In our video, composer Dai Fujikura introduces his concerto "Akiko's Piano" and the very special story that inspired him. The world premier takes place on August 5th, 2020 at ”An Evening of Peace Concert” held by Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra as a commemoration to the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima's atomic bombing tragedy.

In this interview, Huang Ruo talks about his new album "into the vast world", unexpected challenges of being a performing composer, and new hope for the musical world in times of the pandemic.

Georg Friedrich Haas has received the Franco Abbiati Music Critics Award 2020 for Musiche per Matera. We took a look back at the event together with Giovanni Pompeo, the project’s mastermind and artistic director of LAMS (Laboratorio Arte Musica e Spettacolo).

Battistelli is currently working on three new operas.

Twenty years have passed since Franco Donatoni's death on August 17, 2000.

 

After the interruption of live performances due to the Coronavirus pandemic, opera is set to make a comeback in Italy.
The following festivals will be offering programs that feature works from the Casa Ricordi catalogue.

OperaLite is a resource created by Casa Ricordi that aims at expanding access to great operas.

This August 22, at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto,  marks the world premiere of Silvia Colasanti’s Arianna, Fedra, Didone.

Younghi Pagh-Paan receives the Grosser Berliner Kunstpreis (Berlin Art Prize) 2020. Honoring the composer, the KNM Berlin performs a selection of Pagh-Paan’s works including a new piece for soprano and viola. The portrait concert will be streamed live by Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Full score of the critical edition of Il Flaminio by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is now available on sale.