We asked composer Sergej Newski about the biggest challenges he was confronted with while working on the new opera Secondhand-Zeit and his most fascinating experience while attending a performance at the world premiere of Franziskus.

In our new video, the composer Enno Poppe tells us more about the impressive world premiere of his new violin concerto Schnur and the collaboration with Carolin Widmann, Alan Gilbert and other musicians.

On 27 March, Ilya Gringolts and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Brad Lubman will premiere Bernhard Lang's new violin concerto Monadologie XXXIX.

Francesca Verunelli has won the Ernst von Siemens Composer’s Prize 2020.

The percussionist Simone Rubino and the Regional Orchestra of Tuscany, conducted by Daniele Rustioni, presented the world premiere of Carlo Boccadoro’s L’elettricità dei sogni (The Electricity of Dreams).

On 9 February, HÄNDEKÜSSEN, a new work by ricordilab laureate Lisa Streich, will be premiered at the Cologne Philharmonie.

Bettina Skrzypczak is awarded the Heidelberg Women Artists' Prize for the year 2020.

This year’s ECLAT Festival presents the world premiere of Samir Odeh-Tamimi's new work Timna.

February 2020 marks the world premiere of Sergej Newski’s opera Secondhand-Zeit.

Opera Rara and Casa Ricordi have signed a worldwide distribution agreement for the Opera Rara editorial catalogue.