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US Premieres of Shin-ichiro Ikebe's Tanada II and Hitomi Kaneko's Renga II
Oct. 07, 2013The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music features a wealth of performances and lectures this month involving Japan’s foremost contemporary composers as part of the school's Japan New Music Festival. …

Gotham Chamber Opera Recreates 1927 Baden-Baden Festival Premieres
Oct. 02, 2013In a performance run that opens on October 23, New York's Gotham Chamber Opera recreates the historic 1927 Baden-Baden Festival production that featured the premieres of chamber operas by Paul …

German Premiere of Kurt Weill's The Firebrand of Florence at Staatsoperette Dresden
Oct. 02, 2013In a production opening on October 25, Kurt Weill’s 1945 Broadway operetta, The Firebrand of Florence, receives its German premiere and European stage premiere at the Staatsoperette Dresden. Directed …

Premiere of Morton Subotnick's Jacob's Room: Monodrama at Juilliard
Oct. 02, 2013On October 11, Jeffrey Milarsky leads Juilliard's AXIOM Ensemble in the world premiere of the revised version of Morton Subotnick’s Jacob’s Room: Monodrama. The performance, which takes place at …

Bernard Rands and Joseph Schwantner Featured on All-Star Orchestra Broadcast
Oct. 02, 2013The music of Joseph Schwantner and Bernard Rands is featured this month on the All-Star Orchestra’s public television series, which pairs beloved masterworks of the symphonic repertoire with contemporary pieces …

Arvo Pärt Premieres in the US and Canada
Oct. 02, 2013The Ars Nova Singers, in collaboration with the Sphere Ensemble, present the US premiere of Arvo Pärt’s Salve Regina, along with a performance of his Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin …

Canadian Premiere of Matthew Hindson's Maralinga with Lara St. John and Sinfonia Toronto
Oct. 02, 2013Sinfonia Toronto and violinist Lara St. John combine forces for the Canadian premiere of Matthew Hindson’s Maralinga. The piece, composed in 2011 and scored for string orchestra and solo …

Georg Friedrich Haas Portrait at Miller Theatre
Oct. 02, 2013On October 10, Haas is the subject of Miller Theatre’s Composer Portraits series. Under the baton of Brad Lubman, New York-based Ensemble Signal performs a selection of Haas’s chamber works …

Hannah Lash's Hush at Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 01, 2013On October 25, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra performs Hannah Lash’s Hush, marking the first concert of Lash’s term as the orchestra’s 2013-14 Sound Investment Composer-in-Residence.
The concert, which is …

US Premiere of Jonny Greenwood's Suite from 'There Will Be Blood' at Mannes College
Oct. 01, 2013On October 31, David Hayes leads the Mannes College Orchestra in the US premiere of Jonny Greenwood’s Suite from ‘There Will Be Blood’. The work comprises six movements from …
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