Alfred Schnittke - His 80th Birthday
Regardless of how post-modern or abstract Alfred Schnittke’s is composed, as the pianist Maria Lettberg once said, one always senses something profoundly humane in it. On 24 November 2014 we ...
Russian Premiere: “Eterniday” by Lera Auerbach in Moscow
Under the direction of its principal conductor Vladimir Spivakov, the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra will present the Russian premiere of Lera Auerbach‘s Hommage à Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...
Sofia Gubaidulina: Premieres in Belgium and the Netherlands
Two works by the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina will receive their respective local premieres in Belgium and the Netherlands on 9 November 2014.Gubaidulina‘s “Why?” for ...
Lera Auerbach‘s Ballet “Tatiana” Now in Russia
The Hamburg choreographer John Neumeier (together with the Moscow Stanislavsky Theatre) had commissioned Lera Auerbach to create ballet music for the famous subject of ...
Music of Today: Marko Nikodijevic in London
The British premiere of the piece “gesualdo dub / raum mit gelöschter figur” and a performance of “music box / self-portrait with ligeti and stravinsky (messiaen is also ...