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Valgeir Sigurðsson's Sleep Concert and These Trying Times Premiered at the Arctic Arts Festival
Aug. 08, 2022On June 30 and July 1, two new works from Icelandic composer and producer Valgeir Sigurðsson were premiered at the Arctic Arts Festival in Harstad, Norway, where Sigurðsson is an …
World Premiere of Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith's Castor and Patience at Cincinnati Opera
Aug. 08, 2022Cincinnati Opera presented the world premiere of Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith's Castor and Patience on July 21, with additional performances on July 23, 24, 28, & 30.
A long overdue …
2022 US Summer Festival Highlights
Aug. 08, 2022Music festivals across the United States have been offering an outstanding array of opera, orchestral, and chamber music performances, including several noteworthy premieres. A selective list of some of these performances …
Zen-On has released eight new publications this summer, including major works by Kenji Sakai, Takashi Yoshimatsu, Julian Yu, Soichi Konagaya, and Akira Miyoshi.
Kenji Sakai's …World Premiere of Herbert Willi's DSONG at the Bregenz Festival
Aug. 08, 2022On August 14, Herbert Willi's DSONG will be premiered at the Bregenz Festival by the Orchesterakademie Bregenz, conducted by Daniel Cohen. The composer describes DSONG:
"‘Dsong’, an underlying principle of …New Works by Beat Furrer are Premiered in Switzerland and Germany
Jun. 29, 2022This month saw the premieres of two new works by Beat Furrer. mirando for countertenor and contrabass clarinet was performed at the Schlossmediale Werdenberg in Switzerland on June 11. On …
Chatter Premieres Gregory Spears's The Census at Bethlehem and String Quartet No. 2 in Santa Fe and Albuquerque
Jun. 27, 2022On May 28, Chatter gave the world premieres of Gregory Spears's The Census at Bethlehem, a new work for cello and harpsichord, and his String Quartet No. 2 at …
Archival Materials for Zen-On's “Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s” Concerts Now Available Online
Jun. 27, 2022Archival Materials for Zen-On's Annual “Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s” Concerts are now available for public viewing here. The “Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s” concert series was created by Zen-On …
Jay Schwartz's Credo - Music for Orchestra VII Premiered in Italy
Jun. 27, 2022The Archi dell'Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, led by concertmaster Sergio Lamberto, performed the world premiere of Jay Schwartz's Credo - Music for Orchestra VII on May 17 at the Conservatorio Giuseppe …
Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen Now Available in a Version for Reduced Forces
Jun. 27, 2022Leoš Janáček's opera The Cunning Little Vixen is undoubtedly one of the most important musical-dramatic works of the 20th century. According to his own account, the composer wanted …