On December 8 the Opéra de Reims will present, for the first time with the reduced orchestration, Matteo Franceschini’s Zazie dans le métro, a music theatre piece on a libretto by Michel Beretti dedicated to young audiences.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time Sergej Newski introduces Vinko Globokar’s L’Armonia Drammatica.

In this video documentary, Intendant Dietmar Schwarz, conductor Enrique Mazzola, soprano Nino Machaidze, and Chief Dramaturge Jörg Königsdorf introduce both the critical edition series and the individual work Vasco da Gama.

At the 2016 Lucerne Festival, Olga Neuwirth will present a brand-new piece for percussion and orchestra.

For centuries, classical music was mostly composed and performed by men. Luckily this has changed in the past decades. In our series, we are introducing the female composers of our publishing group. This time: Annette Schlünz.

The Lengnick repertoire represents a great stylistic variety of 20th century British music, including key works by William Alwyn, Malcolm Arnold and Alun Hoddinott as well as some undiscovered rarities and hidden gems.

Between 1897 and 1899, Richard Strauss had five works published by Forberg-Verlag: the orchestral lieder Befreit, Notturno, Nächtlicher Gang and Der Arbeitsmann as well as the melodrama Enoch Arden.

Dai Fujikura introduces his flute concerto, which will be premiered by Martyn Brabbins, soloist Claire Chase and the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra on December 11, 2015.

“Very magical” (FAZ), “a highlight of the festival” (NZZ), “you are dreaming away” (Stuttgarter Nachrichten), “the only piece that will surely survive this year’s festival apart from the orchestra award winner” (BR) – Olga Neuwirth’s latest composition was premiered by Ensemble intercontemporain and Matthias Pintscher at the Donaueschinger Musiktagen to great critical acclaim.

On November 1 in Rome (additional performances on 2 and 3), the Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia with conductor Antonio Pappano will perform the world premiere of Fabio Nieder’s Danza lenta di C.S. fra gli specchi (C.S.’s slow dance between mirrors).