The awarding of the Happy New Ears prize of the Hans und Gertrud Zender Stiftung to Mark Andre will be celebrated with two concerts: on 6 July, the Arditti Quartet gives the world premiere of Miniaturen, and on the following day the orchestral work woher… wohin will be premiered by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Matthias Pintscher....

Having given its world premiere at Festival Musica Strasbourg last year, Tabea Zimmermannbrings Michael Jarrell’s viola concerto Emergences – Résurgences to Berlin. The work will be given its German premiere with the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin under Mario Venzago on 30 June....

François-Frédéric Guy travels to Japan with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 as well as the famous Piano Sonatas No. 8 (“Pathétique”), No. 14 (“Moonlight”) and No. 23 (“Appassionata”). As well as a concert in Musashino/Tokyo on 26 June as soloist with the Dresdner Philharmonie under Michael Sanderling, he will give a recital in Nagoya on 27 June....

Between 25 June and 7 July, Michael Wendeberg conducts Aribert Reimann’s chamber opera Die Gespenstersonate as part of the Infektion! festival for new music theatre at the Staatsoper Berlin. The work’s libretto was adapted by the composer from the drama of the same name by August Strindberg....

The Komische Oper’s new production of Aribert Reimann’s Medea, conducted by Steven Sloane, premiered last month to a rapturous reception from critics and audience alike. The Tagesspiegel commented that “the way conductor Steven Sloane co-ordinated with the soloists [was superb], making the seemingly incompatible compatible for two full hours, right from the very first notes.”...

As part of the Holland Festival, Brad Lubman leads the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and the Netherlands Radio Choir in the Dutch premiere of George Crumb’s A Haunted Landscape as well as the world premiere of Kate Moore’s Sacred Environment on 24 June....

Mozart’s La Betulia Liberata will be led by Titus Engel in a new Opera Frankfurt production at the Bockenheimer Depot subtitled “Eine Kirchenbegehung” (a church experience), premiering on 21 June. This oratorio is a fascinating early work that poses foundational religious questions, and will be staged in Frankfurt by Jan Philipp Gloger....

A new production of Toshio Hosokawa’s monodrama The Raven will be shown in Kaiserslautern from the 18th June. The work is composed after the text by Edgar Allan Poe and has echoes of Japanese Nō theatre, and has been shown in opera houses around Europe and in the USA since the world premiere in Brussels in 2012....

Following its critically acclaimed opening earlier this year, Michael Wendeberg returns to lead further performances of Sarah Nemtsov’s Sacrifice at Oper Halle this June. The music theatre piece both comments on the state of contemporary opera, and draws a parallel with current affairs, and was described by Die Zeit as a work in which “sound becomes space becomes time becomes reality.”...

In addition to her new opera Infinite Now, Chaya Czernowin receives another world premiere on 16 June, with the first performance of a new version of Adama with new choral parts. The opera, connected to Mozart’s ‘singspiel’ Zaïde, will be brought to the stage at Theater Freiburg in a production by Ludger Engel....

Sublimation is the name of Toshio Hosokawa’s work for cello and orchestra commissioned to be the final piece of this year’s Concours Reine Elisabeth. Victor Julien-Laferrière was announced as the winning cellist after a week’s competition in which twelve young cellists performed the piece with the Brussels Philharmonic under Stéphane Denève.....

A warm welcome to Meta4! We are delighted to announce our new collaboration with the Finnish string quartet. Meta4, formed in Finland in 2001, is one of the most internationally successful string quartets. The four musicians, who also share a close personal friendship, are united in their musical openness, curiosity and versatility....

In January, Philippe Manoury gave his inaugural lecture as Chair of Artistic Creation at the Collège de France in Paris for the current academic year. His upcoming lecture, entitled Temps et musique IV, will take place on 16^th June, complemented by a concert with Hae-Sun Kang and the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo....

From the 11th June, Marc Soustrot will appear at the Oper Frankfurt to lead an evening directed by Àlex Ollé consisting of two contrasting works; Debussy’s cantata La Damoiselle élue and Honegger’s scenic oratorio Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher. The spoken role of the young woman from Orléans will be taken by Johanna Wokalek....

Christoph Prégardien and his son Julian reunite on the concert stage for a special lieder recital based on their critically acclaimed recording “Father and Son”. In performances through Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the tenors will present lieder arranged for two voices, including works taken from the CD by Schubert, Brahms and Friedrich Silcher as well as music by Mozart and Beethoven....