June

World Premiere of Xiaoyong Chen's “Fünf fragmentarische Stücke” for Violin in Hamburg
A concert will take place on 28 June 2012 at the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg, entitled “Everything from China”, in cooperation with the Academy of Music and Theatre. During ...

Lin Yang's “Der Schatten nimmt Abschied” on NDR Kultur
The programme "neue musik" on NDR Kultur on 27 June 2012 (starting at 9:18 PM) is dedicated to the subject of "New Music by Asian Women Composers." This programme will include the ...

World Premiere: “My Love is as a Fever” by Moritz Eggert at Kissingen Summer
Lieder to texts of William Shakespeare are the focus of the two-part LiederWerkstatt (Lieder Workshop) of the  festival “Kissingen Summer” 2012. Seven contemporary composers ..

Semperoper Dresden: World Premiere of Lera Auerbach's Orchestral Work “Post Silentium“
The Staatskapelle Dresden will present the world premiere of the orchestral work “Post Silentium” by Lera Auerbach at the Dresden Semperoper on 1 July 2012 under the direction of ...

Sofia Gubaidulina in Shanghai
Sofia Gubaidulina will be among the composers at the centre of focus and personally present at the 5th New Music Week of Shanghai Conservatory (14-19 October 2012). At this festival, the Ensemble ...

Peter Ruzicka`s “HÖLDERLIN SYMPHONIE“ Receives German Premiere in Saarbrücken
Peter Ruzicka once said that he knows of no other poet whose significance for us, at the beginning of a spiritually characterised 21st century, is as topical and important as that of ...

German Premiere of Alexander Knaifel`s “In Air Clean and Unseen” in Hamburg
Alexander Knaifel`s “In Air Clean and Unseen” for piano and string quartet will be given its German premiere at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg on 15 June 2012. The performers will be ...

Johann Sebastian Bach`s “Goldberg Variations” for Orchestra
The Goldberg Variations BWV 988 of Johann Sebastian Bachs are simply the unbeaten summit of the baroque art of variation for any musician who confronts structural questions of music extending ...

Giya Kancheli at the 40th Istanbul Music Festival
At the 40th Istanbul Music Festival there will be one world premiere and two Turkish premieres of works by the Georgian composer Giya Kancheli. On 11 June 2012 the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic ...

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh`s “Landscape [Rising]“ - World Premiere in France
The Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh has composed a new piano solo work for the “8. International Adilia Alieva Piano Competition” in Gaillard, France. The new work ...

Specialist Article on Mieczyslaw Weinberg's String Quartets No. 14, Op. 122 and No. 15, Op. 124
Manuel Rösler has published a two-page, highly informative specialist article in the specialist journal ENSEMBLE 3/12 on the String Quartets No. 14, Op. 122 and No. 15, Op. 124 by ...