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The great Russian composer and pianist Rodion Shchedrin has died at the age of 92 on 29 August 2025 in Munich.

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.

Schott Music presents George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, published as part of a new critical edition dedicated to reconstructing the composer’s works, as he originally intended. 

Commissioned by Peter Asprey and premiered by the Choir of Holy Sepulchre, London, Lucy Walker’s O sing to the Lord was written as the introit for a special service marking St Cecilia’s Day in 2024.

Edited by pianist and composer Hans-Günter Heumann, Best of Haydn is the latest title in the Best of Classics series. This volume features original piano compositions, alongside arrangements of well-known pieces such as the Emperor Quartet, the Suprise Symphony and The Creation.

Winter-Time was written by the choristers of Pembroke College Girls’ Choir under the direction of Anna Lapwood and is set to the poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, “Late lies the wintry sun a-bed, A frosty, fiery sleepy-head”.

Composer and internationally renowned cellist Ailbhe McDonagh has created It’s a Violin Thing, a two-part series designed to be both memorable and enjoyable, with each piece focusing on a specific violin technique.

Pianist Ramon van Engelenhoven has transcribed the aria from Korngold’s opera Das Wunder der Heliane for solo piano, inspired by his admiration for Korngold’s music. Drawing on Liszt’s approach in his transcription of Wagner’s Isolde’s Liebestod, van Engelenhoven begins the piece with the opening bars of the first act as an introduction, creating a compelling and pianistic interpretation of this operatic work.

This new revised and corrected performing edition of the complete four-act ballet Romeo and Juliet is based on the full score published in Moscow in 1961 in the series of Collected Works of Serge Prokofieff. 

Schott Music is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Austrian start-up OKTAV. The collaboration will strengthen Schott’s digital portfolio and create new and exciting opportunities for music lovers worldwide.