Six made-to-order concerts at six sites in a historic city: in September 2019 Georg Friedrich Haas was in the midst of an extraordinary musical event. Dr. Silke Hilger, General Manager of Ricordi Berlin, accompanied the composer to Italy and describes her impressions in this travel report.

In the new opera Denis & Katya, composer Philip Venables, librettist and director Ted Huffman, along with dramaturge Ksenia Ravvina, transform the true story of two lovers pitted against the world into a novel drama about adolescence.

Lisa Streich’s new work FRANCESCA received its world premiere at the Klangspuren Schwaz festival in a performance by ensemble recherche.

Dedicated to the ageless works of William Shakespeare, the Salzburg Taschenopernfestival presented the world premiere of Sarah Nemtsov’s “miniature opera-monologue” verflucht in September 2019.

In September 2019, Enno Poppe's violin concerto Schnur, commissioned by the Bonn Beethovenfest, was premiered by Carolin Widmann and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under its new principal conductor Alan Gilbert.

October 5 marks the world premiere in Venice of Claudio Ambrosini’s Rappresentazione di anima e corpo for soprano, bass clarinet and orchestra.

On October 3, Songbook by Tovel (aka Matteo Franceschini) makes its world premiere at Biennale Venice. Following the presentation of the 2019 Silver Lion for Music.

A busy fall is in store for Luca Francesconi in Milano. La Scala, and Milano Musica Festival will be presenting his most important compositions.

In “The Almonac” Henrik Almon, library manager at Ricordi Berlin, presents works from the publishers’ inexhaustible repertoire that are worth hearing straight away yet are rather seldom to be found in the programming of the major opera houses and orchestras.

Yair Klartag, Donghoon Shin and Lisa Streich have won the second ricordilab international composers’ competition.