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16.04.2026
Dieter Ammann at the 2026 Weiwuying International Music Festival
Dieter Ammann is composer-in-residence at this year’s Weiwuying International Music Festival in Taiwan, where three of his key works receive their Taiwanese premieres. The first of these takes place on 10 April 2026 with the Piano Concerto “Gran Toccata”, performed by Anton Gerzenberg with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson. In this work, the piano and orchestral sounds are closely interwoven, so that “the moment of virtuosity inherent in the genre »more«
16.04.2026
Appearance versus reality: “Dorian Gray” in Annaberg-Buchholz
What is the secret of eternal youth? Ľubica Čekovská’s operatic version of Oscar Wilde’s timelessly relevant story about appearance versus reality receives its premiere on 18 April 2026 in the Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater in Annaberg-Buchholz. The opera “Dorian Gray” to a libretto by Kate Pullinger was premiered in 2013 in Bratislava. Now it is being performed for the first time in Annaberg-Buchholz in a reduced version with a German translation by Samuel C. Zinsli. At the centre stands the title figure, torn between two worlds: the bright, glamorous society »more«
16.04.2026
Handel’s farewell to opera: “Deidamia” in Göttingen
Handel’s last opera “Deidamia” – before the composer turned his focus to oratorio – contains surprises as a game of hide-and-seek in women’s clothing. At the centre of this year’s Göttingen International Handel Festival, on 15 May 2026, we encounter the young Achilles who was sent to the island of Scyros. In order to escape from the prophecy that predicts his death on the battlefield, Achilles lives there disguised as a »more«
16.04.2026
When the King is searching for an offender: Chabrier’s “L’Étoile”
MWith Emmanuel Chabrier’s opéra bouffe “L’Étoile”, Opera Zuid is staging a masterpiece which is both carefree and seldom performed, using the Urtext edition by Hugh Macdonald from the series “L’Opéra français”. Spiced up by a tale of love and mistaken identity, the opera is convincing thanks to any number of refined and catchy melodies à la Jacques Offenbach. Every year, King Ouf I offers his people an execution, but this time there is no suitable candidate. A solution appears »more«
16.04.2026
Luboš Fišer’s Violin Concerto at the Prague Spring Festival
For Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Luboš Fišer is one of the most significant and fascinating Czech composers. On 19 May 2026 she performs his 1997 Violin Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic under Jakub Hrůša as part of the Prague Spring Festival. This was the composer’s last completed work. Bärenreiter Praha was invited to create the performance material by the Festival. “The music of Luboš Fišer has literally overwhelmed me with »more«
16.04.2026
On the 200th anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber’s death
The 200th anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber’s death on 5 June 1826 is an occasion to shine the spotlight on his works. Bärenreiter · Alkor offers a range of interesting editions by Weber, including Symphonies No. 1 (1806/07) and No. 2 (1807). Only the vocal part survives of the aria “Wonnig süßes Hoffnungsträumen” for soprano and orchestra after “Die drei Pintos”; the orchestration was made by Fritz Oeser thereby making the piece performable once more. Special attention should be paid to »more« 13.01.2026
Renowned Italian Music Publisher
It is with great sadness that Bärenreiter · Alkor bids farewell to Piero Ostali, owner and managing director of the music publishing house Casa Musicale Sonzogno, who died unexpectedly in Milan on 21 December 2025 at the age of 63.Piero Ostali was born in Milan on 21 June 1962. After studying philosophy, he joined the long-established family business, which was founded in 1874 by Edoardo Sonzogno and taken over in 1923 by his grandfather, Piero Ostali Sr. »more«
