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  • Mauricio Sotelo
    Sotelo: New work for ensemble
    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 (c) Universal Edition
    Harrison Birtwistle: Bow Down
    Harrison Birtwistle: Bow Down
    Bow Down, Harrison Birtwistle’s music-theatre work from 1977 employs 5 actors and 4 musicians to t [...]
  • Wozzeck at the Salzburg State Theatre 2012
    New Wozzeck at the Salzburg Theatre
    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 [...]
  • Alban Berg (c) Universal Edition
    Lulu – reduced version for chamber orchestra
    Lulu – reduced version for chamber orchestra
    Eberhard Kloke has created a reduced version of Alban Berg’s Lulu for chamber orchestra. The world [...]
  • Gustav Mahler (c) Universal Edition
    Mahler: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde for tenor and orchestra
    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
    Aspekte Festival 2012
    Aspekte Festival 2012
    The Aspekte Festival in Salzburg celebrates its 35th anniversary this year (9–13 May). [...]
  • Balkan Clarinet Duets
    Balkan Clarinet Duets
    The colourful and richly diverse music of the Balkans is becoming more and more popular. Become acqu [...]
  • Violin Debut
    Violin Debut – James Rae
    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”
    Emmanuel Pahud presents – Fantasy on “Der Freischütz”
    Emmanuel Pahud presents – Fantasy on “Der Freischütz”
    New series – Famous flautists select and present favourite pieces from their own repertoire. [...]
  • Songs for Flute
    Kurt Weill – Songs for flute
    Kurt Weill – Songs for flute
    This new edition for flute and piano contains not only 10 well-known songs from Weill’s stage work [...]
  • Arvo Pärt (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    Total Immersion Arvo Pärt
    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 (c) Tom Bedford
    Luke Bedford UK première
    Luke Bedford UK première
    This April, Foyle Future Firsts participants conducted by Thomas Blunt will give the British premiè [...]
  • Alexander Zemlinsky (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    Catherine Malfitano stages Zemlinsky
    Catherine Malfitano stages Zemlinsky
    Alexander Zemlinsky’s one act A Florentine Tragedy will be presented by the Canadian Opera Company [...]
  • David Fennessy (c) Eric Marinitsch
    David Fennessy joins Universal Edition
    David Fennessy joins Universal Edition
    Following a first contract for his work This is How it Feels (Another Bolero), David Fennessy has no [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    Rihm: The Conquest of Mexico at the Saarland State Theatre
    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
    Play the Piano Level 2
    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
    Wolfgang Rihm at 60
    Wolfgang Rihm at 60
    On 13 March Wolfgang Rihm celebrates his 60th birthday. The breadth of his output can be experienced [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    Rihm: Jakob Lenz in London
    Rihm: Jakob Lenz in London
    The English National Opera gives the first performance of a new English translation of Wolfgang Rihm [...]
  • Karol Szymanowski (c) Universal Edition
    Karol Szymanowski: Sechs Lieder op. 31 for orchestra
    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
    Pink Panther for Two
    Pink Panther for Two
    An irresistible new collection of piano duets with CD in the popular “Tea for Two” series. Incl. [...]
  • Mozart - Cosi fan tutte
    Cosi fan Tutte
    Cosi fan Tutte
    The latest addition to the series of 18th and early 19th century duet arrangements of Mozart’s ope [...]
  • Francis Burt (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    Francis Burt: New work
    Francis Burt: New work
    On 28 March Francis Burt's latest composition Variationen eines alten Liedes for clarinet, viola, ac [...]
  • Gustav Mahler (c) Universal Edition
    Mahler: Symphony No. 9 for chamber orchestra
    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 [...]
  • Johannes Maria Staud
    Staud: Tableaux vivants in Paris
    Staud: Tableaux vivants in Paris
    On 21 March Tableaux vivants – a joint project by Johannes Maria Staud, Anne Juren and Roland Raus [...]
  • Georg Friedrich Haas
    Haas: New a cappella work
    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
    All together easy Ensemble!
    All together easy Ensemble!
    Make music together – for a variety of instruments. Ensemble playing for beginners with this new e [...]
  • Karl Scheit
    New Karl Scheit Guitar Edition
    New Karl Scheit Guitar Edition
    With his “Musik für Gitarre” series, Karl Scheit played an important role in the development of [...]
  • Ersnt von Siemens Music Prize
    Friedrich Cerha receives the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
    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 [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg (c) Arnold Schönberg Center Wien
    Schönberg's 3 Klavierstücke op. 11 for chamber orchestra
    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. [...]
  • Luke Bedford (photo: Ben Ealovega)
    Bedford: New work for ensemble
    Bedford: New work for ensemble
    On 3 March, the Britten Sinfonia will give the world première of another new work by Bedford: Three [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    Rihm: World première Nähe fern 3
    Rihm: World première Nähe fern 3
    On 29 February Wolfgang Rihm’s cycle Nähe fern (near far) continues in Lucerne. James Gaffigan co [...]
  • Beat Furrer (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinisch
    Transformation in Boston
    Transformation in Boston
    On 25 February, Sound Icon presents the US première of Beat Furrer’s Narcissus-Fragement, alongsi [...]
  • Luke Bedford (photo: Tom Bedford)
    Bedford: New ensemble work
    Bedford: New ensemble work
    Luke Bedford's latest work for ensemble Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale will receive its world prem [...]
  • Friedrich Cerha
    Cerha: New work for seven voices
    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
    Anne Dudley/Steven Isserlis: Goldiepegs and the Three Cellos
    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 [...]
  • Johannes Maria Staud
    Staud: New work for orchestra
    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
    Easy Jazz Studies
    Easy Jazz Studies
    A jazzy time is guaranteed with this new edition for flute. [...]
  • Saxophone Trios from around the world
    Saxophone Trios from Around the World
    Saxophone Trios from Around the World
    This new collection by Florian Bramböck brings together various musical styles and genres from arou [...]
  • Aleksey Igudesman
    Asia & More
    Asia & More
    “No matter which genre of music Aleksey draws us into, he always manages to capture the essence of [...]
  • Hans Sommer
    Hans Sommer/Clytus Gottwald: Drei Lieder
    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 [...]
  • Arvo Pärt (c) Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    NYC Première of Pärt’s Lamentate
    NYC Première of Pärt’s Lamentate
    Arvo Pärt’s Lamentate receives its New York première at the Carnegie Hall. Dennis Russell Davies [...]
  • Alexander Zemlinsky
    Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy in Lyon
    Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy in Lyon
    The Opéra de Lyon is now performing the opera in a new production by Georges Lavaudant. Bernhard Ko [...]
  • Kurt Weill (photo: Kurt Weill Foundation for Music New York)
    Mahagonny: New productions in Tel Aviv and Vienna
    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 [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm (c) Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch
    Rihm@60 – The String Quartets in Paris
    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
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas wins Christ Johnson Prize
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas wins Christ Johnson Prize
    On 28 November, Victoria Borisova-Ollas will receive Sweden’s most important composition award, th [...]
  • Arvo Pärt
    Arvo Pärt receives the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur
    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 [...]
  • Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
    Liszt/Dupré: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
    Liszt/Dupré: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
    This January Marcel Dupré's orchestral arrangement of Franz Liszt's chorale Ad nos, ad salutarem un [...]
  • Georg Friedrich Haas (c) Universal Edition
    Haas: New work for voices
    Haas: New work for voices
    Mlake / Laaken is the third part of Georg Friedrich Haas’ work SCHWEIGEN (Silence), written for th [...]
  • Jay Schwartz
    Schwartz: Music for Three Stringed Instruments
    Schwartz: Music for Three Stringed Instruments
    On 14 December Jay Schwartz' latest string composition Music for Three Stringed Instruments can be h [...]
  • Leos Janacek
    Janáček’s From the House of the Dead in Vienna
    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
    Francis Burt: New work for ensemble
    Francis Burt: New work for ensemble
    On 23 November Franis Burt's new work for ensemble Mohn and Gedächtnis will receive its world premi [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm (c) Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch
    Rihm: Das Gehege in Amsterdam
    Rihm: Das Gehege in Amsterdam
    Rihm’s “Nocturnal scene” receives its Dutch première at the ZaterdagMatinee in Amsterdam. [...]
  • Mauricio Sotelo
    Sotelo: Two world premières in Spain
    Sotelo: Two world premières in Spain
    In December 2011 two world premières of works by Mauricio Sotelo will take place in Spain: Mapas Ce [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Rihm: Lichtes Spiel in Paris and London
    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 at the Malmö Opera
    Jenufa in Sweden
    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
    Friedrich Cerha: Like a Tragicomedy
    Friedrich Cerha: Like a Tragicomedy
    On 20 November Friedrich Cerha’s Like a Tragicomedy will receive its Austrian premiere during the [...]
  • Johannes Maria Staud
    Staud: New Project at Wien Modern
    Staud: New Project at Wien Modern
    Anne Juren and Roland Rauschmeier have created an evening’s work which transgresses all genres: Ta [...]
  • Arvo Pärt
    Arvo Pärt performs his Vater unser for Pope Benedict XVI
    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
    Saxophone Debut - James Rae
    Saxophone Debut - James Rae
    Our new edition for a great start as a saxophone soloist, also with accompaniment and ensemble parts [...]
  • Leoš Janácek's Jenufa at the Opéra de Rennes
    Jenufa in the reconstructed original version
    Jenufa in the reconstructed original version
    On 4 November Opéra de Rennes shows Leoš Janácek's opera Jenufa in the original version of 1904, [...]
  • Friedrich Cerha
    Cerha: New piano piece
    Cerha: New piano piece
    On 29 Oct the new piano piece For Marino by Friedrich Cerha will recieve its world première during [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Rihm: New work for baritone and ensemble
    Rihm: New work for baritone and ensemble
    Reinbert de Leeuw conducts the world première of Der Maler träumt for baritone and ensemble by Wol [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Rihm: New work for ensemble
    Rihm: New work for ensemble
    On 25 Oct. Wolfgang Rihm’s Will sound more again will recieve its world première in Porto. Emilio [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm (c) Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch
    Rihm: World première of Nähe fern 2
    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
    David Bedford has died
    David Bedford has died
    David Bedford was a prominent member of the British music scene for over forty years. He died on 1 O [...]
  • Friedrich Cerha
    Cerha: New work in Leipzig
    Cerha: New work in Leipzig
    Friedrich Cerha's new work Paraphrase über den Anfang der 9. Symphonie von Beethoven will be given [...]
  • Alexander Zemlinsky
    Alexander Zemlinsky: New arrangements of 6 Gesänge
    Alexander Zemlinsky: New arrangements of 6 Gesänge
    In 1921 Erwin Stein arranged two of Alexander Zemlinsky's Sechs Gesänge. To complete the collection [...]
  • Friedrich Cerha
    A new production of Cerha’s opera Baal
    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
    Mauricio Sotelo at the Klangspuren Festival
    Mauricio Sotelo at the Klangspuren Festival
    Mauricio Sotelo’s De oscura llama receives its Austrian première on 21 Sept at the Klangspuren Fe [...]
  • Salzburger Festspiele
    Salzburg Festival 2011
    Salzburg Festival 2011
    Gustav Mahler, whose anniversaries have been the centre of attention all this year, is also the high [...]
  • Georg Friedrich Haas
    Haas’ opera Nacht in Lucerne
    Haas’ opera Nacht in Lucerne
    Jürg Henneberger conducts Haas' chamber opera Nacht on 16 Sep with the Ensemble DIAGONAL in Lucerne [...]
  • Mauricio Sotelo
    Mauricio Sotelo: world première in Schwaz
    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
    Georg Friedrich Haas: New String Quartet
    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
    Arvo Pärt: 3 world premières
    Arvo Pärt: 3 world premières
    On 9 and 10 Sept Arvo Pärt's three new orchestra versions of Beatus Petronius, Statuit ei Dominus a [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    Pelleas and Melisande in three versions
    Pelleas and Melisande in three versions
    Apart from Arnold Schönberg’s original orchestration of Pelleas and Melisande, UE also publishes [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Orchestral music by Wolfgang Rihm
    Orchestral music by Wolfgang Rihm
    Wolfgang Rihm’s Verwandlung III for orchestra and his Lichtes Spiel for violin and orchestra can b [...]
  • Julian Yu
    Julian Yu “Theme Composer” in Tokyo
    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
    BBC Proms 2011
    BBC Proms 2011
    The BBC Proms started last week and once again include a wealth of UE works in the many concerts. [...]
  • Luke Bedford
    First chamber opera by Luke Bedford
    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 [...]
  • Alban Berg
    Berg Violin Concerto for ensemble
    Berg Violin Concerto for ensemble
    On 9 July the reduced version of Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto will be given its French première a [...]
  • Ernst Krenek
    Krenek: The Secret Kingdom for the first time in Italy
    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
    Pathways to Franz Liszt
    Pathways to Franz Liszt
    Now available: our new collection of nine easy to intermediate piano pieces by Franz Liszt. [...]
  • Kurt Weill - Songs
    Kurt Weill - Songs
    Kurt Weill - Songs
    This new edition for cello and piano contains not only 10 well-known songs from Weill’s stage work [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm (c) Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch
    Rihm: New work for soprano and orchestra
    Rihm: New work for soprano and orchestra
    Wolfgang Rihm’s Eine Strasse, Lucile “a scene for soprano and orchestra” (after Georg Büchner [...]
  • Gustav Mahler
    Mahler Interviews on Tour
    Mahler Interviews on Tour
    A year ago we started a project to interview the most important Mahler-conductors. The results can b [...]
  • Mauricio Sotelo
    Mauricio Sotelo: world première in Madrid
    Mauricio Sotelo: world première in Madrid
    Mauricio Sotelo’s latest composition, Muerte sin fin, will receive its world première in Spain on [...]
  • Victoria Borisova-Ollas
    Première of Borisova-Ollas' Angelus
    Première of Borisova-Ollas' Angelus
    On 24 June Victoria Borisova-Ollas' work for orchestra Angelus will recieve its UK première in Glas [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Rihm: new work for orchestra
    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 © Universal Edition/Eric Marinitsch
    Cristóbal Halffter: World première of Ritual in Grafenegg
    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 (c) Theater Erfurt
    Lulu in Erfurt
    Lulu in Erfurt
    The German première of Eberhard Kloke's new version of Lulu will be given at Erfurt Theatre on 13 J [...]
  • Friedrich Cerha (c) Konzerthaus
    Cerha: New work for oboe, cello and piano
    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 [...]
  • Dionysos design by Jonathan Meese
    Rihm’s Dionysos in Amsterdam
    Rihm’s Dionysos in Amsterdam
    From 8 until 22 June Wolfgang Rihm’s opera fantasy Dionysos comes to Amsterdam in the Dutch premi [...]
  • Johannes Maria Staud
    Staud: New piece for solo bassoon
    Staud: New piece for solo bassoon
    Johannes Maria Staud has written a solo piece entitled Celluloid for Joachim Hans, the solo bassooni [...]
  • Georg Friedrich Haas
    Haas: New work for chamber orchestra
    Haas: New work for chamber orchestra
    On 4 June Georg Friedrich Haas’ new work for chamber orchestra "chants oubliés" will be given its [...]
  • Vykintas Baltakas
    Baltakas: world première
    Baltakas: world première
    On 2 June the Vilnius Festival 2011 presents the world première of Vykintas Baltakas' Commentum for [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    Arnold Schönberg recognised by UNESCO
    Arnold Schönberg recognised by UNESCO
    We are proud to announce that the documents left by Arnold Schönberg, including manuscripts of his [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Wolfgang Rihm on Schönberg’s Variations Op. 31
    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 [...]
    Seven Angels Video
  • Play the Piano Level 1
    Mike Cornick - Play the Piano
    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
    38 More Modern Studies
    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
    [...]
    Video Streams from the Leipzig Mahler Festival
  • Pierre Boulez
    Pierre Boulez Interview
    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 [...]
    30,000 views and counting
  • 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 [...]
    Gustav Mahler – 100 years after his death
  • Johannes Maria Staud
    Staud: New works for Dresden
    Staud: New works for Dresden
    Tondo for orchestra is the first of three works that Johannes Maria Staud has composed for the Säch [...]
  • Kurt Weill
    Pablo Heras-Casado on the music of Kurt Weill
    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 [...]
  • Franz Schreker
    Ingo Metzmacher on the music of Franz Schreker
    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 [...]
  • Bohuslav Martinu
    Martinu: Greek Passion in Palermo
    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
    Jay Schwartz: Narcissus & Echo in Madrid
    Jay Schwartz: Narcissus & Echo in Madrid
    On 23 and 25 March Jay Schwartz' chamber opera Narciussus & Echo comes to Madrid in the new producti [...]
  • Arvo Pärt
    Norwegian première of Arvo Pärt’s Adam’s Lament
    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
    Wolfgang Rihm: Two national premières
    Wolfgang Rihm: Two national premières
    Rihm's Das Lesen der Schrift will receive its first Portuguese (Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa d [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    World première of Rihm’s ‘Dyade’
    World première of Rihm’s ‘Dyade’
    Dyade for violin and double bass is the latest work resulting from the long-standing and creative fr [...]
  • Harrison Birtwistle
    Birtwistle’s Punch and Judy in Geneva
    Birtwistle’s Punch and Judy in Geneva
    The Grand Théâtre de Genève is now showing the joint production by the English National Opera and [...]
  • Victoria Borisova-Ollas
    Borisova-Ollas/Faingersh: Hamlet
    Borisova-Ollas/Faingersh: Hamlet
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas’ and Elias Faingersh’s Hamlet – a drama for trombone and orchestra – [...]
  • New York City Opera Monodrama
    US Stage Première of Feldman’s Neither
    US Stage Première of Feldman’s Neither
    New York City Opera presents the US professional stage première of Morton Feldman’s inimitable mo [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    New version of Schönberg’s 6 Orchestral Songs
    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
    Flute Debut - James Rae
    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
    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
    Alexander Zemlinsky: New Violin Concerto
    Alexander Zemlinsky: New Violin Concerto
    Franz Hummel’s arrangement of Alexander Zemlinsky’s Serenade will receive its world première on [...]
  • Friedrich Cerha
    Friedrich Cerha celebrates his 85th birthday
    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
    Alma Mahler: World première of choral arrangements
    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 [...]
  • Mahler Videos
    New Mahler Interviews
    New Mahler Interviews
    View our latest Mahler interviews with world famous conductors. [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Wolfgang Rihm: World première of Lichtes Spiel
    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 [...]
  • UE26292
    Arnold Schönberg
    Arnold Schönberg
    An insight into Schönberg's creativity as an artist! [...]
  • Frédéric Chopin
    Frédéric Chopin - Facsimiles
    Frédéric Chopin - Facsimiles
    To celebrate the 200th birthday of this great composer we are offering you a unique insight into the [...]
  • Mauricio Sotelo
    Mauricio Sotelo: 2 World premières
    Mauricio Sotelo: 2 World premières
    Muerte sin fin for flamenco singer, orchestra and electronics (30 Jan) and Alpha Centauri for ensemb [...]
  • Georg Friedrich Haas
    Haas: New String Quartet
    Haas: New String Quartet
    The Hagen Quartet will perform the world première of Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 6 in [...]
  • Johannes Maria Staud
    Johannes Maria Staud: Two world premières
    Johannes Maria Staud: Two world premières
    Über trügerische Stadtpläne und die Versuchungen der Winternächte for string quartet and orchest [...]
  • Arvo Pärt © Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch
    Arvo Pärt on BBC Radio 3
    Arvo Pärt on BBC Radio 3
    Arvo Pärt talks to Tom Service about his life and music. [...]
  • Pierre Boulez
    Pierre Boulez - Tombeau
    Pierre Boulez - Tombeau
    Boulez' Tombeau is now available in a facsimile edition, including all manuscript versions and corre [...]
  • Rihm Album of the Year
    Rihm Album of the Year
    Wolfgang Rihm's Verwandlungen has been selected by the Sunday Times as the No. 1 Contemporary Album [...]
  • Luciano Berio
    Berio-Saal for the Vienna Konzerthaus
    Berio-Saal for the Vienna Konzerthaus
    The Wiener Konzerthaus commemorates Luciano Berio, after whom its new concert hall has been named, o [...]
  • Grammys
    UE at the GRAMMYS 2011
    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
    David Fennessy receives Paul Hamlyn Award 2010
    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
    Georg Friedrich Haas: new work for ensemble
    Georg Friedrich Haas: new work for ensemble
    Georg Friedrich Haas' „... damit ... die Geister der Menschen erhellt und ihr Verstand erleuchtet [...]
  • Frank Martin
    World première of Frank Martin's Ballade No. 2
    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
    Friedrich Cerha: World première in Manchester
    Friedrich Cerha: World première in Manchester
    Friedrich Cerha's Viennese Kaleidoscope will be given its world première on 19 Oct at the Royal Nor [...]
  • Victoria Borisova-Ollas
    Borisova-Ollas wins Swedish Award
    Borisova-Ollas wins Swedish Award
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas has once again received a prestigious Swedish Publishers Award. [...]
  • Arvo Pärt
    Arvo Pärt at 75
    Arvo Pärt at 75
    On 11 Sep Arvo Pärt celebrates his 75th birthday. New: Tabula Rasa - CD Special edition! [...]
  • Rihm Interview
    Wolfgang Rihm on Dutch music cuts
    Wolfgang Rihm on Dutch music cuts
    Wolfgang Rihm comments on the threatened closure of the Dutch Radio Music Center [...]
  • Arvo Pärt
    World première of Arvo Pärt's Silhouette
    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 [...]
  • Mauricio Sotelo
    Cripta Colonia Güell: new work by Mauricio Sotelo
    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 and Sylvain Gambreling © Südkurier
    Georg Friedrich Haas: SWR Symphony Orchestra Composition Prize 2010
    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
    Rudolf Barshai has died at the age of 86 (1924-2010)
    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
    Georg Friedrich Haas: Two world premières
    Georg Friedrich Haas: Two world premières
    Georg Friedrich Haas' limited approximations for 6 micro-tonally tuned pianos and orchestra in Donau [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm © Universal Edition
    Golden Lion for Wolfgang Rihm's lifetime achievement
    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 [...]
  • Friedrich Cerha © Konzerthaus Wien
    Salzburg Music Prize 2011
    Salzburg Music Prize 2011
    The 2011 Salzburg Music Prize will be awarded to Friedrich Cerha. The award, with its prize money of [...]
  • Victoria Borisova-Ollas
    Wunderbare Leiden: World première of Victoria Borisova-Ollas' new work in Düsseldorf
    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
    Gustav Mahler at 150
    Gustav Mahler at 150
    The 7th July was the 150th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s birth. [...]
  • Vykintas Baltakas  © Marion Kalter
    Vykintas Baltakas: World première of Scoria in Munich
    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
    Luciano Berio: Two German premières at the Berliner Festspiele
    Luciano Berio: Two German premières at the Berliner Festspiele
    The German premières of 4 dédicaces (Concertgebouw Orkest, c. Mariss Jansons) and Stanze (London P [...]
  • Stage design, Jonathan Meese © Courtesy Jonathan Meese.Com
    World première of Wolfgang Rihm's opera fantasy Dionysos
    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 (Patricia Petibon) © Salzburger Festspiele / Monika Rittershaus
    Lulu 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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