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Sotelo: New work for ensemble
Klang-Muro ... II, the new ensemble work by Mauricio Sotelo will receive its world première on 29 M [...]
Harrison Birtwistle: Bow Down
Bow Down, Harrison Birtwistle’s music-theatre work from 1977 employs 5 actors and 4 musicians to t [...]
New Wozzeck at the Salzburg Theatre
From 11 May the Salzburg Theatre is staging a new production of Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck in the [...]
Lulu – reduced version for chamber orchestra
Eberhard Kloke has created a reduced version of Alban Berg’s Lulu for chamber orchestra. The world [...]
Mahler: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde for tenor and orchestra
Colin Matthews was commissioned by Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra to arrange the first move [...]
Aspekte Festival 2012
The Aspekte Festival in Salzburg celebrates its 35th anniversary this year (9–13 May). [...]
Balkan Clarinet Duets
The colourful and richly diverse music of the Balkans is becoming more and more popular. Become acqu [...]
Violin Debut – James Rae
Our new edition for a great start as a violin soloist, also with accompaniment and ensemble parts. [...]
Emmanuel Pahud presents – Fantasy on “Der Freischütz”
New series – Famous flautists select and present favourite pieces from their own repertoire. [...]
Kurt Weill – Songs for flute
This new edition for flute and piano contains not only 10 well-known songs from Weill’s stage work [...]
Total Immersion Arvo Pärt
This 28 April, the BBC invites us to the Barbican in London for a day-long exploration of Arvo Pärt [...]
Luke Bedford UK première
This April, Foyle Future Firsts participants conducted by Thomas Blunt will give the British premiè [...]
Catherine Malfitano stages Zemlinsky
Alexander Zemlinsky’s one act A Florentine Tragedy will be presented by the Canadian Opera Company [...]
David Fennessy joins Universal Edition
Following a first contract for his work This is How it Feels (Another Bolero), David Fennessy has no [...]
Rihm: The Conquest of Mexico at the Saarland State Theatre
This April the Saarland State Theatre continues the celebrations of Wolfgang Rihm’s 60th birthday [...]
Play the Piano Level 2
One of the most interesting new editions in our spring collection is Mike Cornick’s Play the Piano [...]
Wolfgang Rihm at 60
On 13 March Wolfgang Rihm celebrates his 60th birthday. The breadth of his output can be experienced [...]
Rihm: Jakob Lenz in London
The English National Opera gives the first performance of a new English translation of Wolfgang Rihm [...]
Karol Szymanowski: Sechs Lieder op. 31 for orchestra
On 15 April Sakari Oramo presents the first performance of the Sechs Lieder op. 31 by Karol Szymanow [...]
Pink Panther for Two
An irresistible new collection of piano duets with CD in the popular “Tea for Two” series. Incl. [...]
Cosi fan Tutte
The latest addition to the series of 18th and early 19th century duet arrangements of Mozart’s ope [...]
Francis Burt: New work
On 28 March Francis Burt's latest composition Variationen eines alten Liedes for clarinet, viola, ac [...]
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 for chamber orchestra
Following the success of his reductions of Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies No. 1 and 4, Klaus Simon tur [...]
Staud: Tableaux vivants in Paris
On 21 March Tableaux vivants – a joint project by Johannes Maria Staud, Anne Juren and Roland Raus [...]
Haas: New a cappella work
On 17 March the Bavarian Radio Chorus (cond. Rupert Huber) will give the world première of a new wo [...]
All together easy Ensemble!
Make music together – for a variety of instruments. Ensemble playing for beginners with this new e [...]
New Karl Scheit Guitar Edition
With his “Musik für Gitarre” series, Karl Scheit played an important role in the development of [...]
Friedrich Cerha receives the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
Friedrich Cerha is the recipient of the 2012 international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. We are esp [...]
Schönberg's 3 Klavierstücke op. 11 for chamber orchestra
On 5 March Yoel Gamzou conducts the first performance of Arnold Schönberg's Drei Klavierstücke op. [...]
Bedford: New work for ensemble
On 3 March, the Britten Sinfonia will give the world première of another new work by Bedford: Three [...]
Rihm: World première Nähe fern 3
On 29 February Wolfgang Rihm’s cycle Nähe fern (near far) continues in Lucerne. James Gaffigan co [...]
Transformation in Boston
On 25 February, Sound Icon presents the US première of Beat Furrer’s Narcissus-Fragement, alongsi [...]
Bedford: New ensemble work
Luke Bedford's latest work for ensemble Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale will receive its world prem [...]
Cerha: New work for seven voices
On 11 February Friedrich Cerha’s latest work, 2 Szenen (2 scenes) for seven voices, will receive i [...]
Anne Dudley/Steven Isserlis: Goldiepegs and the Three Cellos
The expanded version of Anne Dudley's work Goldiepegs and the Three Cellos for narrator, violin, thr [...]
Staud: New work for orchestra
On 9 Feb this year Johannes Maria Staud’s new work Maniai (ancient Greek goddesses of revenge) wil [...]
Easy Jazz Studies
A jazzy time is guaranteed with this new edition for flute. [...]
Saxophone Trios from Around the World
This new collection by Florian Bramböck brings together various musical styles and genres from arou [...]
Asia & More
“No matter which genre of music Aleksey draws us into, he always manages to capture the essence of [...]
Hans Sommer/Clytus Gottwald: Drei Lieder
Clytus Gottwald's new arrangement of Hans Sommer's Drei Lieder for choir will be performed on 29 Jan [...]
NYC Première of Pärt’s Lamentate
Arvo Pärt’s Lamentate receives its New York première at the Carnegie Hall. Dennis Russell Davies [...]
Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy in Lyon
The Opéra de Lyon is now performing the opera in a new production by Georges Lavaudant. Bernhard Ko [...]
Mahagonny: New productions in Tel Aviv and Vienna
From 12 Jan on Kurt Weill's opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny can be seen at the Israeli [...]
Rihm@60 – The String Quartets in Paris
Wolfgang Rihm’s 60th birthday year gets off to a great start this January with the 5th String Quar [...]
Victoria Borisova-Ollas wins Christ Johnson Prize
On 28 November, Victoria Borisova-Ollas will receive Sweden’s most important composition award, th [...]
Arvo Pärt receives the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur
At a ceremony in Paris on 2 Nov, minister of culture Frédéric Mitterand awarded Arvo Pärt France [...]
Liszt/Dupré: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
This January Marcel Dupré's orchestral arrangement of Franz Liszt's chorale Ad nos, ad salutarem un [...]
Haas: New work for voices
Mlake / Laaken is the third part of Georg Friedrich Haas’ work SCHWEIGEN (Silence), written for th [...]
Schwartz: Music for Three Stringed Instruments
On 14 December Jay Schwartz' latest string composition Music for Three Stringed Instruments can be h [...]
Janáček’s From the House of the Dead in Vienna
Peter Konwitschny’s controversial production from the Zurich Opera comes to Vienna this December. [...]
Francis Burt: New work for ensemble
On 23 November Franis Burt's new work for ensemble Mohn and Gedächtnis will receive its world premi [...]
Rihm: Das Gehege in Amsterdam
Rihm’s “Nocturnal scene” receives its Dutch première at the ZaterdagMatinee in Amsterdam. [...]
Sotelo: Two world premières in Spain
In December 2011 two world premières of works by Mauricio Sotelo will take place in Spain: Mapas Ce [...]
Rihm: Lichtes Spiel in Paris and London
The French première of Wolfgang Rihm’s Lichtes Spiel – a sommer piece for violin and small orch [...]
Jenufa in Sweden
From 19 November Janácek’s opera can be seen at the Malmö Opera in a new production by Orpha Phe [...]
Friedrich Cerha: Like a Tragicomedy
On 20 November Friedrich Cerha’s Like a Tragicomedy will receive its Austrian premiere during the [...]
Staud: New Project at Wien Modern
Anne Juren and Roland Rauschmeier have created an evening’s work which transgresses all genres: Ta [...]
Arvo Pärt performs his Vater unser for Pope Benedict XVI
On 4 July Arvo Pärt performed his Vater unser (Our Father) for Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony in t [...]
Saxophone Debut - James Rae
Our new edition for a great start as a saxophone soloist, also with accompaniment and ensemble parts [...]
Jenufa in the reconstructed original version
On 4 November Opéra de Rennes shows Leoš Janácek's opera Jenufa in the original version of 1904, [...]
Cerha: New piano piece
On 29 Oct the new piano piece For Marino by Friedrich Cerha will recieve its world première during [...]
Rihm: New work for baritone and ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw conducts the world première of Der Maler träumt for baritone and ensemble by Wol [...]
Rihm: New work for ensemble
On 25 Oct. Wolfgang Rihm’s Will sound more again will recieve its world première in Porto. Emilio [...]
Rihm: World première of Nähe fern 2
The second part of Wolfgang Rihm’s series Nähe fern for orchestra is given its world première in [...]
David Bedford has died
David Bedford was a prominent member of the British music scene for over forty years. He died on 1 O [...]
Cerha: New work in Leipzig
Friedrich Cerha's new work Paraphrase über den Anfang der 9. Symphonie von Beethoven will be given [...]
Alexander Zemlinsky: New arrangements of 6 Gesänge
In 1921 Erwin Stein arranged two of Alexander Zemlinsky's Sechs Gesänge. To complete the collection [...]
A new production of Cerha’s opera Baal
Friedrich Cerha’s opera Baal opens in a new production at the Neue Oper in Vienna [...]
Mauricio Sotelo at the Klangspuren Festival
Mauricio Sotelo’s De oscura llama receives its Austrian première on 21 Sept at the Klangspuren Fe [...]
Salzburg Festival 2011
Gustav Mahler, whose anniversaries have been the centre of attention all this year, is also the high [...]
Haas’ opera Nacht in Lucerne
Jürg Henneberger conducts Haas' chamber opera Nacht on 16 Sep with the Ensemble DIAGONAL in Lucerne [...]
Mauricio Sotelo: world première in Schwaz
The world première of Mauricio Sotelo's Cuerpos robados for violin, declaimer and orchestra is on 8 [...]
Georg Friedrich Haas: New String Quartet
Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 7 will be given its world première by the Arditti Quartet [...]
Arvo Pärt: 3 world premières
On 9 and 10 Sept Arvo Pärt's three new orchestra versions of Beatus Petronius, Statuit ei Dominus a [...]
Pelleas and Melisande in three versions
Apart from Arnold Schönberg’s original orchestration of Pelleas and Melisande, UE also publishes [...]
Orchestral music by Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm’s Verwandlung III for orchestra and his Lichtes Spiel for violin and orchestra can b [...]
Julian Yu “Theme Composer” in Tokyo
Every year, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo commissions a new orchestral work from a leading composer. Thi [...]
BBC Proms 2011
The BBC Proms started last week and once again include a wealth of UE works in the many concerts. [...]
First chamber opera by Luke Bedford
This is the long-awaited first opera from Luke Bedford, one of the UK’s leading young composers. T [...]
Berg Violin Concerto for ensemble
On 9 July the reduced version of Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto will be given its French première a [...]
Krenek: The Secret Kingdom for the first time in Italy
On 24 July Ernst Krenek’s one act opera Das geheime Königreich (The Secret Kingdom) will receive [...]
Pathways to Franz Liszt
Now available: our new collection of nine easy to intermediate piano pieces by Franz Liszt. [...]
Kurt Weill - Songs
This new edition for cello and piano contains not only 10 well-known songs from Weill’s stage work [...]
Rihm: New work for soprano and orchestra
Wolfgang Rihm’s Eine Strasse, Lucile “a scene for soprano and orchestra” (after Georg Büchner [...]
Mahler Interviews on Tour
A year ago we started a project to interview the most important Mahler-conductors. The results can b [...]
Mauricio Sotelo: world première in Madrid
Mauricio Sotelo’s latest composition, Muerte sin fin, will receive its world première in Spain on [...]
Première of Borisova-Ollas' Angelus
On 24 June Victoria Borisova-Ollas' work for orchestra Angelus will recieve its UK première in Glas [...]
Rihm: new work for orchestra
On 22 June Rihm’s new work for orchestra – Nähe fern 1, ‘answers to Brahms’ – will be hea [...]
Cristóbal Halffter: World première of Ritual in Grafenegg
On 5 Sep Cristóbal Halffter conducts the world première of his new orchestral work Ritual with the [...]
Lulu in Erfurt
The German première of Eberhard Kloke's new version of Lulu will be given at Erfurt Theatre on 13 J [...]
Cerha: New work for oboe, cello and piano
On 11 June the world première of Friedrich Cerha’s Four Paraphrases for oboe, cello and piano wil [...]
Rihm’s Dionysos in Amsterdam
From 8 until 22 June Wolfgang Rihm’s opera fantasy Dionysos comes to Amsterdam in the Dutch premi [...]
Staud: New piece for solo bassoon
Johannes Maria Staud has written a solo piece entitled Celluloid for Joachim Hans, the solo bassooni [...]
Haas: New work for chamber orchestra
On 4 June Georg Friedrich Haas’ new work for chamber orchestra "chants oubliés" will be given its [...]
Baltakas: world première
On 2 June the Vilnius Festival 2011 presents the world première of Vykintas Baltakas' Commentum for [...]
Arnold Schönberg recognised by UNESCO
We are proud to announce that the documents left by Arnold Schönberg, including manuscripts of his [...]
Wolfgang Rihm on Schönberg’s Variations Op. 31
In the new issue of our new newsletter Musikblätter, Wolfgang Rihm talks about Schönberg’s Varia [...]
Seven Angels Video
Watch composer Luke Bedford, writer Glyn Maxwell and director John Fulljames talk about Bedford’s [...]
Mike Cornick - Play the Piano
One of the most interesting new editions in our spring collection is Mike Cornick’s Play the Piano [...]
38 More Modern Studies
More Modern studies for clarinet from modern Classical through to Jazz and Rock complementing the es [...]
Video Streams from the Leipzig Mahler Festival
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Pierre Boulez Interview
For the first issue of our new newsletter Musikblätter, Pierre Boulez spoke to Universal Edition ab [...]
30,000 views and counting
The first Mahler interview to appear on our Gustav Mahler Blog was with Daniel Barenboim, back in Ju [...]
Gustav Mahler – 100 years after his death
Gustav Mahler’s grave in Vienna today, 100 years after his death. Floral tributes were made by the [...]
Staud: New works for Dresden
Tondo for orchestra is the first of three works that Johannes Maria Staud has composed for the Säch [...]
Pablo Heras-Casado on the music of Kurt Weill
For the new issue of the Musikblätter, Pablo Heras-Casado talks to UE about the music of Kurt Weill [...]
Ingo Metzmacher on the music of Franz Schreker
Ingo Metzmacher talks about the music of Franz Schreker in an interview for the new issue of the Mus [...]
Martinu: Greek Passion in Palermo
The Teatro Massimo in Palermo is showing a new production of the London version (29 Apr–8 May). As [...]
Jay Schwartz: Narcissus & Echo in Madrid
On 23 and 25 March Jay Schwartz' chamber opera Narciussus & Echo comes to Madrid in the new producti [...]
Norwegian première of Arvo Pärt’s Adam’s Lament
The Norwegian premières of Adam’s Lament and the Stabat Mater take place on 19 April in Oslo. Tö [...]
Wolfgang Rihm: Two national premières
Rihm's Das Lesen der Schrift will receive its first Portuguese (Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa d [...]
World première of Rihm’s ‘Dyade’
Dyade for violin and double bass is the latest work resulting from the long-standing and creative fr [...]
Birtwistle’s Punch and Judy in Geneva
The Grand Théâtre de Genève is now showing the joint production by the English National Opera and [...]
Borisova-Ollas/Faingersh: Hamlet
Victoria Borisova-Ollas’ and Elias Faingersh’s Hamlet – a drama for trombone and orchestra – [...]
US Stage Première of Feldman’s Neither
New York City Opera presents the US professional stage première of Morton Feldman’s inimitable mo [...]
New version of Schönberg’s 6 Orchestral Songs
The new version by Klaus Simon of the songs 3, 4 and 6 completes the cycle and expands the Schönber [...]
Flute Debut - James Rae
Our new edition for a great start as a flute soloist, also with accompaniment and ensemble parts. [...]
New productions of Kurt Weill operas
Kurt Weill’s opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is now on in Cologne, and The Threep [...]
Alexander Zemlinsky: New Violin Concerto
Franz Hummel’s arrangement of Alexander Zemlinsky’s Serenade will receive its world première on [...]
Friedrich Cerha celebrates his 85th birthday
On 17 February 2011 Cerha celebrates his 85th birthday, and a number of events are paying tribute to [...]
Alma Mahler: World première of choral arrangements
The choral arrangements of Alma Mahler’s 3 frühe Lieder receive their world première on 26 Feb w [...]
New Mahler Interviews
View our latest Mahler interviews with world famous conductors. [...]
Wolfgang Rihm: World première of Lichtes Spiel
The world première of Wolfgang Rihm's new violin concerto Lichtes Spiel will take place on 18 Nov u [...]
Arnold Schönberg
An insight into Schönberg's creativity as an artist! [...]
Frédéric Chopin - Facsimiles
To celebrate the 200th birthday of this great composer we are offering you a unique insight into the [...]
Mauricio Sotelo: 2 World premières
Muerte sin fin for flamenco singer, orchestra and electronics (30 Jan) and Alpha Centauri for ensemb [...]
Haas: New String Quartet
The Hagen Quartet will perform the world première of Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 6 in [...]
Johannes Maria Staud: Two world premières
Über trügerische Stadtpläne und die Versuchungen der Winternächte for string quartet and orchest [...]
Arvo Pärt on BBC Radio 3
Arvo Pärt talks to Tom Service about his life and music. [...]
Pierre Boulez - Tombeau
Boulez' Tombeau is now available in a facsimile edition, including all manuscript versions and corre [...]
Rihm Album of the Year
Wolfgang Rihm's Verwandlungen has been selected by the Sunday Times as the No. 1 Contemporary Album [...]
Berio-Saal for the Vienna Konzerthaus
The Wiener Konzerthaus commemorates Luciano Berio, after whom its new concert hall has been named, o [...]
UE at the GRAMMYS 2011
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, 13 Feb, 2011. Among the nomi [...]
David Fennessy receives Paul Hamlyn Award 2010
Composer David Fennessy has received a prestigious Paul Hamlyn Award at the 2010 Awards Ceremony. [...]
Georg Friedrich Haas: new work for ensemble
Georg Friedrich Haas' „... damit ... die Geister der Menschen erhellt und ihr Verstand erleuchtet [...]
World première of Frank Martin's Ballade No. 2
Marco Angius and the Orchestra Nazionale Sinfonica della RAI Torino present Frank Martin’s Ballade [...]
Friedrich Cerha: World première in Manchester
Friedrich Cerha's Viennese Kaleidoscope will be given its world première on 19 Oct at the Royal Nor [...]
Borisova-Ollas wins Swedish Award
Victoria Borisova-Ollas has once again received a prestigious Swedish Publishers Award. [...]
Arvo Pärt at 75
On 11 Sep Arvo Pärt celebrates his 75th birthday. New: Tabula Rasa - CD Special edition! [...]
Wolfgang Rihm on Dutch music cuts
Wolfgang Rihm comments on the threatened closure of the Dutch Radio Music Center [...]
World première of Arvo Pärt's Silhouette
Arvo Pärt's Silhouette, Hommage à Gustave Eiffel, will be given its world première on 04 Nov und [...]
Cripta Colonia Güell: new work by Mauricio Sotelo
Mauricio Sotelo's Cripta Colonia Güell - música para la ESMUC for two flamenco singers, choir, ens [...]
Georg Friedrich Haas: SWR Symphony Orchestra Composition Prize 2010
Georg Friedrich Haas’ work limited approximations, a concerto for 6 pianos in twelve-tone interval [...]
Rudolf Barshai has died at the age of 86 (1924-2010)
He was the composers’ friend. This is how Bernd Feuchtner, Rudolf Barshai’s biographer, describe [...]
Georg Friedrich Haas: Two world premières
Georg Friedrich Haas' limited approximations for 6 micro-tonally tuned pianos and orchestra in Donau [...]
Golden Lion for Wolfgang Rihm's lifetime achievement
On 30 September the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement for Music will be awarded to Wolfgang Rihm [...]
Salzburg Music Prize 2011
The 2011 Salzburg Music Prize will be awarded to Friedrich Cerha. The award, with its prize money of [...]
Wunderbare Leiden: World première of Victoria Borisova-Ollas' new work in Düsseldorf
Victoria Borisova-Ollas’ new work Wunderbare Leiden will be premièred in Düsseldorf on 8 Oct by [...]
Gustav Mahler at 150
The 7th July was the 150th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s birth. [...]
Vykintas Baltakas: World première of Scoria in Munich
Vykintas Baltakas’ new work Scoria, for orchestra in three groups, will be given its world premiè [...]
Luciano Berio: Two German premières at the Berliner Festspiele
The German premières of 4 dédicaces (Concertgebouw Orkest, c. Mariss Jansons) and Stanze (London P [...]
World première of Wolfgang Rihm's opera fantasy Dionysos
Ingo Metzmacher presents the new opera Dionysos by Wolfgang Rihm on 27 Jul at the Salzburg Festival. [...]
Lulu at the Salzburg Festival
Vera Nemirova's new production of Lulu opens at the Salzburg Festival on 1 August, with Patrici [...]
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Die Mädchen mit den verbundenen Augen, Alexander Zemlinsky
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