On November 14th 2020, Dai Fujikura’s third opera A Dream of Armageddon was premiered at the New National Theatre in Toyko. The production united an international team around librettist Harry Ross, director Lydia Steier and conductor Kazushi Ono, who brought the work to the big stage under exceptional circumstances. In the four performances, lead roles were performed by tenor Peter Tantsits, bass baritone Seth Carico and soprano Jessica Aszodi. 

If the audience cannot come to Enno Poppe’s premieres, he’ll bring them to your home. In November and December, two new ensemble works celebrated their live streamed premieres conducted by the composer himself.

In November 2020, composers Philip Venables and Peter Eötvös were recognized internationally for their contributions to the operatic repertoire. 

Da gennaio 2021 è disponibile il nuovo volume dell'edizione critica, a cura di Andrea Moiraghi con la supervisione di Emilia Fadini.

Nell’anno dei festeggiamenti degli 80 anni del Maestro, tre concerti in streaming per il Festival Nuova Consonanza di Roma e una nuova uscita discografica.

A portrait by Volger Hagedorn

With an advancement award, Ricordi Berlin supports the German program “Conductors’ Forum” which targets future generations of conductors.

Giovedì 12 novembre alle ore 20.30, l’Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, diretta da Tito Ceccherini, e il pianista Maurizio Baglini eseguono a porte chiuse in prima assoluta Tre Quadri, il nuovo concerto per pianoforte firmato da Francesco Filidei, e la prima italiana di In cauda III di Franco Donatoni.

In November 2020, Bavarian radio’s musica viva festival presents the world premiere of Bernhard Lang’s violin concerto Monadologie XXXIX.2 Redux.

One of our ricordilab 2019-2022 laureates, Donghoon Shin celebrates the world premiere of his violin concerto in Pécs, Hungary, in November 2020. But let’s hear what the composer himself has to say on the project...