July 2021 saw the world premiere of Samir Odeh-Tamimi's second opera L'Apocalypse Arabe in Arles, as part of a commission from the Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence. The production united an international team led by conductor Ilan Volkov, the Ensemble Modern, and the director Pierre Audi, who has been the festival's artistic director since 2019.

In the absence of live performances during the pandemic, Michael Gordon created innovative ways to reach new audiences. In late June and early July of 2021, Mr. Gordon launched two large-scale streaming endeavors of international reach and scope.  

Julia Wolfe has been appointed Carnegie Hall’s 2021-2022 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair, a residency position endowed since 1995 to introduce audiences to a range of music, reflecting the selected composer’s artistic points of view, inspirations, and influences.  

We celebrate Robert HP Platz’s 70th birthday with the current CD and his latest orchestral work, Anderswo: Wand, and look forward to future “branchings” – such as in his new work for Ensemble Musikfabrik and the ACHT BRÜCKEN festival in early 2022.

Ricordilab-laureate Yair Klartag receives the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation's 2021 Composers’ Prize. The Israeli composer is known for his dense and complex works whose polyphonic layering generates an emotional pull.

Casa Ricordi signs Lucia Ronchetti, publishing her upcoming projects.

Roger Parker investigates the birth of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, introducing the new critical edition of the first version (1857), available on hire at Casa Ricordi.

New release in the critical edition series of Andrea Gabrieli's works. Volume 10/I is now available on sale.

Donghoon Shin will be awarded the prestigious Claudio Abbado Composition Prize of the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2022. As the winner, Shin has been commissioned to write a cello concerto for the 50th anniversary of the Karajan Academy.

Four brand-new streaming productions with works from the London-based, Japanese composer Dai Fujikura bring new sounds to a spring that has been – thanks to the pandemic – far too quiet.