The 2025 Festival Présences by Radio France delves into the sound world of its portrait composer Olga Neuwirth and presents a historic premiere by Fausto Romitelli.

After its world premiere at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Karina Canellakis, Dai Fujikura's Double Concerto for flute, violin, and orchestra had national premieres all around Europe, including performances at Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie and in Antwerp presented by Ensemble Resonanz and Barbara Bultmann as well as in Winterthur with Musikkollegium Winterthur and Vimbayi Kaziboni.

BR musica viva marked the 75th anniversary of Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks with the world premiere of Bernhard Lang’s Radio Loops – Game 18 at Munich’s Herkulessaal.

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg's VISIONS Festival and the ECLAT Festival in Stuttgart host a series of exciting world- and national premieres by prominent contemporary composers, including recent prize-winners Alex Paxton and Sarah Nemtsov, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Francesca Verunelli, Dai Fujikura, Olga Neuwirth and Alberto Posadas.

Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen is thrilled to welcome acclaimed composer Mason Bates. His catalog is now represented worldwide by UMP Classics & Screen U.S., under the Ricordi imprint.

In Autumn 2024, American Ballet Theatre presented new productions with music by Isobel Waller-Bridge and Dai Fujikura.

Unusual sounds filled the iconic WDR Funkhaus on November 23rd, when musicians of Musikfabrik Köln took the stage to perform the world premiere of Lisa Streich’s new ensemble piece VOGUE. 

Premiered at Munich’s Musica Viva festival by cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Liza Lim’s new cello concerto A Sutured World has went on to equally enthrall listeners at the Cello Biennale in Amsterdam.

In Autumn 2024, Nicolas Altstaedt premiered Liza Lim's A Sutured World with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich and the Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam. We talked to the cellist about Liza's work, his collaboration with the composer and about the different ways in which he worked with the two orchestras.

Casa Ricordi is pleased to announce the signing of composer Giorgio Netti. The collaboration kicks off with the acquisition and publication of his entire catalogue.