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A festival feature on Magnus Lindberg in Helsinki in October includes nine of his works, including the Finnish premieres of Triumph to Exist and Shadow of the Future.

The premiere of James MacMillan’s new Symphony No.5: ‘Le grand Inconnu’ provided a powerful finale to his 60th birthday feature in Edinburgh.

Eric Whitacre introduces his new large-scale choral work The Sacred Veil, receiving first European performances in London and Amsterdam this season.

2021 brings the centenary of Astor Piazzolla's birth. A number of orchestral works by the bandoneonist and composer are newly available from Boosey & Hawkes in versions for concert programming.

Whiteley, the new opera by Elena Kats-Chernin about the iconic Australian artist, was premiered by Opera Australia in July in a stunning production by David Freeman.

Two major works by Serge Prokofieff dating from the 1930s, his Cello Concerto inspired by Piatigorsky and the Chant symphonique, have joined the prestigious Hawkes Pocket Scores series.

Claude Vivier highlights this season include a feature at the Festival d'Automne in Paris and a series by the Asko|Schönberg ensemble in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Arnhem.

Louis Langrée leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Christopher Rouse’s Symphony No. 6 on October 18-19.

Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption by Karl Jenkins is released by Decca Records on 11 October, featuring Iestyn Davies, Polyphony and Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton.

As composer and soloist, Mark Simpson was spotlit in the world premiere of his Clarinet Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic. Recent highlights also include the US premiere of his paranormal oratorio The Immortal in Cincinnati.

akin, Michel van der Aa's new double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra, has enjoyed acclaimed performances in Cologne, Amsterdam and Vancouver.

September brings 80th birthday performances of Louis Andriessen at the Berlin Musikfest and the BBC Proms in London.

With the migration crisis ever present, Mark-Anthony Turnage gives voice to those seeking refuge in his new song cycle for Allan Clayton and the Britten Sinfonia.

Music from Karl Jenkins's latest work is heard for the first time at his 75th birthday concert at the Royal Albert Hall, at a Grayshott Concerts event broadcast by Classic FM, and at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Remaking a Forest, Oscar Bettison’s new orchestral work for the Oregon Symphony, receives its first performances in Oregon in late September.

The 2019-2020 season sees dynamic presentations of new works by today’s leading composers, with significant premieres from John Adams, Anna Clyne, Brett Dean, Steven Mackey, and more.

The coming season brings an extensive collection of new and recent works by Boosey & Hawkes composers, together with continuing celebrations this autumn for Karl Jenkins's 75th and James MacMillan’s 60th.

Richard Strauss's fantasy opera created with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Die Frau ohne Schatten, is celebrating its centenary, with performances in 2019 and over the coming season in Vienna, St Petersburg, Paris, Amsterdam, Leipzig, Hamburg and Budapest.

Two new James MacMillan books are released to co-incide with his 60th birthday and a feature at the Edinburgh International Festival: the first study of his music written by Phillip A Cooke and published by Boydell Press and a collection of the composer's own writings from Birlinn.

Harpsichordist Jory Vinikour joins the Chicago Philharmonic and Scott Speck to record the world-premiere release of Ned Rorem’s Concertino Da Camera. Cedille Records releases the album on June 14.