In our interview, Martin Grubinger talks about his love for to the music of Xenakis. “Xenakis is for everybody”, says the Austrian percussionist. “There’s a high, very high intellectual level in this music and, on the other hand deep emotion, and that’s a fantastic combination.”

On the 10th anniversary of his death, Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004) is at the centre of numerous musicological studies and international concert programmes. On October 8, the London Sinfonietta present the London premiere of AN INDEX OF METALS; altogether, this video opera was performed more than 50 times all over the world so far.

We spoke with Jean-Luc Plouvier, the pianist and artistic director of the Ictus Ensemble, about their special relationship with Romitelli.

On January 29, Luigi Nono would have celebrated his 90th birthday. In the past months, this anniversary was celebrated with many performances all over the world. Maître des sons et des silences is the title of the portrait that the Festival d’Automne is dedicating to him in the months of October and November. Additionally his music will be played at Venice Biennale and at the festival Traiettorie in Parma.

The Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto has realised a new production of Alfred, Alfred, a comic opera in seven scenes and six intermezzi, with libretto and music by Franco Donatoni. It will go on stage at the Teatro Nuovo ‘Gian Carlo Menotti’ from 23 to 28 September and will then go on tour to Perugia, Assisi, Città di Castello, Todi, and Orvieto until October 4.

The Goya Symphony from 1938 is a typical work of Manfred Gurlitt as it combines late Expressionism, neoclassicism and free tonality.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite composer from our catalogs. This time: Alberto Posadas writes about Iannis Xenakis.

On October 8 Pascal Dusapin will present two new chamber music works at Musica in Strasbourg: By the Way for clarinet and piano and Wolken, a Lieder cycle for soprano and piano.

The new concerto for oboe by Robert HP Platz Blau, See will be premiered by Heinz Holliger in Saarbrücken on October 10, 2014. In this interview, the composer tells us more.

The London Sinfonietta present the London premiere of Romitelli’s seminal work AN INDEX OF METALS, at London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, on October 8, 2014. This multi-media opera will be conducted by Andre de Ridder with Hila Plitmann (mezzo-soprano), and feature video art by Paolo Pachini and Leonardo Romoli.

Michel Tabachnik’s new piece for orchestra and choir is based on a poem from the Old Testament. Le Livre de Job deals with the question how human beings can remain true to themselves despite the ordeals and torments to which they are subjected.