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 A hidden late work emerges: Wilhelm Petersen’s Violin Concerto lay unperformed for almost 80 years – now it finally premieres! Experience the world premiere on March 23, 2025 with Sergey Dogadin and the MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig.

Gerald Barry’s new opera Salome breathes new life into the scandalous biblical legend – bold, surprising, and musically thrilling. Experience this world-premiere opera event in Magdeburg!

Toshio Hosokawa will receive the 17th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category Music and Opera from the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Foundation. The awards have been presented annually since 2008 in eight different categories, recognising achievements in fields such as basic research, ecology and computer science. Each winner receives a prize of 400,000 Euros. The awards ceremony will take place in Bilbao on June 18, 2025. Previous winners in the Music and Opera category include Pierre Boulez, Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pärt and Peter Eötvös.

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!

Original and simplified versions of "World, O World", composed by multi award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and educator Jacob Collier are now available for intermediate and advanced choirs seeking to explore the beauty and complexity of Collier's unique sound.

This collection brings together 14 expressive pieces written during the 19th and 20th centuries that explore the theme of love.

Korngold’s opera Die tote Stadt is now an orchestral suite! Experience the world premiere on February 23, 2025, with the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock.

Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Symphony No. 3 is a postwar masterpiece. Its expressive drama and rich orchestration make it an unforgettable experience. Don’t miss it live with the SWR Symphony Orchestra in February.

A musical plea for peace: Jörg Widmann’s Cantata in tempore belli ('Cantata in times of war') premieres on February 2 in Hamburg. A highlight of the season that inspires reflection.

Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach premieres on January 20 in Strasbourg. Learn more about the work and the new production in our Work of the Week!