I’m thrilled that the amazing @zeynepozsuca_pianist features on several of the tracks from my upcoming album, Love Songs & Lullabies.
Zeynep is incredibly versatile and the perfect person to have on this multi-genre project.
The first single, Rockabye, my Son is out now, recorded by Zeynep and the wonderful @matthewbarleycello .
If you haven’t already you can listen now at the link in bio!
May and June are going to be adventurous at Theater Erfurt: Jonathan Dove’s family opera IN 80 TAGEN UM DIE WELT, based on the novel by Jules Vernes, celebrates its German Premiere on May 9. Jonathan Dove and German librettist Peter Lund conjure the world of Phileas Fogg’s adventure to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Verne’s travel story is set to stage by musical director Clemens Fieguth and stage director Nina Kühner.
Find out more at the link in bio.
📅May 9, 7:00 pm, Theater Erfurt, Germany
📷Theater Erfurt
Today, May 7, CONVERGENCE by Jesper Nordin receives its European premiere at the Konserthuset Stockholm with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto as soloist and Ryan Bancroft on the podium. Scored for violin, orchestra, live electronics, and live-projected visuals, the work uses Nordin's own interactive technology to allow the soloist and conductor to trigger virtual instruments through physical movement in real time.
Find out more at the link in bio.
📅May 7, 7 pm & May 9, 3 pm, Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
📷Stefan Cohen
After the world premiere at the end of April, “Four skEtches” by Martón Illés receives its Austrian premiere on May 4 at the Konzerthaus, Vienna. The work for ensemble and live electronics, which explores the effect of live electronics on the instrumental material, is performed by Klangforum Vienna and IRCAM Paris, lead by conductor Elena Schwarz.
📆 May 04, 7:00 pm, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
📷 Sven Lorenz
The @asmf_orchestra celebrate the 70th Birthday of composer @sallybeamishmusic with a programme including a new commission from Sally, IZAKHI, a basset clarinet concerto featuring @collinsclarinet .
Find out more through the link in bio and get your tickets now.
To honor his centenary, Fabrice Bollon, jazz trumpeter Sebastian Studnitzky and Staatskapelle Halle dedicate the evening of April 30 to the great trumpeter Miles Davis. IN MILES’ AURA is not only honoring Davis’ extraordinary musical personality, but also explores how an improvising jazz trumpeter can be integrated into the fabric of an orchestra.
Find out more at the link in bio.
📆 April 30, 7:30 pm, Händel Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
📷 Britt Schilling
If you didn’t had the chance to see COMING UP FOR AIR by Bernd Franke live on stage, you can listen to excerpts on April 30 on BR Klassik. Bettina Volksdorf is presenting the opera about the air we breathe and the flow of time in the new music series “Horizonte”.
Check the link in bio for the programme link.
📆 April 30, 11:03 pm, BR Klassik – Horizonte
📷 Kirsten Nijhof
Fabián Panisello pays TRIBUTE to three major figures of the musical world:
Ivan Fedele, Paloma O’Shea and Peter Eötvös.
His composition, which comprises three stand-alone homage pieces, receives its World Premiere tonight in Madrid by Panisello’s Plural Ensemble.
Find out more at the link in bio.
📆 April 24, 7:00 pm, Fundación BBVA, Madrid, Spain
📷 Kirill Bashkirov
PHEW I don’t have to keep this secret any longer: thought I’d burst! So happy to introduce my new @signumrecords album ‘Love Songs and Lullabies’ coming out in September: it’s me, but not as you know me…
Five fabulous singles released from today! First up: Croatian lullaby ‘Rockabye, my Son’ with the phenomenal @matthewbarleycello and @zeynepozsuca_pianist .
Listen now through the link my bio!
#lovesongsandlullabies
#rockabyemyson
Very excited to 🎺 herald 🎺 my imminent #LoveSongsandLullabies album with this soothing song! ‘Rockabye, my Son’ is my arrangement of a beautiful trad. Croatian lullaby ‘Ljuljaj mi, Sine‘ played exquisitely here by @matthewbarleycello and birthday girl @zeynepozsuca_pianist ❤️🎶
Listen now through the link in my bio!
#RockabyeMySon
@signumrecords@editionpeterspublications
Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik open on April 24 with the world premiere of Márton Illés’ “Four skEtches”. Klangforum Vienna, IRCAM Paris and conductor Elena Schwarz present the work for ensemble and live electronics which explores the effect of live electronics on the instrumental material. Illés focuses on achieving an organic overall sound with music that lives, speaks and breathes.
Find out more at the link in bio.
📆 April 24, 8:00 pm, Saalbau, Witten, Germany
📷 Sven Lorenz
Sally Beamish’s DISTANS, a double concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra, receives its German Premiere tomorrow, April 23. Conducted by Sakari Oramo, Clarinetist Martin Fröst, for whom the concerto was written, and violinist Vadim Gluzman present the work at the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall. Written during the lockdown of 2020, the work explores the idea of connection and isolation.
Find out more at the link in bio.
📅 April 23, 7:00 pm, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany
📷 Ashley Coombes
@sallybeamishmusic@elbphilharmonie@martin.frost@vadim_gluzman
