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This summer sees significant premieres of two Detlev Glanert works in the United States: the North American premiere of Idyllium for orchestra and the world premiere of his new String Quartet No. 3.

The world's only annual Shostakovich Festival starts on 30 June in the Saxon spa town of Gohrisch featuring chamber musicians and performances by the Dresden Staatskapelle.

In this interview Mark-Anthony Turnage describes his relationship with poetry and his approach to song setting. His recent focus on the genre continues with premieres of Songs of Sleep and Regret by Sarah Connolly at the Aldeburgh Festival (25 June) and Of Nature’s Light by Hannah Sandison at Opera Holland Park (1 July).

This year’s Ruhr Piano Festival included a focus on composer York Höller with the world premiere of his new Double Concerto for cello and piano by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra.

Scored for choir and instrumental ensemble, Kim André Arnesen’s The Stranger opens the Olavsfest in his native city of Trondheim on 28 July. The new work, commissioned by Together in Hope, sets out to promote increased awareness of the refugee situation through words and music.

Digital audio from ABRSM exam syllabuses, including the new Piano 2023 & 2024 syllabus, is now available via newly launched Boosey & Hawkes e-commerce and digital delivery services.

A compiled list of 2022 summer festival highlights around the United States.

The North American premiere of Brett Dean’s opera Hamlet at The Met Opera has garnered strong reviews— The New York Times proclaimed the production to be “a hit.” On June 4, live transmissions of Hamlet will be presented in cinemas around the globe as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

Nonesuch Records releases significant recording projects for two B&H composers this summer: the world premiere recording of Steve Reich’s 2019 ensemble work Reich/Richter (June 10) and the John Adams Collected Works box set (July 1).

Braceros, a cantata for mariachi and orchestra, receives its world premiere on June 11 with the Santa Rosa Symphony and Francesco Lecce-Chong, featuring Mariachi Champaña Nevin and four vocalists including renowned Mexican actor and singer Rafael Jorge Negrete.

Sir Harrison Birtwistle CH died on 18 April, aged 87, prompting a wave of obituaries, tributes and homages to the pioneering British composer, one of the most original figures in contemporary music.

Elena Firsova’s new concerto travels internationally with piano soloist Yefim Bronfman over coming seasons, visiting Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Berlin, Gothenburg and Liverpool.

Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh reveals her musical inspirations, shares significant moments in her education and explains what audiences can expect from her music in a 75th birthday interview.

Learn about the life and career of Ursula Mamlok ahead of her100th birthday in 2023, including both her personal journey from Germany to the US and her musical journey in finding her own refined style of serial composition.

Composer Anna Clyne sets poetry by Emily Dickinson in a film directed and choreographed by Kim Brandstrup.

Paquito D’Rivera’s Dalí in the Tropics for French horn, jazz trio and orchestra debuts with the New Jersey Symphony and principal horn player Chris Komer in June.

Boosey & Hawkes presents a series of short video documentaries celebrating the newly-discovered Romantic composer Leokadiya Kashperova in her 150th anniversary year. The five weekly episodes are hosted by Graham Griffiths whose search for the lost composer has led to the new Boosey & Hawkes Kashperova Edition.

Boosey & Hawkes and the Finzi Trust are pleased to announce the winners of international singing competition Sing Finzi 2021. The winning singer is Kieran Rayner and winning pianist, Steven McGhee.

The first orchestral work by Olga Neuwirth following the signing of her new contract with Boosey & Hawkes is premiered in Lyon on 20 May. Dreydl is a rhythmically infused score named after the four-sided spinning top, premiered as part of the composer’s residency with the Orchestre National de Lyon.

On 8 May, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn, will perform Johannes X. Schachtner's latest work I Quattro Sonetti Vivaldiani for the first time in Heilbronn, Germany.