New work for accordion and orchestra by Francesca Verunelli. Commissioned by musica viva des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

The 2021/2022 Season has officially started in Milan and Paris: Verdi's Macbeth at La Scala and Puccini's Turandot at the Paris Opera.

A 2020-2021 World-Premiere selection of electronic creations, conceived for the chamber ensemble dimension. A mosaic of a host of musical languages and the search for far-out sounds.

Giorgio Battistelli is the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Music, by La Biennale di Venezia, “for his work in experimental musical theatre and his intense operatic production, staged by the most important European institutions”.

Huang Ruo’s newest theater work, Book of Mountains and Seas, premiered at the Royal Danish Theater on Nov. 3, 2021, by Ars Nova Copenhagen, Music Director Paul Hillier, Director/Puppetry Artist Basil Twist, and producer Beth Morrison Projects.

30 years ago, programme booklets were still written with typewriters and Ricordi still had its own record label (Dischi Ricordi). It was also 30 years ago that Liza Lim first had works published by Ricordi – Garden of Earthly Desire and Voodoo Child – on the recommendation of conductor Sandro Gorli.

Tikkun ist der letzte Teil von Sarah Nemtsovs Tetralogie Tzimtzum, ein Zyklus über mystische Schöpfungsvorstellungen. Die Uraufführung mit Ensemble Nikel und dem Ensemble Resonanz findet zum fünften Jubiläum der Elbphilharmonie unter der Leitung von Emilio Pomárico statt.

Olga Neuwirth hat den Grawemeyer Award 2022 für ihre Oper Orlando gewonnen.

For 100 years now, the Donaueschinger Musiktage have been synonymous with New Music. On this anniversary we look forward with special interest to the premieres of Francesco Filidei, Yair Klartag, Liza Lim and Enno Poppe.

Von seinen Zeitgenossen wie Arnold Schönberg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Werfel oder seinem Lehrer Johannes Brahms hochgeschätzt, feiern wir in diesem Jahr den 150. Geburtstag des legendären Dirigenten, Komponisten und Pädagogen Alexander Zemlinsky.