoot
Russian-British composer Vladislav Shoot will celebrate his 80th birthday on 3 March 2021. Like many other composers of his generation, ... »…
Vladimir Martynov turns 75
Vladimir Martynov, born 20 February 1946, in Moscow, was a composition student of Nikolai Sidelnikov. »…
The Russian composer Alexander Tchaikovsky turns 75
Alexander Tchaikovsky will celebrate his 75th birthday on 19 February. »…
Naiara de la Puente Vadillo plays Sofia Gubaidulina’s ‘Silenzio’ at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki
Sofia Gubaidulinas ‘Silenzio’ for accordion, violin and violoncello will be performed on February 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm at a doctoral concert by Spanish accordionist Naiara de la Puente Vadillo ... »…
Daniil Trifonov playing Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra on Livestream
The Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov, born in 1991 and admired worldwide, is to make his debut with piano concertos by Alfred Schnittke and Sergei Prokofiev with the Elbphilharmonie’s resident... »…
25th anniversary of the death of Boris Tchaikovsky
On 7 February 2021, we commemorate the 25th anniversary of Boris Tchaikovsky’s death. »…
100th Anniversary of the birth of Arno Babajanian
Armenian composer Arno Babajanian may not have achieved the international fame of his compatriot Aram Khachaturian, but many of his works are more than worthy of rediscovery and performance. »…
Lera Auerbach’s string symphony “Memoria de la luz” as video streamed from Erie (Pennsylvania)
On 22 and 24 January 2021 as part of the concert “From Russia With Love” ... »…
The death of Estonian composer Jaan Rääts on 25 December 2020
Estonian composer Jaan Rääts passed away on 25 December 2020 at the age of 88. »…
Tenth anniversary of Eino Tamberg’s death
Eino Tamberg was born on 27 May 1930, he died ten years ago on Christmas Eve 2010. »…
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. »…
Moritz Eggert ist new head of German Composers‘ Association
The composer Moritz Eggert, best known as the blogger Bad Boy of Music, has been elected president of the German Composers’ Association (DKV). He replaces Enjott Schneider. »…
