Armin Köhler died in the night of November 15, 2014.

Klaus Huber celebrates his 90th birthday

One of the first anti-war films in history, Maudite soit la guerre (War is Hell) was made in 1914 shortly before the First World War. Now Olga Neuwirth has composed music for the silent movie. The Ensemble 2e2m performs the world premiere in conjunction with the film in Paris on November 10 and then takes the project on tour to France, Belgium, Germany and Austria. “You always need to remember the past! That is the only way that we could learn something”, says Olga Neuwirth in our interview.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite composer from our catalogs. This time: Francesco Antonioni writes about Azio Corghi’s Divara.

The final version of Robert HP Platz’s Stunden:Buch will be premiered in Würzburg on November 2, 2014 . Here is an introduction by the composer.

In 2004, Ricordi published a brochure about Klaus Huber with texts by Max Nyffeler, Hans Zender, Wolfgang Rihm and others. Click here to download it.

The Meyerbeer cycle at Deutsche Oper Berlin started with a concert performance of Dinorah on October 2, 2014. The premiere of the critical edition received enthusiastic reviews.

On the tenth anniversary of his death, Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004), considered one of the most original musical figures of recent times, is at the centre of numerous musicological studies and international concert programmes. His music by now features in the repertoire of many ensembles both in Europe and abroad. Instrumental groups from the United States, Canada, South Korea, Russia, Argentina, Israel, and Hong Kong regularly perform his compositions. His video opera An Index of Metals has had more than 50 performances around the world so far.

The Goya Symphony from 1938 is a typical work of Manfred Gurlitt as it combines late Expressionism, neoclassicism and free tonality.

On September 20, 2014, Heiner Goebbels Surrogate Cities Ruhr was premiered at Ruhtriennale in Duisburg. Choreographer Mathilde Monnier worked with various communities of the Ruhr area; the production features school children, teenagers from Hip Hop dance groups, adult members of martial arts groups and senior citizens from ballroom dance groups.