On the 80th anniversary of liberation from National Socialism, Bärenreiter Praha is publishing the performance material of two works by Miloslav Kabeláč which are still highly topical. 

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.

After his Violin and Piano Concertos Dieter Ammann has turned his attention to the viola and its soloistic possibilities. Two things are striking: undisguised tonality and political influences.