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Every quarter, the best and most interesting new releases of the previous three months are awarded a place on the best list. The evaluation criteria are artistic quality, repertoire value, presentation and sound quality. Our production “Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA” with the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo and the SWR Experimental Studio was included in the best list 3/2024 in the “Contemporary Music” category. “When the digital ring modulator […]

In this feature by composer Moritz Eggert, he talks about the rejection of contemporary music and the prejudice that this music is too "dissonant" or too "weird". He gives an answer to this that is at first astonishing: "For many people, this music is too simple on the surface". But in reality, new music is rather complex, at least if you look at the concepts behind it.

The new work of our artistic director Detlef Heusinger The Foundlinghouse intertwines the music of George Frideric Handel with his own music and seeks to combine old greed with curiosity. He uses Handel's late oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth. Like Handel earlier, Heusinger composed, conducted and was responsible for the scenic design in this production. With that too

We mourn the loss of Peter Eötvös, who fascinated us both as a composing conductor and as a conducting composer. After his beginnings in the entourage of Karlheinz Stockhausen in the now unfortunately closed down studio for electronic music at WDR in Cologne, Pierre Boulez brought him in as musical director of the Intercontemporain ensemble he founded. Thanks to his amazing technique, he achieved a world career

The NEOS Music team is pleased to welcome composer Detlef Heusinger as the label's new artistic director. His wide-ranging expertise within the contemporary music industry will enable us to pursue new paths in the artistic work of our label. His versatility as an artist with a repertoire ranging from video opera to oratorio is reflected in the identity of our label.

March 21, 2024, 21:05 p.m. SWR2 NunMusic It's about the utmost density of music. Ensemble musicians play in extreme techniques and positions at a dynamically high level. Electronics amplifies the power of information. The aim is to ultimately reawaken the sensitivity for the physicality and facets of music. “The Black Exposition”, “The Black Exhibition”, by the Italian composer Simone Santi

When you look back at George Benjamin's career, you are impressed by the coherence of his approach and the absolute loyalty to himself. This is how he arrived at the great form of opera, the crowning achievement of his development, without ever making the slightest concessions or deviating from his path. He was completely himself