In his new article Henrik Almon, library manager at Ricordi Berlin, presents Igor Stravinsky's Le Roi des Étoiles.

On January 19 we’ll be celebrating the 80th birthday of Marcello Panni – a man who’s dedicated his life to music. 
We asked musicologist Sandro Cappelletto to clue us in as to what Marcello Panni has meant to Italian music over the past fifty years. 

January 19, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Chailly. The date ushers in a series of concerts and musicological events, many of which are being coordinated by three institutions based in Trento: the University of Trento’s Department of Humanities and Philosophy, the Philharmonic Society of Trento, and the Provincial Archives of Trento.

On December 8, Of Rats and Men – the new ensemble work of ricordilab laureate Donghoon Shin – will have its world premiere in Berlin.

In November 2019, two new works by Georg Friedrich Haas celebrated their world premieres – Konzert für Klangwerk und Orchester and Hommage à Bridget Riley.

December 7 marks the opening of the 2019-2020 opera season at La Scala with a performance based on Roger Parker’s critical edition of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

Critical edition of the full score of Lucrezia Borgia, edited by Roger Parker and Rosie Ward, is now available for purchase.  

October 2019 brought the world premiere of Yair Klartag’s Concerto Grosso. The ricordilab laureate’s new work was presented by the Meitar Ensemble and Thelma Yellin Orchestra conducted by Pierre-André Valade.

Losing Earth, Adam Schoenberg’s new percussion concerto, was given its premiere by the San Francisco Symphony under Cristian Măcelaru.

Rehearsals began in October for Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando. Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel of the same name, the opera will have its premiere at the Vienna State Opera on 8 December.