The desire to regain the voice of his mother is the motive for an American soldier to murder three women. Miroslav Srnka has made a fascinating opera from this. “Voice Killer” receives its premiere in June 2025 at MusikTheater an der Wien.

After composing several works for piano solo, piano and ensemble and a piano concerto, Beat Furrer continues his interaction with the instrument and has composed a second piano concerto. This will be premiered in September in Geneva.

The Jena Mahler-Scartazzini cycle reaches its conclusion. In the final concert, all ten compositions by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini which refer to Gustav Mahler’s symphonies will be performed.

From a radically different world: the layers in Beat Furrer’s opera “DAS GROSSE FEUER” (“The Great Fire”), based on the novel “Eisejuaz” by Sara Gallardo, are many and diverse. The world premiere takes place in Zurich in March 2025.

Cassandra Miller’s (b. 1976) compositions make an indelible impression. “Music this uncalculatedly beautiful leaves you almost desperate with gratitude”, wrote Alex Ross of Miller’s motet “The City, Full of People” in the “New Yorker”. Canadian-born and London-based, her creative wellsprings are as varied as J.S. Bach, Kurt Cobain, Maria Callas, and birdsong, from which she fashions music of unerring immediacy, often drawing on forms of creative transcription. “The Guardian” hailed her Duet for Cello and Orchestra as one of finest compositions of the 21st century.

Nach dem Violin- und dem Klavierkonzert hat sich Dieter Ammann mit der Bratsche und ihren solistischen Möglichkeiten beschäftigt. Zwei Dinge fallen auf: unverstellte Tonalität und Einflüsse des Politischen.

Philipp Maintz, born in Aachen, returns to his native city as “Composer in Focus” in a season for the anniversary of the Symphony Orchestra. The high point will be the world premiere of his orchestral work “approximate sonata”.