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Alexander Raskatov’s 20th opera – Animal Farm – will be created at the Dutch National Opera on March 3rd, 2023. Based on George Orwell’s novel and adapted in Ian Burton’s libretto, this powerful and committed work, dealing with a burning topic, will follow its way to the international scene at the Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Massimo (Palermo), and at Finnish National Opera and Ballet (Helsinki). This craze highlights the piece’s appropriateness as well as its meaningful musical strength.

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March 2023 calendar: 

Éric Tanguy - Sextuor
for wind quintet & piano
World premiere: March 1st, 2023 - Lotte Concert Hall (Seoul - South Corea)
Japanese premiere: March 4th, 2023 - Toyoda City Concert Hall (Aichi - Japan)
March 6th, 2023 - Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall (Tokyo - Japan)
March 7th, 2023 -  Bunkyo Civic Hall Grand Hall (Tokyo - Japan)
March 11th, 2023 -  Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall (Kanagawa - Japan)
Les Vents Français, wind quintet
Eric Le Sage, piano
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Benjamin Attahir - Al Icha
Concerto for cello
Swiss premiere: March 1st, 2023 - Stadthaus (Winterthour, Switzerland)
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Duncan Ward, conductor
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Benjamin Attahir - Layal
for violin & orchestra
French premiere: March 3rd, 2023 - Philharmonie de Paris
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Alain Altinoglu, conductor
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Alexander Raskatov - Animal Farm
Opera
World premiere: March 3rd, 2023 - Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor 
Gennady Bezzubenkov, Old Major  
Misha Kiria, Napoleon 
Michael Gniffke, Snowball  
James Kryshak, Squealer  
Germán Olvera, Boxer  
Karl Laquit, Benjamin  
Artem Krutko, Minimus  
Helena Rasker, Clover  
Maya Gour*, Muriel  
Elena Vassilieva, Blacky  
Holly Flack, Mollie  
Karl Laquit, Pigetta (young actress)  
Marcel Beekman, Mr. Jones  
Francis van Broekhuizen, Mrs. Jones  
Frederik Bergman, Mr. Pilkington  
Alexander de Jong, Joris van Baar, two men of Mr. Jones  
Mark Kurmanbayev, Michiel Nonhebel, two men of Mr. Pilkington 
Alexander de Jong, Mark Kurmanbayev, two men in the vet car
Ian Burton, libretto 
Damiano Michieletto, stagging
Bassem Akiki, conductor
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Justė Janulytė - Plonge
for cello & choir
Finninsh premiere: March 9, 2023 - Festival Musica nova Helsinki
EMO Ensemble
Tatu Ahola, cello
Pasi Hyökki, conductor
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Benjamin Attahir - El Biir
Concerto for guitar
World premiere: March 17, 2023 - Halle aux Grains (Toulouse)
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Thibault Garcia, guitar
Pierre Bleuse, conductor
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Alexander Raskatov - Time’s River (Река времëн)
Concerto for oboe
Création française : 23 Mars 2023 - Halle aux Grains (Toulouse)
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
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Samy Moussa - Orpheus
for piano & chamber orchestra
Création UK: March 24, 2023: Ulster Hall - Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Ulster Orchestra
Clare Hammond, piano
Jamie Phillips, conductor
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Hèctor Parra - Ich ersehne die Alpen
Monodrama for soprano, large orchestra & electronic device
World premiere: March 26-27, 2023 - Staatsoper Stuttgart
Staatsorchester
Esther Dierkes, soprano
Thomas Guggeis, conductor
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François Meïmoun - Antigone
for narrator & large orchestra
World premiere: March 31, 2023 - Auditorium Rainier III (Monaco) in the context of Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Laurent Stocker, narrator
Case Scaglione, conductor
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DIGITAL BROADCAST

Eric Tanguy - De l’au-delà
for soprano & string orchestra
Arsonic (Mons - Belgique)
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie
Aurélie Moreels, soprano
Vahan Mardirossian, conductor

Francis Poulenc - Concerto pour deux pianos
Orchestre national de France
Katia and Marielle Labèque, piano
Fabien Gabel, conductor

Camille Saint-Saëns - Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestre national de France
Cristian Mācelaru, conductor

Photos

Benjamin Attahir © Julian Hargreaves 
François Meïmoun © Catherine-Maria Chapel
Eric Tanguy © Philippe Porter
Alexander Raskatov © DR
Justė Janulytė © Florian Ganslmeier
Samy Moussa © Geneviève Caron
Hèctor Parra © Amandine Lauriol