Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s choreography of Grisey’s Vortex Temporum I II III was premiered at last year’s Ruhrtriennale. The extensive tour that followed went to several cities in Belgium, France, and Greece. This year the production continues its tour with Keersmaeker’s dance company Rosas and Ensemble Ictus.

In our current globalized world, with music effortlessly available from almost every country, the most compelling musical identities transcend national borders. Fabien Lévy represents a model of today’s international composer both in his life and his compositional œuvre.

The new version of  Emanuele Casale’s Conversazioni con Chomsky, a talk-opera in one act on Noam Chomsky’s traces for ensemble, voice, electronics, and images will be staged in Rome (Auditorium Parco della Musica) on January  24. The performance is part of the Festival delle Scienze 2014 whose focus is languages. American linguist Noam Chomsky is expected to attend.

On January 27th, 2014, Pascal Dusapin’s new album will be released on Deutsche Grammophon France. The album features the compositions Reverso [solo n°6], Uncut [solo n°7] and Morning in Long Island. All works were recorded in 2011 at Salle Pleyel in Paris by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite works from our catalogs. This time: Samy Moussa about Pascal Dusapin's La Melancholia.

Deutsche Grammophon France releases an album with works of French composer Pascal Dusapin on January 27th 2014. The album features the compositions Reverso [solo n°6], Uncut [solo n°7] and Morning in Long Island. All works are interpreted by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung. More information is coming up here soon.

In December, George Enescu’s rarely performed opera Oedipe was produced in Frankfurt by legendary stage director Hans Neuenfels. The performance received great reviews.

One of our new, young, talented composers, Blai Soler will have his first string quartet, Imaginings, premiered at the Purcell Room, SouthBank Centre by the Jubilee Quartet on January 6, 2014.

Alberto Colla’s Ouverture pour l’eveil des Peuples has been commissioned for the 40th anniversary of the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France. The intention of the composer, with this powerful piece, is to make the music as energetic as the force of humanity in defense of human liberties for people of all identities.

Eric Tanguy's new composition Affettuoso will be premiered by Paavo Järvi and the Orchestre de Paris at the Paris Salle Pleyel on January 8, 2014.