Différance premiere with Anssi Karttunen and Olivier Latry On 10 November , Anssi Karttunen and Olivier Latry premiere George Lewis’ Différance for cello and organ at Helsinki’s Musiikkitalo. Written in memory of Kaija Saariaho who passed away in 2023, the work will be premiered on the hall’s organ which a significant donation from Saariaho helped bring into being. Nuances of Water with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Anna Berg’s new orchestral work, Nuances of Water , w

Tonia Ko’s Concertino for Scavengers has been shortlisted to represent Britain at the 2026 ISCM World New Music Days Festival in Bucharest. Members of the ISCM British Section Board submitted six composers to be considered for the 2026 festival, one of which will be selected for performance at in Romania in May. The piece, written for cellist Louise McMonagle, situates the cello in a ‘mini-concerto’, where the orchestra lives within the electronics part and is reactive to he

DISTANS  has been nominated for best orchestral composition in this year's Ivors Academy classical awards. DISTANS , a double concerto for violin and clarinet, had its UK premiere on 20 June 2024 with Janine Jansen, Martin Fröst and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. The work is a co-commission between the Concertgebouworkest, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, with previous performances in

Image © Frances Marshall October sees a number of premieres and important performances across the month. On 3 October , Tonia Ko’s Smoke...

Premiering on 22 October 2025 with Klangforum Wien and conducted by Ingo Metzmacher at the Wiener Konzerthaus, James Dillon's 45-minute...

New Chamber Ballet presents Twine , a new full-length ballet choreographed by Miro Magloire to music by Tonia Ko. Set to five works for...

On Saturday 30 August, Ensemble Lyrix premieres Ryan Latimer's Bright Aspect for soprano, harp and cello (Nora Bertogg, Isabel Goller,...

Ryan Latimer has been awarded an Honorary Membership of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. The membership is given to former students of...

© Iga Gozdowska 12 Caprices , a new work for solo guitar by James Dillon, will be premiered by Sean Shibe at Wigmore Hall on Thursday 29...

Following the success at the Berlinale of Drømmer  (which won the 2025 Golden Bear and featured a soundtrack by Anna Berg), Berg has been...