UP FRONT
• ICCM season opens in New York
• New projects in Warsaw
• Mavericks & Iconoclasts series in London & NYC
• Commissions: Sadikova, Kulenty, Riccardi, Dorman
• Recordings: Lutoslawski, Gubaidulina, Kulenty,
All Martinu, Music for Two
• Release of a new recoding on Signum Classics:
Penderecki, Mykietyn, Blazejczyk
• Beethoven Summit ‘25: Why Beethoven?
• Inspiration: painters Mahallati and Rouach
• New Projects and Acquisitions
Avant-garde art tends to set precedents rather than follow
them. But invention is secondary to inspiration. By definition,
new art often “colours outside the lines” but it is the power of creativity that moves us. The upcoming season’s design in it-
self is a case in point. Inspired by contemporary painters, Goli Mahallati (Iran) and Marie Rouach (Israel), it brings together a coherent yet dramatic collage of masterworks that span from
Shostakovitch to our current times — an artistic experience not
to be missed.
FEATURED ORCHESTRAS, CHORUSES, & ENSEMBLES
2024/25 Season
English Chamber Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sinfonia Varsovia
London Symphony Orchestra
The Hanover Band
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Musica Sacra (New York)
Beethoven Youth Orchestra (London)
Oratorio Society of New York
Orchestra of St. Luke’s (New York)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Manhattan String Quartet
Hashtag Ensemble (Warsaw)
Bizjak Piano Duo (Paris)
CONCERTS
2024/25 Season
THE SEASONS / New York Edition
Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 p.m.
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Musica Sacra, one of New York’s
preeminent professional choruses, performs a cappella works by contemporary masters
Saariaho, Górecki, and Schnittke.
This concert is a part of the COMING OF AGE FESTIVAL 2024/25, New York Edition – an international festival of contemporary music.
ALREADY IT IS DUSK/
New York Edition
Sunday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
Eldbjørg Hemsing, violin
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
The concert presents three groundbreaking
compositions by Górecki, Hillborg, and Lutosławski and featured Norwegian violin virtuoso Eldbjørg Hemsing.
This concert is a part of the COMING OF AGE FESTIVAL 2024/25, New York Edition – an international festival of contemporary music.
MADE IN AMERICA
Warsaw Edition
Thursday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.
Witold Lutosławski Concert Hall
Bizjak Piano Duo
Sinfonia Varsovia
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
Warsaw’s foremost orchestra for contemporary music performs works composed in America by Anna Clyne (UK), Bohuslav Martinů (Czech Republic), and John Adams (USA).
This concert is a part of the COMING OF AGE FESTIVAL 2024/25, Warsaw Edition – an international festival of contemporary music.
COMMISSIONS
2024/25 Season
composer
Poland
composer
Uzbekistan
composer
Poland
composer
Italy
ON THE COMMISSIONS FRONT
We are proud to announce new commissions by an exceptionally gifted group of composers listed above, hailing from various parts of the world. This coming season they will see their works premiered at Lincoln Center in New York, Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, Cadogan Hall in London, and Carnegie Hall in New York City by such notable ensembles as the Manhattan String Quartet, Sinfonia Varsovia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (NY), and others.
composer
Israel/USA
BEETHOVEN SUMMIT '25
Mavericks & Iconoclasts
BEETHOVEN SUMMIT ‘25 / London
Beethoven Festival & Scholarly Conference
4-8 April, 2025, London
Various venues
Beethoven Summit ‘25 is a five-day Festival/ Scholarly Conference dedicated to the performances and performance-practice of Beethoven’s music as informed by the latest scholarship.
The Summit’s main purpose is to bring performers and scholars together in order to perform, dialogue and share insights about Beethoven’s music in light of current findings — thus bringing us closer to the original sound of Beethoven’s music.
The offerings of the Summit include concerts and recitals by renowned artists, period-instrument orchestras, contemporary orchestras, choruses, and ensembles; presentations of scholarly papers by distinguished Beethoven scholars; and public forums/panel discussions involving conductors, instrumentalists, and musicologists. The intent is to bring the worlds of performance and scholarship together for the sole purpose of helping us come closer to the original glory of Beethoven’s music.
RECORDINGS
2024/25 Season
WORKS BY GUBAIDULINA & SCHNITTKE
July 2024
London Symphony Orchestra
Geir Draugsvoll, bayan
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
THE BEST OF LUTOSŁAWSKI
March, 2025
Orchestra tba
Works for orchestra
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
MUSIC FOR TWO
May 2025
Work by Martinů, Kulenty, and Bartók
Bizjak Piano Duo
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Conductor tba
