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Aziza Sadikova’s Farbenzeiten—an arrangement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons—receives its North American premiere with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano in December.

Stockholm turns the spotlight on James MacMillan in November with a four-concert composer festival. Swedish premieres include his ghostly new Concerto for Orchestra, unveiled in London last month, featuring the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

The oeuvre of Hans Winterberg has been revealed to be an immense musical treasure. Under lock and key for many years after the composer's death in 1991, it is now being made accessible and published for the first time by Boosey & Hawkes in cooperation with the Exilarte Centre of the mdw University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the composer's grandson.

Recent months have seen the launch of a new Louis Andriessen website and a studio at the Royal Hague Conservatoire recreating his workspace. This autumn has brought multiple performances of his classic De Staat in the Netherlands.

Following its recent premiere in Helsinki, Magnus Lindberg’s new Viola Concerto for Lawrence Power is journeying widely this season – visiting London, Hamburg, Salzburg and St. Louis – and has been released on a new recording by Ondine.

Dmitri Shostakovich has long been established as one of the most important and performed composers of the 20th century, whose works have profoundly shaped the landscape of classical music. Across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, to mark the 50th anniversary of his death on 9 August 1975, Boosey & Hawkes | Sikorski launches a Shostakovich Resource Pack and "Beyond the baton" video series.

John Adams’s 2023 orchestral work Frenzy receives its North American premiere with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in November, conducted by the composer himself.

The Royal Opera presents a new production of Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and A Quiet Place in London between 10 and 24 October. The nine performances in the Linbury Theatre are staged by Oliver Mears and conducted by Nicholas Chalmers.

Miller Theatre's Courtney Bryan Composer Portrait on September 12 features three recent chamber works by the 2023 MacArthur Fellow, performed by International Contemporary Ensemble and Quince Ensemble.

Asko |Schönberg gives the world premiere of Oscar Bettison’s new work for voices and ensemble at the Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht on 4 September. Composed as a companion piece to Louis Andriessen’s iconic De Staat, Bettison’s On the slow weather of dreams is then toured including performances at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam and at the Musica festival in Strasbourg.

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) has long been established as one of the most important and performed composers of the 20th century. The 50th anniversary year in 2025 offers the opportunity to explore the wide range of his film scores and light music, both complete movies with orchestra and suites for concert programmes.

Meredith Monk’s Indra’s Net receives its fully staged North American premiere at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory in September.

The Little Mermaid—featuring music by Lera Auerbach and choreography by John Neumeier—receives its Houston Ballet debut in September.

The coming season brings an extensive collection of new and recent works by Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski composers, including John Adams, Lera Auerbach, Unsuk Chin, Anna Clyne, James MacMillan and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Recent months have seen the release of a collection of publications of Magnus Lindberg’s recent works including Serenades and Piano Concerto No.3 in the prestigious Hawkes Pocket Score series, alongside performing materials of chamber works Santa Fe Project and Quintet.

The UK premiere of Steve Reich’s most recent work, Jacob’s Ladder, is presented by the BBC Proms on 30 August with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

Gabriela Ortiz introduces four new works during the 2024-2025 season, which will each be programmed during her season-long position as Carnegie Hall’s Debs Composer’s Chair.

SHORTHAND, released on Sony Classical on August 23, features music by Anna Clyne performed by Avi Avital, Colin Jacobsen, Pekka Kuusisto, and Yo-Yo Ma.

The BBC Proms hosts the world premiere on 4 September of Eric Whitacre’s major new work, Eternity in an Hour, drawing upon mystical texts by William Blake for choir, strings, piano and electronics.

Read our season preview of premieres, new productions, and other performance highlights in North America.