Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth talks about upcoming commissions and the influence of American culture on her work.

Dai Fujikura is appointed “Composer in Residence” of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra starting in April 2014.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite works from our catalogs. This time: Liza Lim writes about Younghi Pagh-Paan’s NIM.

Today Universal Music Publishing Classical releases its 2014 yearbook “On the page”. The volume features interviews with Peter Eötvös and Martin Grubinger, in-depth articles about Klaus Huber and Fausto Romitelli, insights into the Puccini critical edition and much more.

In 2008, the Hillard Ensemble performed the world premiere of Heiner Goebbels' I went to the house but did not enter. Now the group will present the piece at the Biennale Musiques en Scène à Lyon on March 6, 7 and 8, 2014. We have talked to Steven Harrold about Goebbels' composition.

The country of extreme opposites is polarized like few others: Brazil evokes images of acrobatic soccer, beautiful people and its colorful carnival just as much as scenes of drug crime and severe poverty in the favelas of its big cities.

Since Brazil is gaining more and more attention because of this year’s World Cup and the summer Olympics in 2016, we decided to introduce some composers who have dealt with Brazil’s rich musical heritage each in his own very unique way.

One of the highlights of this year’s MaerzMusik will be the performances of Enno Poppe’s music theatre work IQ. The Berliner Festspiele’s festival for contemporary music will also feature the world premiere of Mela Meierhans’ Shiva for Anne as well as concerts with works of our composers György Kurtág, Fabien Lévy, Sergej Newski, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, Samir Odeh-Tamimi and Hans Wüthrich.

From our Repertoire is a blog category featuring knowledgeable commentary on works from our diverse catalogues. We will introduce you on a regular basis to not only the best-known compositions but also to niche works that we think deserve a little more attention.

This time: Xenakis’ first completed choral work, Polla ta Dhina.

Luca Francesconi has been commissioned to write a new violin concerto for Leila Josefowicz called Duende, The Dark Notes. We talked with Ms Josefowicz about the new piece and her collaboration with Luca Francesconi.

On January 29 Luigi Nono would have turned 90. May 8 will mark his 24th anniversary of death, and since then his music has never ceased to attract audiences. On the contrary, it has enjoyed more and more attention on the programs of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, opera houses, and festivals. On our blog we wish to pay homage to this great musician.
We have interviewed his wife Nuria Schoenberg Nono, who founded the Archivio Nono in Venice in 1993, today a fundamental host for research and study of Nono and contemporary music in general.