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Sir George Benjamin Wins the 2024 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
May. 31, 2024Composer and conductor Sir George Benjamin has won the prestigious 2024 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Musicand Opera. As the sixteenth recipient of the award, he …
The Britten Sinfonia performed the UK premiere of Lisa Illean’s arcing, stilling, bending, gathering on May 11 at the Barbican’s Milton Court. The 19-minute piece for piano, string ensemble of …
Anthony Davis and Quincy Troupe's Broken in Parts Premiered by Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
May. 31, 2024Louis Langrée led the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and soprano, Latonia Moore in the world premiere of Anthony Davis and Quincy Troupe's Broken in Parts at Music Hall on May 10 …
The New York Philharmonic, led by Kwamé Ryan, Premieres Mary Kouyoumdjian's ANDOUNI (Homeless)
May. 31, 2024On May 10, Kwamé Ryan led the New York Philharmonic in the world premiere performance of ANDOUNI (Homeless) by Mary Kouyoumdjian in collaboration with the photojournalist, Scout Tufankjian at …
Kurt Weill's Street Scene Comes to Life at L’Académie de l’Opéra National de Paris
May. 30, 2024In April, the Academy of l’Opéra national de Paris brought a striking assembly of young talent to a presentation of excerpts from Kurt Weill's Street Scene. The performances took place …
World Premieres of Chaya Czernowin's Poetica and Moths of Hunger and Awe
Apr. 12, 2024On April 12, percussionist Steven Schick and Les Percussions de Strasbourg perform the world premiere of Chaya Czernowin's Poetica at the Festspielhaus Hellerau, Großer Saal in Dresden. Poetica is a journey …
Deutsche Oper am Rhein Presents Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa at Theater Duisburg
Apr. 12, 2024Deutsche Oper am Rhein presents new production of Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa from April 14-May 19 at the Theater Duisburg in Duisburg, Germany. The opera tells the harrowing tale of …
On April 15, Zen-On will release six new publications by Joe Hisaishi, Daisuke Kitaguchi, Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Kenji Sakai, and Norio Fukushi.
The first two publications …Beat Furrer's Violetter Schnee was commissioned by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden which presented the world premiere performances of the work in 2019 under the baton of Matthias Pintscher with …
Manfred Honeck and the New York Philharmonic Give New York Premiere Performances of Katherine Balch's musica pyralis
Apr. 12, 2024The New York Philharmonic performs the New York premiere of Katherine Balch's musica pyralis under the baton of Manfred Honeck on April 12-14 at David Geffen Hall. Honeck led the …