The Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, one of the most renowned composers of his generation and currently residing in the US, is attracting attention this summer not only at the Bavarian State Opera, whose Ja, Mai (Yes, May) festival has been dedicated to him, but also with a new orchestral work unveiled in Vienna by Marin Alsop.

The Augsburg State Theatre has addressed the man-made apocalypse in the form a staged oratorio with a multi-disciplinary cast of singers, dancers and actors. Haydn’s Creation is confronted not only by contemporary literature but also by a new composition from Bernhard Lang that brings Haydn’s classical tradition into the modern age.

Sarah Nemtsov ranks among the most exciting musical voices of her generation. Numerous highlights from her catalogue are featured in the close of the current season, and the next season will also see exciting Nemtsov projects.

Il compositore italiano compie 60 anni il 26 luglio. A giugno la prima esecuzione mondiale di De Tinieblas, eseguito da SWR Vokalensemble in Italia, Francia e Germania.

For a long time, Sasha Waltz and Georg Friedrich Haas wished to collaborate but never had an opportunity to realize the plan. That changed when Waltz took over as co-intendant of the Berlin State Ballet in August 2019.

With The Murder of Halit Yozgat, the Australian composer Ben Frost, known for his very diverse oeuvre of experimental and electronic music, is making his second opera on a dark subject.

Along with Sex Magic, a large work for for contrabass flute, live electronics and an installation of kinetic instruments, written for Claire Chase, there is the Annunciation Triptych for orchestra, which is being given its world premiere at the Achtbrücken Festival in Cologne, with soprano Emily Hindrichs and the WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Cristian Măcelaru.

Salvatore Sciarrino pubblicherà i suoi prossimi lavori con Casa Ricordi. I titoli si aggiungeranno al ricco catalogo Ricordi del compositore che già raccoglie la sua produzione tra il 1969 e il 2004.

Casa Ricordi è orgogliosa di pubblicare insieme all’editore italiano Suvini Zerboni questo nuovo lavoro, nel solco di una tradizione editoriale che sin dalle origini ha dato voce all’impegno civile attraverso la musica, portando da sempre sulle scene di tutto il mondo storie e denunce, lucide immagini di ogni presente. 

The composer Vinko Globokar has received the 2022 German Music Authors’ Prize of GEMA, the German performing rights organization.