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11.09.2019
Miroslav Srnka's trumpet piece for Simon Höfele
“Rising Stars”, the portrait series of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) is now a firmly-established fixture in the international concert business: young ambitious performers, “stars”, are given the opportunity to present themselves in programmes they themselves have devised. The trumpeter Simon Höfele asked Miroslav Srnka to write a new work for him. »more«
11.09.2019
The rediscovery of the dialogue version of Gounod's "Faust"
The first concert performance of Charles Gounod’s “Faust” in its first version, composed in 1859 for the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris, with dialogues and previously-unknown vocal numbers and mélodramas, was one of the presents for Gounod’s 200th birthday. »more«
18.06.2019
Christoph Willibald Glucks „Antigono“ in Bayreuth
This summer, the International Gluck Festival 2019 will feature a special highlight: the German premiere of the dramma per musica "Antigono"; written for the Teatro Argentina in Rome in 1756. »more«
18.06.2019
Tension between the individual and the collective. Dieter Ammann’s Piano Concerto
Dieter Ammann’s „Piano Concerto“ receives its premiere in August in London. »more«
18.06.2019
Truth and lies. Premiere by Miroslav Srnka in Munich
The truth in digital times: Miroslav Srnka composes fragmented sentences about truth in "Speed of Truth". »more«
10.05.2019
Musical Crime Thriller
Philipp Maintz’ chamber opera „Thérèse“. German first performance at the Elbphilharmonie »more«
08.05.2019
Gluck’s “Le feste d’Apollo” in London
Christoph Willibald Gluck arranged or newly composed three one-act operas for the festivities for the wedding of Archduchess Maria Amalie of Austria to the Infante Ferdinand of Spain on 24 August 1769 in Parma. Collectively entitled “Le feste d’Apollo”, two of these are being performed at the end of May for the first time using the Gluck Complete Works edition in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The semi-staged performances of “L’atto d’Orfeo” and “Bauci e Filemone” on 29 and 31 May 2019 will be given by Classical Opera conducted by Ian Page. The director is Nick Winston.
