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The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under its new principal conductor Sir Simon Rattle will premiere Vito Žuraj's orchestral work Automatones on 13 October.

On 12 and 13 October, Bas Wiegers conducts subscription concerts of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for the first time; the programmes focus on Ravel, whose music also shines through in the works of two Amsterdam composers.

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under its new principal conductor Sir Simon Rattle will premiere Vito Žuraj's orchestral work Automatones on 13 October.

On 5 October, the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst with soloist Christoph Sietzen will premiere Johannes Maria Staud's percussion concerto Whereas the Reality Trembles, a work commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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World premiere of the year: Vito Žuraj's first full-length opera Blühen came to the stage in Frankfurt in early 2023 under the musical direction of Michael Wendeberg and has now been named premiere of the year by Opernwelt magazine. In our interview, Vito Žuraj talks about his collaboration with librettist Händl Klaus, director Brigitte Fassbaender and the Ensemble Modern.

On 4 October, Peter Rundel on the podium of the Remix Ensemble will launch a new work by Jörg Widmann together with baritone Matthias Goerne in Porto. Schumannliebe will also be performed in the Kölner Philharmonie on 8 October and in the Elbphilharmonie on 10 October alongside Brice Pauset's Kinderszenen with Robert Schumann.

The complete violin sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach are the focus of the three concerts with Antje Weithaas and Mahan Esfahani on 2, 3 and 7 October at London's Wigmore Hall.

With two concerts at the Ruhrtriennale, Titus Engel made his first appearances as the new Principal Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta with compositions by Sofia Gubaidulina, Michael Wertmüller and Simon Steen-Andersen. The programme, which the orchestra performed together with the NDR Big Band and the Chorwerk Ruhr, can be heard in Saint-Louis near Basel on 1 October.

From 30 September to 7 October, the Le Pont International Music Festival in the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo will once again feature renowned musical guests and a varied chamber music programme under the artistic direction of Daishin Kashimoto.

Roland Kluttig conducts the new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which premieres at Heidelberg Theatre on 23 September.

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We are delighted to be working for Simon Steen-Andersen from now on - and to congratulate him on a successful world premiere: On 16 September, his opera Don Giovanni's Inferno was launched at the Opéra national du Rhin as part of the Festival Musica Strasbourg.

On 10 September, Alejo Pérez opened the season in Antwerp as music director of Opera Vlaanderen with Mozart's La clemenza di Tito; in October, the production directed by Milo Rau can also be seen in Ghent.

Titus Engel will conduct Hans Werner Henze's oratorio Das Floß der Medusa from 16 September in a production of the Komische Oper Berlin staged by Tobias Kratzer in Hangar 1 of the former Tempelhof Airport.

Johannes Maria Staud's new opera missing in cantu (eure paläste sind leer), based on the acclaimed play by Thomas Köck, had its world premiere at the Kunstfest Weimar in a production by Andrea Moses which will be presented in further performances until December.

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Newborns as music critics: With Liszt's Liebestraum No. 2, Mariam Batsashvili starts a series of recordings of "baby-friendly" works from the piano repertoire.

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Congratulations to Mahan Esfahani: His recording of 20th century Czech harpsichord concertos with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Liebreich is awarded an Opus Klassik.

Isabel Mundry received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.

NEW CDS

Trio Mediaeval's new album presents the music of the Old Hall Manuscript, a long-lost collection of English motets and masses of the Middle Ages, together with works composed especially for the trio.

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Fabián Panisello's new opera Die Judith von Shimoda had its world premiere at the Bregenz Festival on 17 August, and it will come to Vienna in autumn.

NEW CDS

Spirited and finely honed: Antje Weithaas' opening CD of her recording of all the Beethoven violin sonatas is receiving rave reviews.

LIGETI 100

On 28 May, the 100th anniversary of György Ligeti's birth, the composer's music was heard in concert halls all over the world - in cities with which his life was closely linked, such as Budapest, Vienna, and Hamburg, as well as in faraway places like Tokyo and Mexico City.

NEW CDS

On François-Frédéric Guy's first Chopin album Secret Garden, the pianist lets a cross-section of Chopin's works blossom on two CDs.

Friedrich Cerha died on the morning of February 14, just a few days before his 97th birthday. We mourn the loss of a great artist, one of the most important composers of our time and an ever-attentive, critical contemporary.

NEW CDS

The GrauSchumacher Piano Duo inspires with their recording of Brigitta Muntendorf's Trilogy for two pianos and as performers in her Theater des Nachhalls (Theatre of Echo) included on Blue-ray.

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The PluralEnsemble has recorded important works by Fabián Panisello for a recently released portrait CD.

LIGETI 100

In addition to having recorded all of György Ligeti's works for choir a cappella, the SWR Vokalensemble is offering workshops on the composer's work as part of a major school project and is also touring his music in Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, France and Italy in May and June.

NEW CDS

Congratulations to Daishin Kashimoto: his CD with chamber music by Nino Rota received a Diapason d'or award of the year!

On 2 February 2023, Samir Odeh-Tamimi's music theatre work Philoktet, based on the dramas by Sophocles, Heiner Müller and André Gide, was premiered at the Eclat Festival Stuttgart with the Neue Vocalsolisten and the Zafraan Ensemble.

ON OUR BEHALF

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ON OUR BEHALF

In an interview with the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper, Karsten Witt talks about the aftermath of the corona pandemic in the classical music business, the unbroken enthusiasm for making music and our new concert series hiddenCLSX (in German).

PODCAST

In the first edition of our new kwmm podcast series "Encore," violinist Johanna Staemmler chats about the Armida Quartet's complete Mozart recordings while we listen to the interpretations together (in German).

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under its new principal conductor Sir Simon Rattle will premiere Vito Žuraj's orchestral work Automatones on 13 October.

EVENTS

SAT 30.09.

Toshio Hosokawa: Biwako Hall Otsu, Shiga

Daishin Kashimoto plays in the festival he directs, "Le Pont International Music Festival" in Japan

Michael Wendeberg: NMIF Jeber-Bergfrieden

Lukas Ligeti: Subtropics Marathon 2023

Brad Lubman conducts the world premiere of his piece "...to quiet the..." in Chicago

Meta4: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

Holly Hyun Choe: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Titus Engel conducts "The Raft of the Medusa"

Ying Wang: Sendesaal Bremen

SUN 01.10.

Marie Heeschen: Philharmonie Berlin

Armida Quartett: Wigmore Hall, London

Giuseppe Gibboni: Auditorium di Milano

Daishin Kashimoto plays in the festival he directs, "Le Pont International Music Festival" in Japan

Yeree Suh: Victoria Hall Geneva

Roland Kluttig: Theater Heidelberg

Titus Engel conducts "Play Big!"

Alejo Pérez: Opera Gent

MON 02.10.

Toshio Hosokawa: Act City, Hamamatsu

Antje Weithaas and Mahan Esfahani: Wigmore Hall I

Titus Engel conducts "The Raft of the Medusa"

Ying Wang: Kulturnhalle Leipzig

Anton Gerzenberg: Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi Milano

TUE 03.10.

Hyung-ki Joo: Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Daishin Kashimoto plays in the festival he directs, "Le Pont International Music Festival" in Japan

Roland Kluttig: Theater Heidelberg

Antje Weithaas and Mahan Esfahani: Wigmore Hall II

Titus Engel conducts "The Raft of the Medusa"

Alejo Pérez: Opera Gent

WED 04.10.

Hyung-ki Joo: Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Henrik Schaefer: Folkoperan, Stockholm

Daishin Kashimoto plays in the festival he directs, "Le Pont International Music Festival" in Japan

Friedrich Cerha: Wiener Konzerthaus

Peter Rundel: Casa da Música Porto

Tito Ceccherini: Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence

Armida Quartett: St. Severin Keitum

THU 05.10.

Hyung-ki Joo: Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Henrik Schaefer: Folkoperan, Stockholm

Maximilian Hornung: Mozarteum, Salzburg

Johannes Maria Staud: Severance Hall Cleveland

Jeroen Berwaerts: Cankarjev Dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubjana

Castalian String Quartet: The Assembly Room, Chichester

Johannes Klumpp: Theater am Ring, Saarlouis

FRI 06.10.