Work of the week

World premiere of Enjott Schneider's new oratorio Kabbala – The Paths of Light at the UNESCO World Heritage sites.

A new opera based on Werner Bräunig's unvarnished post-war novel, a commissioned work for Chemnitz 2025.

On 5 September 2025, the new version of Nikolai Kapustin's Concert Rhapsody will be performed for the first time. Pianist Frank Dupree will be accompanied by the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra under its new principal conductor Jordan de Souza – a highlight of the summer gala evening under the open sky on Friedensplatz in Dortmund.

It is one of the most beloved violin concertos of all time – and a work with an unusual backstory. A new version of the Violin Concerto in D minor will be premiered on 30 August 2025 in Lüneburg, near Hamburg, at the final concert of the International Masterclass for Conductors Hamburg 2025.

On August 21, 2025, at the Staunton Music Festival in Staunton, Virginia, the world premiere of Stefan Heucke’s new Concerto for trumpet "The Glory of Life" will take place. Solo trumpet is performed by Bruno Lourensetto, accompanied by the Staunton Music Festival Orchestra under Carsten Schmidt.

On August 11, 2025, the New National Theatre Tokyo will host the world premiere of a remarkable new opera: Natasha by Toshio Hosokawa. Under the musical direction of Kazushi Ono and staged by Christian Räth, this opera confronts some of the most pressing issues of our time.

 A Strauss anniversary, a historic venue and one of Vienna’s finest operettas – Wiener Blut is back!

In her new work The Divine Thawing of the Core for bass flute and ensemble, Chaya Czernowin expresses emotional rupture and resistance – inspired by her homeland Israel, Galina Ustvolskaya, Claire Chase and the Sagrada Familia.

With For Laura, after Bach, British composer and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth pays tribute to Laura Samuel, long-time leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, who passed away in 2024. The piece will be premiered on 27 July 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, conducted by the composer himself together with the orchestra’s string section – the very ensemble to which Laura Samuel was so closely connected.

A poetic orchestral tribute to Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday: Oriri by Elis Hallik.