Ricky Ian Gordon premieres two operas in New York almost simultaneously. Cancellations and delays caused by the pandemic have meant that the last two operas composed by the American composer Ricky Ian Gordon (Oceanside, 1956) will coincide in their world premieres in New York. The premiere of Intimate Apparel will…

Ludovico Einaudi releases “Underwater”, his first solo piano album in twenty years. The Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi (Turin, 1955) today released his album Underwater on digital platforms, his first solo piano album in twenty years (the previous one, I Giorni, appeared in 2001). According to the Turin-born musician,…

Sivan Eldar premieres in Lille her first opera. Like Flesh, the opera by Israeli composer Sivan Eldar (Tel Aviv, 1985), a co-production of the Lille Ópera with the Opéra de Montpellier, the Opéra de Lorraine, the IRCAM and the ensemble Le Balcon, has its world premiere today, Friday, at the…

Romanian Sebastian Androne, Composer Award at the ICMAs 2022. Romanian composer Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi (Azuga, 1989) has been awarded the Composer Prize at the 2022 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). In the ICMA press release, it is stated that he is “a true talent, mixing creativity and versatility both in contemporary music and also in…

“The Silver Threshold”, by Hackedepicciotto. Today, on the Rockdelux website, you can read my review of The Silver Threshold, the sixth album by Hackdedepicciotto (the band consisting on Einstürzende Neubauten guitarist Alexander Hacke and his wife, the American artist and film director Danielle de Picciotto), published by Mute Records. It’s…

Francisco Coll, double prize-winner at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced yesterday the winners of the 26 awards for the 2022 edition. “Our international and independent Jury has selected the winners from a nomination list comprising 377 productions and a…

Quatuor Tana premieres a Glass quartet. The Palais des Beaux-Arts or Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels, popularly known as Bozar, will offer tomorrow, Saturday, at 5.30 p.m., the world premiere of Philip Glass‘ String Quartet No. 9, to be performed by the Tana Quartet, in a programme that will…

Sarah Nemtsov premieres “Tikkun” in Hamburg. As part of the programme of events celebrating the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of the Elbe Philharmonic in Hamburg, tomorrow, Wednesday 12 January, the world premiere of the version with soloists will take place (the premiere of a reduced version was held in…

100th anniversary of the birth of Ester Mägi. Today would have been the 100th birthday of the composer Ester Mägi, the Grand Dame of Estonian music, who died on 14 May at the age of 99. On the occasion of her death, her colleague and compatriot Arvo Pärt said he…

“Concert without a programme” by Ricardo Descalzo, in Madrid’s Fundación Juan March. The Spanish pianist Ricardo Descalzo (Alicante, 1970) is the guest artist invited this Wednesday, 12 January, by the Madrid headquarters of the Fundación Juan March to offer a recital entitled Concierto sin programa: la escucha imprevista [Concert without…

World premiere of “Vers le silence”, by Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen. The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, offers today, January 6th, the world premiere of Vers le silence, a nearly half-hour orchestral work composed by the Danish Hans Abrahamsen (Copenhagen, 1952) during the confinement caused by covid-19 in the…

XIX Edition of Sonikas. XIX Edition of the experimental music festival of Vallecas, Sonikas. On January 8 and 9, 2022 will take place in Vallecas the nineteenth edition of Sonikas. On the 8th, Diego Flórez and his vision of our relationship with the environment and the sound environment. After him…