Martinů revisited. A composer in all his diversity

The Martinů Foundation and Martinů Institute are planning a major series of activities for 2009 and 2010 in honour of the Czech composer. This will be an excellent opportunity to engage with both well-known works and unknown works worth discovering.

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Portraits

All at once! And plenty of it! Philipp Maintz and the organ

Infectious enthusiasm. In Memoriam: Carl Davis CBE

Ut Orpheus, now distributed by Alkor

“My music is fundamentally political in expression” - Paul Dessau’s operatic output

Between north and south. On 22 October Manfred Trojahn celebrates his 70th birthday

Calculation and inspiration. Manfred Trojahn talks about his song output

Schubert as the benchmark. An interview with Christoph Prégardien

What is Urtext? Questions to Jonathan Del Mar

Jonathan Del Mar’s Beethoven editions for Bärenreiter

An unfailing advocate for contemporary music. On the death of Oliver Knussen

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for Beat Furrer

Thomas Daniel Schlee’s 60th birthday

A conversation with Gladys Krenek on the 25th anniversary of Ernst Krenek’s death

Magical power: Thomas Daniel Schlee’s “Rufe zu mir” in Bamberg

Symphonist Miloslav Kabeláč