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Discover several recent concert openers by Boosey & Hawkes composers.

Sebastian Currier’s large-scale choral work Mysterium receives its world premiere with The Crossing and Donald Nally in Philadelphia this February.

Videmus Inc. publishes American composer Julia Perry’s previously unavailable catalog of music through a licensing partnership with Boosey & Hawkes.

The Recording Academy announced nominations for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards, with composers Gabriela Ortiz and John Adams among the nominees.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates three years of collaboration with Brett Dean as Composer-in-Residence with a new two-disc collection of orchestral works. Repertoire includes his Cello Concerto and Viola Concerto and the world premiere of In spe contra spem for two sopranos and orchestra.

Karl Jenkins’s recent work for soloists, choir, and orchestra receives its North American premiere at Carnegie Hall on January 20.

The Royal Opera in London presents the premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new opera Festen on 14 February, based on the classic film by Thomas Vinterberg. The New Year also sees Simon Rattle conducting first performances of Turnage’s concerto Sco, written for jazz guitarist John Scofield, in London, Paris and Luxembourg and Remembering in Munich and Vienna.

A new viola concerto by Donghoon Shin, inspired by the enigmatic, weaving poetry of Paul Celan, is premiered by soloist Amihai Grosz and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Philharmonie on 9 January. Further performances are planned in the composer’s native South Korea, Austria and the USA.

Vikingur Ólafsson premieres Adams’s After the Fall with the San Francisco Symphony and David Robertson in January before touring the new concerto throughout Europe in the spring.

The new viola concerto by Mark Simpson is premiered by Timothy Ridout in Berlin on 15 December. Drawing on a Romanian proverb about facing your fears, the new work features the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester conducted by Robin Ticciati, with further performances following in the UK, Netherlands and Switzerland.

Discover several recent chamber operas by Boosey & Hawkes composers, including David T. Little's What Belongs to You starring tenor Karim Sulayman.

The coming Spring season brings an extensive collection of new and recent works by Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski composers, including John Adams, Unsuk Chin, Olga Neuwirth and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Chandos has added a new disc to its collection of Roberto Gerhard recordings with Juanjo Mena conducting the BBC Philharmonic in the complete Don Quixote ballet, together with the flamenco-inspired Alegrías Suite and Pedrelliana.

Discover several recent cello concertos by Boosey & Hawkes composers, including Gabriela Ortiz's Dzonot for Alisa Weilerstein.

Michel van der Aa's latest creation is premiered at De Doelen in Rotterdam on 3 December. From Dust is a virtual reality opera installation in which the audience itself takes part in the action and helps to shape the work. The innovative composer-director-conceptual artist is once again breaking new ground in the world of music theatre.

The consoling Benedictus movement from Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is under the spotlight in the latest episode in BBC Radio 4’s Soul Music series, exploring how music can deeply affect the lives of individuals across the world.

Boosey & Hawkes is sad to announce the passing of Barbara Kolb, age 85, composer of evocative, intense works featuring interwoven textures, often inspired by poetry and images.

Gabriela Ortiz’s new cello concerto Dzonot, composed for soloist Alisa Weilerstein and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has dazzled critics on both US coasts after first performances in Los Angeles and New York.

This fall, the Metropolitan Opera presents Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar in an acclaimed dance-centric production by director and choreographer Deborah Colker. A new piano-vocal score of the opera is now available from Boosey & Hawkes.

Explore music by Latinx and Hispanic music creators in the B&H catalog, from iconic Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera to Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, who serves as Carnegie Hall’s composer in residence this season.