Tagged with 'national premiere'

Zimmermann’s haunting protest piece, performed in Slovenia for the first time – discover why it still resonates so deeply.

A new composer at Schott Music! I am not a tale to be told by Golfam Khayam merges Persian and Western music, inspired by a poem by Ahmad Shamlou. Discover it now!

Julian Anderson's Symphony No. 2, will celebrate its US premiere on December 7, 2023 at Severance Hall in Cleveland, OH. The Cleveland Orchestra will present the piece under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, who conducted the world premiere with the Munich Philharmonic at the beginning of last year. 

A powerful start to the day: Dawning by Huw Watkins receives its UK premiere with the Ulster Orchestra on August 16 2023 in Belfast  during the BBC Summer Invitation Concerts. Angus Webster will be the conductor.

Can classical music and jazz harmonise simultaneously? Nikolai Kapustin's Concerto No. 5 proves it's possible. The piece is set for its German debut, performed by the Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie under the baton of Kiril Stankow. This remarkable event took place on August 6, 2023, in Bunderhee as a part of the Tidal Concerts, with Frank Dupree gracing the solo piano.

Back to the Gershwin origin! On the occasion of George Gershwin's 125th birthday, the Ludwigsburg Festival Orchestra will perform the German premiere of An American in Paris in Ludwigsburg on July 22nd 2023. Ryan McAdams will be the conductor.

Ready to explore China? The orchestral work Sichuan Image by Xiaogang Ye will receive its Norwegian premiere with the Studentersamfundets Symfoniorkester with the conductor Ruiyi Li on 27 April 2023 in Trondheim.

Pushing virtuosity to the absolute extreme: Heinz Holliger’s Ma'mounia (2002), for solo percussion and mixed chamber ensemble, will receive its Spanish premiere on 04 April 2023. Meaning ‘safe haven’ in Arabic, this work will be performed by the Plural Ensemble under the direction of Holliger himself at the Fundación BBVA in Madrid.