Kent Nagano and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal invite you on 31 May 2017 to an unusual symphonic experience, the fruit of the meeting between Samy Moussa, a young Canadian and internationally acclaimed composer and conductor, and Moment Factory, a multimedia artist, also known worldwide. The Symphonie n° 1 "Concordia" by Samy Moussa, a unique work will be premiered on the occasion of the celebrations of the 375th anniversary of Montreal. 

Philippe Manoury has written his first clarinet concerto Passages that will be premiered on 7 May 2017 at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermuzik by the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln conducted by Pablo Rus Broseta and with Thorsten Johanns playing the clarinet.

États d’alerte was commissioned by the Orchestre de la Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Sarrebruck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg for the percussions duet KrausFrink and will have its world premiere on 21 May 2017 in Sarrebruck conducted by Peter Rundel.

After a widespread acclaim of his first sting quartet "Adesso" (commissioned and premiered by Diotima, then performed again by Jack, Arditti and Doelen quartets), the Jack Quartet will premiered on 5 May 2017 the second string quartet by Oscar Bianchi "Pathos of Distance" within the framework of the Wittener Tage für neue Musik.

Michaël Levinas – talking about his Passion selon Marc – Une passion après Auschwitz

Within the framework of the remembrance of 500 years of Reformation, the world premiere of this exceptional Passion will take place on 12 April 2017 at the Lausanne Eglise Saint-François. Then on 13 April 2017 at the Geneva Cathédrale Saint-Pierre and on 13 April 2017 at the Fribourg Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas.

The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne will be conducted by Marc Kissózy.

"Missing", last violin concerto by Edith Canat de Chizy will have it world premiere on 23 March 2017 by Orchestre national de France conducted by John Storgards and Fanny Clamagirand as soloist, at the Auditorium de Radio France.

The composer gave some indications about the piece.

Canadian-born composer Samy Moussa (1984) has won this year’s Hindemith Prize.

"Genesis" represents one of the essential missions of the Ensemble Intercontemporain: creation

That's why Matthias Pintscher had the idea to propose to 7 composers to write a piece for one of these 7 days of creation according to the Bible story of Genesis. Read about the concert.

Joan Magrané Figuera will take part of this concert by writing for the fifth day of creation with his piece: Marines i boscatges.

Blai Soler's new piece entitled "Sol" will have its world premiere at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, commissionner of the work, on 2 March 2017 by Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine conducted by Paul Daniel. National premiere the 18 January 2019 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam conducting by George Benjamin.

Our catalan composer answered to our questions.

Breaking away from folkloric conformism – like Bartók or Enesco in their respective countries – Manuel de Falla followed a modern path to give all Spanish music, in all of its different cultural regional components, a universal dimension. By rising up to the most demanding level of artistic creation, this heritage, which in our era makes up part of the much-appreciated “world music” scene, appeared as a true precursor at the beginning of the 20^th century.