The 2024 Donaueschinger Musiktage present two eagerly awaited premieres: The world premiere of Enno Poppe's Streik and the German premiere of Hannah Kendall's Tuxedo: Between Carnival and Lent.

On 16 October 2024, the world premiere of Silvia Colasanti's new opera L'ultimo viaggio di Sindbad, a musical tale in seven pictures, with a libretto by Fabrizio Sinisi freely inspired by texts by Erri De Luca, will be performed. The opera is commissioned by the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and staged in collaboration with RomaEuropa Festival.

The 68th International Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice will run from 26 September to 11 October 2024, directed by Lucia Ronchetti. The programme will feature 12 composers from the Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen rosters and catalogues.

This past summer and continuing through the fall, Kevin Puts' Contact will be performed on tour by Time for Three, while Joshua Bell will also lead the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on tour performing Puts' Earth.

Georg Friedrich Haas’ unique and extravagant microtonal work 11.000 Saiten, commissioned by the F. Busoni - G. Mahler Foundation and sponsored by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, continues to fascinate audiences around the world.

In September 2024, the Warsaw Autumn festival presents two highly anticipated orchestral world premieres: Sergej Newski’s Göttin der Geschichte as well as the second part of Moritz Eggert’s percussion concerto Master and Servant.

Announcing the start of an eclectic artistic residency for composer Matteo Franceschini at the Opéra Grand Avignon in France. Franceschini continues to stake his claim as a major force on the contemporary music scene in France.  

Our ricordilab composers continue down the road to success with premieres by the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center, by Musikkollegium Winterthur, and by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie.

In 2017, the Swedish-German composer Lisa Streich was one of the young talents supported by the Roche Young Commissions, and this summer she returns to the Lucerne Festival as a globally successful composer.

Max Richter's award-winning ballet triptych Woolf Works, choreographed by Wayne McGregor, will receive its US premiere on June 25th at the Metropolitan Opera House