In this interview, Olga Neuwirth talks about her new orchestra work Keyframes for a Hippogriff— Musical Calligrams for Countertenor, Children's Choir, and Orchestra and her special relationship to Berlin.

From 9 to 14 April, Lisa Streich is celebrated in Konserthuset Stockholm's Composer Weekend 2024 including the world premiere of her trumpet concerto MEDUSE.

As this year's portrait composer, the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik will present Francesca Verunelli, a composer whose intensive relationship to chamber music comes to the fore in a talk concert with two string quartets.

The Staatskapelle Dresden bids farewell to its Capell-Compositeur with the world premiere of I don't know how to cry under the baton of Susanna Mälkki in April 2024.

Cologne's Eight Bridges Festival has selected Enno Poppe as this year's portrait composer.

After the success of the music theatre productions of Alice, Poucette and Zazie, Italian eclectic composer Matteo Franceschini brings on stage Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray as subject for his new opera commissioned by Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento.

Julia Wolfe has been appointed the Inaugural Festival Director at Cincinnati’s prestigious May Festival for their 151st year.

Salvatore Sciarrino dedicates to Barbara Hannigan his new work for voice and orchestra, Love & Fury, inspired to nine arias by Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682).

In November 2023, Sarah Nemtsov's tetralogy TZIMTZUM (2020-2023) for soloist ensemble and orchestra, which takes up Kabbalistic myths of creation, was performed in its entirety for the first time. The WDR Sinfonieorchester, ensemble Nikel and Peter Rundel presented its world premiere at the NOW Festival in Essen, two days after the premiere of the final part, K'lipot, at the Kölner Philharmonie.

Commissioned by Bamberg Symphoniker Stiftung for violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, together with Casa da Música, Radio France, Orquesta Simfonica de Barcelona, LA Philharmonic Orchestra, in coproduction with IRCAM-Centre Pompidou. First dates of the tour are out.