Salvatore Sciarrino dedicates to Barbara Hannigan his new work for voice and orchestra, Love & Fury, inspired to nine arias by Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682).

In November 2023, Sarah Nemtsov's tetralogy TZIMTZUM (2020-2023) for soloist ensemble and orchestra, which takes up Kabbalistic myths of creation, was performed in its entirety for the first time. The WDR Sinfonieorchester, ensemble Nikel and Peter Rundel presented its world premiere at the NOW Festival in Essen, two days after the premiere of the final part, K'lipot, at the Kölner Philharmonie.

Commissioned by Bamberg Symphoniker Stiftung for violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, together with Casa da Música, Radio France, Orquesta Simfonica de Barcelona, LA Philharmonic Orchestra, in coproduction with IRCAM-Centre Pompidou. First dates of the tour are out.

We are very glad to welcome Daniela Terranova as new signing of Casa Ricordi, within the family of Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen.

In this autobiography "in forma di conversazione", Giorgio Battistelli tells his story and opens a window on his life, revealing aspects of his artistic and personal trajectory with an overwhelming flow.

The closing concert of the Donaueschinger Musiktage sees the premiere of works from Younghi Pagh-Paan and Francesca Verunelli, presented by the SWR Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Ingo Metzmacher.

Under direction from Pierre Bleuse, the Ensemble intercontemporain presented the world premiere of Liza Lim’s Tailor of Time at Festival Musica, Strasbourg. In November, Lucerne Festival Forward will premiere Multispecies Knots of Ethical Time, another work in which Liza Lim explores the theme of time.

Two new projects by composer Francesca Verunelli are slated for upcoming world premieres. Tune and Retune II and Songs and Voices will be unveiled during the 2023-2024 concert season.

Cassandra, the first opera by Belgian composer Bernard Foccroulle commissioned by La Monnaie, combines the mythological figure of Cassandra with the contemporary character Sandra, a young activist fighting to protect the environment.

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions saw its world premiere at the Manchester International Festival 2023. Following performances at the Bregenz Festival, Festival d'Aix en Provence and London's Southbank Centre, we can look forward to further performances at the Holland Festival, Ruhrtriennale and NYU Skirball.