Sergej Newski started his three months residency at the Villa Aurora in California in July 2014. During his stay he will compose a new music theater based on the novel Pazifik Exil by Michael Lentz. The work will be premiered at UltraSchall Festival Berlin 2015 before having its American premiere at the Villa Aurora in March 2015.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time: Hubert Stuppner writes about Inverno-in ver by Niccolò Castiglioni.

“The composers of our time should study Mayr’s operas. They would find there everything what they are looking for and what would be useful for them.” (Gioachino Rossini)

Samir Odeh-Tamimi’s Mansur will be premiered on July 26, 2014, at Salzburger Festpielen. The composition is based on the work of martyr and Sufi master Husain ibn Mansur Al-Hallağ.

On June 10, 2014, Oscar Strasnoy’s new opera was premiered in Buenos Aires. Requiem for a Nun is based on one of the most thrilling plots by William Faulkner. The composition was commissioned by Teatro Colón. Argentine composer Oscar Strasnoy’s works are published by Gérard Billaudot Éditeur; Ricordi Berlin is their rental agent for Germany and Austria.

London-based composer Dai Fujikura talks about his relationship to Japan and his new orchestra piece Rare Gravity, which will be premiered in Tokyo by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under the baton of Kazuki Yamada on July 10.

On July 26, 2014, Samir Odeh-Tamimi’s new work Mansur for large choir, four brass players, and two percussionists will see its world premiere at this year’s Salzburger Festspiele. In our interview, the composer tells us more about this composition. He also talks about Sufism, improvisation and his experiences in Brazil.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time: Fabien Lévy writes about Stèle by Gérard Grisey.

On July 7, Vinko Globokar celebrates his 80th birthday.Five years ago, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, Pierre Boulez, Sylvain Cambreling and André Richard send these birthday wishes.

In 2009, Ricordi published a brochure on Vinko Globokar with English, French and German texts by Pierre Boulez, Sylvain Cambreling, André Richard, Ekkehard Jost, Clytus Gottwald and many more.