Luca Francesconi is the first Italian composer to win the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award. He is awarded in the Large-Scale Composition category for his violin concerto Duende: The Dark Notes.

Alice au pays des merveilles (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Matteo Franceschini’s latest opera for 5 singers, boys’ choir, actors and orchestra, will be premiere on May 28 at the Philharmonie in Paris.

Composer Philippe Boesmans turns 80 on May 17. In honor of this event, Stuttgart Opera has scheduled a new production of his opera Reigen which opened on April 24 and has performances through June 3.

“A consummate artist and refined teacher, Salvatore Sciarrino is universally recognised as one of the most original and influential voices of our time” – read Ivan Fedele, Director of the Venice Biennale, announcing the Leone d’oro award for lifetime contribution to music.

On May 7 in Florence the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducted by John Axelrod, will perform the world premiere of Fabio Vacchi’s LO SPECCHIO MAGICO (Urban Art Dance Opera), libretto by Aldo Nove. The direction is entrusted to the video-maker Edoardo Zucchetti.

Throughout history, most of the classical music that has entered into the canon of Western music has been composed by men. Fortunately, female composers are gaining notoriety in recent years. In this series, we introduce female composers of our publishing group. This time: Olga Neuwirth.

In April Liza Lim’s opera Tree of Codes was premiered to great critical acclaim in Cologne: “A major contribution to the music theatre of our time“ (Neue Zeitschrift für Musik), „tender sensuality“ (FAZ), “an exciting discovery in the music theatre world” (Deutschlandradio).

The publishing house Forberg, a catalogue that now belongs to Ricordi, published some of the most important works in Russian music – such as Prokofiev’s first piano concerto and Koussevitzky’s double bass concerto.

“More than 100 years after its world premiere, Prokofiev’s piano concerto still remains a fresh and unconventional virtuoso piece that both summarizes and concludes the piano concerto of the Romantic era”, says Ricordi Berlin composer Sergej Newski in his introduction.

Throughout history, most of the classical music that has entered into the canon of Western music has been composed by men. Fortunately, female composers are gaining notoriety in recent years. In this series, we introduce female composers of our publishing group. This time: Violeta Dinescu.

„This work is now part of the repertoire“, says the German newspaper Die Welt (March 9, 2016). Péter Eötvös‘ Tri sestry is one of the most performed stage works in contemporary music, it has already been shown in 27 cities. The latest production was presented in March at Wiener Staatsoper to great critical acclaim (conductors: Péter Eötvös, Jonathan Stockhammer; stage director: Yuval Sharon). Click below to watch the trailer, view the score and get more information.