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His symphonic series is expanding: Turkish composer Fazıl Say has written his Symphony No. 6. The large-scale orchestral work is subtitled 100 Yaşında Bir Çocuk ("A 100-Year-Old Child") and will be premiered on October 12 in the Great Hall of the Zorlu PSM Cultural Center in Istanbul. The Borusan Istanbul Filarmoni Orkestrası will be conducted by Can Okan. 

How do you find your own voice in jazz? Martin Jacobsen shares how Kind of Blue sparked his journey, what mistakes taught him on stage, and why limited technique can be a strength. In this interview, he reflects on self-teaching in Copenhagen, the essence of jazz as an aural tradition, and what players can learn from his books Let’s Speak Jazz and Let’s Play Jazz. An inspiring read about intuition, freedom—and trusting your own path.

Musicians, music students, conductors – any music lover – can study The Mask of Zorro in this durable, high-quality edition, carefully reproduced and edited from the original handwritten manuscript.

Yellow River is an extraordinary piano concerto: A politically drenched piece based on the cantata with the same name by Xian Xinghai. Under the musical direction of Renchang Fu and with Haiou Zhang at the piano, the concerto is coming to Nuremberg on October 8th and in Hamburg on October 10th.

Halloween in the Orchestra: On October 25, 2024, Jörg Widmann’s Danse macabre will invite listeners to a chilling dance with death at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid. The Orquesta Nacional de España, conducted by the composer himself, will perform this dark and fascinating composition as a Spanish premiere.

“The entire beginning is played without a bow. The conductor reacts slightly irritated.” Surprisingly, this is not a stage direction, but is taken from the score of Joerg Widmann’s Viola Concerto. The SWR-Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Theodor Currentzis, will perform Widmann’s work throughout their current European tour. Premiered in 2015 with Antoine Tamestit as soloist, the programme for this tour is one of German, Ukranian and Russian heritage, sending a message of unification and peace.