Appearance versus reality
Ľubica Čekovská‘s opera “Dorian Gray” in Annaberg-Buchholz

| 1931 | born in Basel on 3 September |
| 1950-1953 | his studies include composition lessons with Walther Geiser at the Basel Music Academy and musicology with Jacques Handschin at the university there further composition studies with Willy Burkhard in Zurich and Boris Blacher in Salzburg |
| 1955 | composition studies at the Northwest German Music Academy in Detmold with Günter Bialas and Wolfgang Fortner |
| 1956-1960 | active as teacher and conductor in Basel |
| 1960-1968 | teaches theory and composition at the Northwest German Music Academy in Detmold |
| 1962 | receives the Bernhard Sprengel Prize awarded by German Industry Hannover |
| 1963 | appointed Professor |
| 1968-1975 | teaches at the Conservatory and Musikhochschule in Zurich |
| 1969-1974 | editor-in-chief of the "Schweizerische Musikzeitung" |
| 1970 | guest lecturer in the United States Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize Zurich |
| 1973 | Zurich radio prize for a series on understanding music by listening consciously |
| 1974-1980 | head of the Music Department at the Radio of German and Rhaeto-Romanic Switzerland (DRS) |
| 1980-1983 | Professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe |
| 1980 | guest lecturer in the United States |
| 1981 | guest lecturer in England |
| 1983-1994 | Director of the Music Academy in Basel |
| 1984 | Composition Prize of the "Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein" Arts Prize of the city of Basel |
| 1986 | guest lecturer in Japan and South Korea |
| 1987-1997 | Director of Basel Music Forum (with Heinz Holliger and Jürg Wyttenbach) |
| 1990 | composer-in-residence and instructor at Kunitachi Music College, Tokyo |
| 1992 | composer-in-residence at Cheltenham Festival |
| 1993 | visiting lecturer at Shanghai Conservatory of Music |
| 1994-1996 | teacher at Music Academy of the City of Basel |
| 1997 | Member of the Freie Akademie der Künste [Free Academy of Arts] Mannheim |
| 1998 | guest lecturer at the Lithuanian Music Academy, Vilnius |
| 2001 | composition seminar at the St. Petersburg Conservatory |
| 2007 | composer-in-residence at the Musikhochschule Münster "Musik unserer Zeit" ["Music in Our Time"] |
| 2021 | Died in Basel on March 24th |
| Until the mid-1990s Kelterborn was also active as a guest conductor, mainly as an interpreter of his own works. He has published numerous music-theoretical and analytical essays and books, and has been invited as a guest lecturer to England, the USA, Japan, China and Eastern Europe. Kelterborn’s compositions have been recognised in many essays and publications. |
| composer_first_name | composer_last_name | title | date | orchestra | conductor | location | special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton | Bruckner | 8. Symphonie | 24.04.2026 | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Cornelius Meister | Warschau (Philharmonie) | |
| Thomas | Adès | Violin Concerto | 24.04.2026 | Ilya Gringolts (Violine), Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie | Anu Tali | Koblenz (Rhein-Mosel-Halle) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Der Messias | 24.04.2026 | MDR-Sinfonieorchester & Rundfunkchor | Dennis Russell Davies | Erfurt (Theater) | |
| Beat | Furrer | Piano Concerto No. 2 | 24.04.2026 | Francesco Piemontesi (Klavier), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Enno Poppe | München (Residenz) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 24.04.2026 | Emily Senturia, Regie: Haley Stamats | Madison (Overture Hall) | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 2. Symphonie | 25.04.2026 | Dresdner Philharmonie | Christoph Eschenbach | Dresden (Kulturpalast) | |
| Charlotte | Seither | Echoes of O’s | 25.04.2026 | Ensemble Lux NM | Wiesbaden (Art.Ist-Galerie) | ||
| Anton | Bruckner | 8. Symphonie | 26.04.2026 | Orchester des Staatstheaters Darmstadt | Marc Albrecht | Darmstadt | |
| Claudio | Monteverdi | L’incoronazione di Poppea | 26.04.2026 | Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Regie: Christoph Marthaler | Kopenhagen (Det Kongelige Teater) | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | La clemenza di Tito | 26.04.2026 | Marc Minkowski, Regie: Damiano Michieletto | Zürich | Premiere | |
| Salvatore | Sciarrino | La navigazione notturna | 28.04.2026 | Marino Formenti, Alfredo Ovalles, Luca Lavuri, N.N. (Klavier) | Wien (Musikverein) | ||
| Beat | Furrer | Studie IV für Klavier solo | 28.04.2026 | Filippo Gorini (Klavier) | Mailand (Teatro alla Scala) | Italienische Erstaufführung | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 7. Symphonie | 29.04.2026 | Duisburger Philharmoniker | Stefan Blunier | Duisburg (Philharmonie Mercatorhalle) | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Messe solennelle | 29.04.2026 | Bach-Verein Köln, Gürzenichorchester | Christoph Siebert | Köln (Philharmonie) | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Cléopâtre | 30.04.2026 | Antoniette Dennefeld (Sopran), Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto | Pierre Dumoussaud | Padova (Auditorium Pollini) | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Wesendonck-Lieder | 30.04.2026 | Alicja Bukowska (Mezzosopran), Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen | Hermes Helfricht | Pirna (Marienkirche) | |
| Georges | Bizet | Carmen | 01.05.2026 | Lorenzo Passerini, Regie: Nadja Loschky | Dresden | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 02.05.2026 | Yi-Chen Lin, Regie: Barbara-David Brüesch | St. Gallen | Premiere | |
| Claudio | Monteverdi | L'Orfeo | 02.05.2026 | Jörg Halubek, Regie: Markus Bothe | Schwetzingen (Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele, Schlosstheater) | Premiere | |
| Charlotte | Seither | koy für Bass-Stimme solo | 03.05.2026 | Martin Wistinghausen (Stimme) | Bethel (Zionskirche) | ||
| Frank | Martin | Messe für zwei vierstimmige Chöre a cappella | 03.05.2026 | Amor Artis Chamber Choir | Ryan James Brandau | New York (St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral) | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 7. Symphonie | 05.05.2026 | Wiener Symphoniker | Marie Jacquot | Wien (Konzerthaus) | |
| Christoph Willibald | Gluck | Orphée et Euridice | 05.05.2026 | Edward Ananian Cooper, Regie: Pierre-André Weitz | Limoges | Premiere | |
| Ludwig van | Beethoven | Musik zu Goethes Trauerspiel Egmont | 07.05.2026 | Essener Philharmoniker | Dirk Kaftan | Essen (Alfried Krupp Saal) | |
| Christoph Willibald | Gluck | Paride ed Helena | 07.05.2026 | Akademie für Alte Musik | Michael Hofstetter | Augsburg (Internationale Gluck-Opern-Festspiele) | konzertant, 9.5. Bayreuth, 10.5. Fürth |
| Francesco | Filidei | Finito ogni gesto, Esercizio di pazzia I | 08.05.2026 | ensemble XXI. jahrhundert | Peter Burwik | Wien (Musikverein) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 08.05.2026 | Francesco Corti, Regie: Kirill Serebrennikov | Amsterdam (Stichting Nationale Opera & Ballet) | Premiere | |
| Charlotte | Seither | saphir und haut Nr. 3 für Sopran und Inside Piano | 08.05.2026 | Lisa-Maria Lebitschnis (Sopran), Amelie Warner (Klavier) | Augsburg (Staatliches Textilmuseum) | ||
| Peter I. | Tschaikowsky | Schwanensee | 08.05.2026 | Svetoslav Borisov, Choreographie: Stefano Giannetti | Dessau | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 4. Symphonie | 09.05.2026 | Tonhalle Orchester | Paavo Järvi | Zürich (Tonhalle) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | 09.05.2026 | Riccardo Bisatti, Regie: Suzanne Andrade, Barrie Kosky | Lille | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Idomeneo | 09.05.2026 | Julia Jones, Regie: Robert Carsen | Kopenhagen (Det Kongelige Teater) | Premiere | |
| Frank | Martin | Messe für zwei vierstimmige Chöre a cappella | 09.05.2026 | Ottawa Bach Choir | Lisette Canton | Ottawa (Knox Presbyterian Church) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | 09.05.2026 | Johannes Klumpp, Regie: Nora Krahl | Gelsenkirchen | Premiere | |
| Ernst | Krenek | Flötenstück neunphasig, für Flöte und Klavier | 10.05.2026 | œnm . œsterreichisches ensemble fuer neue musik | Rupert Huber | Salzburg (Schloss Frohnburg) | |
| Bedrich | Smetana | Mein Vaterland | 10.05.2026 | MDR-Sinfonieorchester | Alena Hron | Leipzig (Gewandhaus) | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Das kalte Herz | 10.05.2026 | Kammerorchester Metzingen | Oliver Bensch | Metzingen (Stadthalle) | |
| Hector | Berlioz | La damnation de Faust | 10.05.2026 | Orchester Opernhaus Zürich | Yves Abel | Zürich | konzertant |
| Camille | Saint-Saëns | Samson et Dalila | 13.05.2026 | Alexander Soddy, Regie: Richard Jones | London (Royal Opera House) | ||
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 15.05.2026 | Andreas Spering, Regie: Wolfgang Berthold | Brandenburg | ||
| Anton | Bruckner | 5. Symphonie | 15.05.2026 | Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest | Jukka-Pekka Saraste | Rotterdam (de Doelen) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Deidamia | 15.05.2026 | George Petrou, Regie: George Petrou | Göttingen (Internationale Händel-Festspiele, Deutsches Theater) | Premiere | |
| Charlotte | Seither | Monad’s face für Sopran, Bassklarinette und Violoncello | 16.05.2026 | Sara Wiljaars (Sopran), N.N. (Bassklarinette), N.N. (Violoncello) | Berlin (Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler) | ||
| Beat | Furrer | La bianca notte | 17.05.2026 | Klangforum Wien | Katowice (Katowice Culture Nature Festival, NOSPR Concert Hall) | ||
| Emmanuel | Chabrier | L’Etoile | 17.05.2026 | Nicolas Kruger, Regie: Matthew Eberhardt | Eindhoven (Parktheater) | Premiere | |
| Winfried Zillig: Rosse / | Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci | 17.05.2026 | Mark Rohde, Regie: Roman Hovenbitzer | Würzburg (Theaterfabrik Blaue Halle) | Premiere | ||
| Georges | Bizet | Le Docteur Miracle | 17.05.2026 | Anton Legkii, Regie: Claudia Plaßwich | Mannheim | Premiere | |
| Charlotte | Seither | koy für Bass-Stimme solo | 18.05.2026 | Martin Wistinghausen (Stimme) | Cluj-Napoca (Academia Nationala de Muzica Gheorge Dirna) | ||
| Jules | Massenet | Werther | 20.05.2026 | Lorenzo Passerini, Regie: Willy Decker | Neapel | Premiere | |
| Salvatore | Sciarrino | Tre duetti con l´eco | 21.05.2026 | Ensemble Aventure | Freiburg (Elisabeth Schneider Stiftung) | weitere Termine | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Die drei kleinen Schweinchen | 21.05.2026 | Staatsorchester Darmstadt | Darmstadt | auch 22./23.5. | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Lélio ou Le retour à la vie | 22.05.2026 | Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra | Maxime Pascal | Helsingborg (Konserthus) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 22.05.2026 | Vinicius Kattah, Regie: Jiri Herman | Bratislava (Nationaltheater) | Premiere | |
| Jean-Philippe | Rameau | Les Boréades | 22.05.2026 | a nocte temporis | Reinoud Van Mechelen | Dortmund (Orchesterzentrum) | weitere Termine |
| Thomas | Adès | Lieux retrouvés | 22.05.2026 | RSO Wien | Thomas Adès | Wien (Musikverein) | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Harold en Italie | 22.05.2026 | Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra | Robert Spano | Fort Worth (Bass Performance Hall) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 22.05.2026 | Dietger Holm, Regie: Magdalena Fuchsberger | Heidelberg | Premiere | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Grande messe des morts | 22.05.2026 | Orchestre et chœur Opéra National de Paris | Philippe Jordan | Paris (Philharmonie) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | 24.05.2026 | Zsolt Jankó, Regie: Miklós H. Vecsei | Budapest | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Don Giovanni | 24.05.2026 | Benjamin Bayl, Regie: Agnès Jaoui | Montpellier | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 4. Symphonie | 24.05.2026 | Bamberger Symphoniker | Jakub Hrusa | Bamberg (Kirche St. Michael) | |
| Frank | Martin | Messe für zwei vierstimmige Chöre a cappella | 24.05.2026 | La Maitrise de Toulouse | Mark Opstad | Gramat (Église Saint-Pierre) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Messe in c-Moll | 25.05.2026 | Vlaams Radiokoor, Orkest van de Achttiende eeuw | Bart van Reyn | Breda (Chasse Theater) | weitere Termine |
| Hector | Berlioz | La damnation de Faust | 25.05.2026 | Prague Symphony Orchestra | Tomás Netopil | Prag (Festival Prager Frühling, Obecní dum) | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 4. Symphonie | 28.05.2026 | Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | Philippe Jordan | Florenz (Teatro del Maggio) | |
| Georges | Bizet | Carmen | 29.05.2026 | Keren Kagarlitsky, Regie: Wim Vandekeybus | Antwerpen | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Don Giovanni | 29.05.2026 | Elena Salvatierra, Regie: Marta Eguilior | Cadiz (Teatro Villamarta) | Premiere | |
| Frank | Martin | Messe für zwei vierstimmige Chöre a cappella | 30.05.2026 | Vocal ensembles ardent and suppléments musicaux | Patrick Secchiari, Moritz Achermann | Bern (Église francaise) | auch 31.5. |
| Anton | Bruckner | 6. Symphonie | 31.05.2026 | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Tomas Hanus | Prag (Gemeindehaus) | |
| Bedrich | Smetana | Mein Vaterland | 31.05.2026 | Chor des Theater Lübeck, Philharmonisches Orchester Hansestadt Lübeck | Stefan Vladar | Lübeck (Musik- und Kongresshalle) | |
| Georges | Bizet | Carmen | 31.05.2026 | Leo McFall, Regie: Uwe Eric Laufenberg | Wiesbaden (Maifestspiele) | Premiere | |
| Bohuslav | Martinu | Zweimal Alexander | 02.06.2026 | Irene Delgado-Jiménez, Regie: Anna Bernreitner | Wien (Theater an der Wien) | Premiere | |
| Frank | Martin | Messe für zwei vierstimmige Chöre a cappella | 02.06.2026 | BBC Singer, Maîtrise de Notre-Dame | Sofi Jeannin, Henri Chalet | Paris (Notre Dame) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | 03.06.2026 | Laurence Equilbey, Regie: Florent Siaud | Paris (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées) | Premiere | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Der Mistkäfer | 05.06.2026 | Johannes Merz (Erzähler), Kammerphilharmonie Lübeck | Emanuel Dantscher | Lübeck (Kolosseum) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Rinaldo | 05.06.2026 | Michael Hofstetter, Regie: Walter Sutcliffe | Halle (Händel-Festspiele, Oper) | Premiere | |
| Jirí Antonín (Georg Anton) | Benda | Medea | 06.06.2026 | Doerthe Maria Sandmann (Sprecherin), Barockorchester der Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha | Alexej Barchevitch | Eisenach (Landestheater) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Messe in c-Moll | 09.06.2026 | Chœur de l’Opéra de Tours, Orchestre symphonique Région Centre-Val de Loire/Tours | David Jackson | Tours (Grand Théatre) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | La clemenza di Tito | 09.06.2026 | Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset | Hampshire (The Grange Festival) | konzertant, auch 12.6. Würzburg |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Agrippina | 10.06.2026 | Laurence Cummings, Regie: Walter Sutcliffe | Halle (Händel-Festspiele, Oper) | ||
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Don Giovanni | 12.06.2026 | Orquestra de Valencia | Francesco Corti, Regie: Benoît De Leersnyder | Valencia | Premiere |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | La clemenza di Tito | 12.06.2026 | Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset | Würzburg (Kaisersaal) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Aci, Galatea e Polifemo | 12.06.2026 | Kammerorchester Basel | René Jacobs | Halle (Marktkirche) | weitere Termine |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Agrippina | 12.06.2026 | David Bates, Regie: Robert Carsen | Rouen | Premiere | |
| Anders | Hillborg | Sound Atlas | 12.06.2026 | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester | Ryan Bancroft | Lübeck (Musik- und Kongresshalle) | weitere Termine |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Alcina | 12.06.2026 | Claudio Novati, Regie: Felix Schrödinger | Detmold | Premiere | |
| Charlotte | Seither | Tell it or shout für Flöte und Harfe | 12.06.2026 | Elizaveta Birjukova, Flöte, Christina Engelke (Harfe) | Jena (Künstlerische Abendschule) | ||
| Bohuslav | Martinu | Feldmesse | 13.06.2026 | Münchner Philharmoniker | Jakub Hrusa | München (Isarphilharmonie) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno | 13.06.2026 | Simone De Felice, Regie: Katharina Kastening | Frankfurt (Bockenheimer Depot) | Premiere | |
| Jindrich | Feld | Konzert für Flöte und Orchester | 15.06.2026 | Daniela Koch (Flöte), Bamberger Symphoniker | Jakub Hrusa | Bamberg (Konzerthalle) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 17.06.2026 | Leo Mc Fall, Regie: Marie-Ève Signeyrole | Wiesbaden | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 7. Symphonie | 18.06.2026 | Konzerthausorchester | Ivan Fischer | Berlin (Konzerthaus) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | 18.06.2026 | Janis Liepins, Regie: Cordula Däuper | Mannheim | Premiere | |
| Pietro Mascagni / | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci | 19.06.2026 | Gábor Hontvári, Regie: Benjamin Prins | Sondershausen (Schloss) | Premiere | |
| Beat | Furrer | Litanei für Sopran, Bassklarinette und Streichquartett (UA)/canti della tenebra. Fünf Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier | 19.06.2026 | Cantando Admont | Dundalk (St Nicholas’ Church of Ireland) | ||
| Antonín | Dvorák | Rusalka | 19.06.2026 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Domingo Hindoyan | Liverpool (Philharmonic Hall) | konzertant |
| Beat | Furrer | in mia vita da vuolp für Bariton-Saxophon und Sopran/Lotófagos für Sopran und Kontrabass/Prophezeiungen für Alt, Kontrabassklarinette und Akkordeon | 20.06.2026 | Cantando Admont | Dundalk (St Vincent’s Chapel) | ||
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Susanna | 21.06.2026 | Collegium 1704 | Václav Luks | Litomysl (Schlosshof) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Idomeneo | 21.06.2026 | Chelsea Opera Group | Paul Wingfield | London (Cadogan Hall) | konzertant |
| Thomas | Adès | Klavierkonzert | 24.06.2026 | Kirill Gerstein (Klavier), Tonhalle Orchester | Thomas Adès | Zürich (Tonhalle) | |
| Frank | Martin | Messe für zwei vierstimmige Chöre a cappella | 26.06.2026 | Rias Kammerchor | Peter Dijkstra | Berlin (Philharmonie) | |
| Peter I. | Tschaikowsky | Eugen Onegin | 26.06.2026 | Lidiya Yankovskaya, Regie: Max Webster | Hampshire (The Grange Festival) | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | 27.06.2026 | Thomas Guggeis, Regie: Andrea Moses | Berlin (Staatsoper Unter den Linden) | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | 02.07.2026 | Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Regie: Clément Cogitore | Aix-en-Provence (Festival) | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Ariodante | 04.07.2026 | Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset | Beaune (Festival Baroque, Hotel-Dieu) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Idomeneo | 04.07.2026 | Felix Pätzold, Regie: Immo Karaman | Kiel | Premiere | |
| George | Benjamin | Three Consorts | 05.07.2026 | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Kent Nagano | Klütz (Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schloss Bothmer) | weitere Termine |
| Joseph | Haydn | Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuz | 05.07.2026 | Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz | Michael Francis | Speyer (Gedächtniskirche) | |
| Giselher | Klebe | Mignon | 07.07.2026 | Detmolder Kammerorchester | Stanley Dodds | Detmold (Hochschule für Musik) | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Harold en Italie | 16.07.2026 | Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra | Andrew Manze | Elmshorn (Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival) | weitere Termine |
| Philipp | Maintz | jag die hunde zurück! | 20.07.2026 | Accademia Musicale Chigiana | Lorenzo Donati | Siena (Chiesa della Ss. Annunziata) | |
| Antonín | Dvorák | Rusalka | 23.07.2026 | Petr Popelka, Regie: Martin Kusej | München (Münchner Opernfestspiele) | ||
| Georges | Bizet | Carmen, Fassung 1874 | 25.07.2026 | Fabio Luisi, Regie: Denis Krief | Martina Franca (Festival della Valle d’Itria) | Szenische Erstaufführung | |
| Jules | Massenet | Werther | 29.07.2026 | Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie | Alain Altinoglu | Salzburg (Salzburger Festspiele) | |
| Dieter | Ammann | Viola Concerto „No templates“ | 31.07.2026 | Studierende der Orchesterakademie | Lü Jia | Lugano (Palazzo dei Congressi) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | 31.07.2026 | Evan Rogister, Regie: David McVicar | Glyndebourne (Opera Festival) | Premiere | |
| L'ubica | Cekovska | Maison de la musique en sept périodes | 01.08.2026 | Japan Century Symphony Orchestra | Andreas Ottensamer | Osaka | |
| Joseph | Haydn | Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuz | 06.08.2026 | Le Concert d’Astrée | Emmanuelle Haim | Salzburg (Salzburger Festspiele) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 06.08.2026 | Joana Mallwitz, Regie: Christof Loy | Salzburg (Salzburger Festspiele) | Premiere | |
| Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XXXII (wer nur den lieben gott läßt walten) für orgel solo | 06.08.2026 | Angela Metzger (Orgel) | München (St. Markus) | ||
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | König Karotte | 09.08.2026 | Mattias Straub (Erzähler), Orchester der Sommeroperette Heldritt | Manuel Grund | Bad Rodach (Waldbühne Heldritt) | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Grande messe des morts | 15.08.2026 | London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra | Antonio Pappano | London (Proms, Royal Albert Hall) | |
| Joseph | Haydn | Orlando Paladino | 28.08.2026 | Orfeo Orchestra | György Vashegyi | Fertöd (Haydneum Concerts at Esterházy Palace) | |
| Jules | Massenet | Werther | 11.09.2026 | Marie Jacquot, Regie: Tatjana Gürbaca | Kopenhagen | Premiere | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Die verlorene Melodie | 12.09.2026 | Staatskapelle Weimar | Weimar (Theaterfest) | ||
| Anton | Bruckner | 8. Symphonie in c-Moll | 17.09.2026 | Gewandhausorchester | Herbert Blomstedt | Leipzig (Gewandhaus) | |
| Ambroise | Thomas | Hamlet | 18.09.2026 | Michael Schönwandt, Regie: Krzysztof Warlikowski | Paris (Opéra National) | Premiere | |
| Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XXXIII (in te domine speravi) für orgel solo | 20.09.2026 | Roman Summereder (Orgel) | Hannover (Nazarethkirche) | Uraufführung | |
| Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel VIII (aus tiefer not schrei ich zu dir), choralvorspiel XL (te deum laudamus), choralvorspiel XLVI (morgenglanz der ewigkeit), choralvorspiel LI (kyrie XI, orbis factor) | 23.09.2026 | Hansjörg Albrecht (Orgel) | Berlin (Kathedrale St. Hedwig) | Uraufführung (choralvorspiel VIII) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Mitridate, re di Ponto | 24.09.2026 | Riccardo Frizza, Regie: Claus Guth | Neapel | Premiere | |
| Fromental | Halévy | La Juive | 03.10.2026 | Felix Bender, Regie: Marco Storman | Ulm | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Alcina | 09.10.2026 | Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo | Iván López-Reynoso | Neapel (Teatro di San Carlo) | konzertant |
| Charles | Gounod | Faust | 20.10.2026 | Daniele Rustioni, Regie: Johannes Erath | Mailand (Teatro alla Scala) | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Semele | 23.10.2026 | Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Rinaldo Alessandrini | Bologna (Teatro Comunale) | konzertant |
| Dieter | Ammann | glut | 06.11.2026 | hr-Sinfonieorchester | Michael Wendeberg | Frankfurt (hr-Sendesaal) | |
| Beat | Furrer | Neues Werk für Orchester | 07.11.2026 | Kammerorchester Basel | Pierre Bleuse | Basel (Stadtcasino) | Uraufführung |
| Camille | Saint-Saëns | Samson et Dalila | 13.11.2026 | Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Roberto Abbado | Bologna (Teatro Comunale) | konzertant |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Nils Holgersson | 06.12.2026 | Erik Brünner (Sprecher), Jugendsinfonieorchester Heinrich-Schütz-Konservatorium, Dresdner Philharmonie | Milko Kersten | Dresden (Kulturpalast) | auch 7.12. |
| Hector | Berlioz | La damnation de Faust | 17.12.2026 | Bertrand de Billy, Regie: Lydia Steier | Wien (Staatsoper) | Premiere | |
| Jules | Massenet | Thaïs | 18.12.2026 | Pierre Dumoussaud, Regie: Olivier Lepelletier-Leeds | Liège | Premiere |
Flexible Forms
Rudolf Kelterborn’s Ensemble-Buch V”, a composition for six instruments, receives its premiere in Zurich. His series of “Books” for differently-scored ensembles explore a multifaceted variety of forms.
[t]akte: Rudolf Kelterborn, your Ensemble-Bücher I, II and IV are works for voice and different instrumental forces, and explore the multitude of relationships between text and music. In your new Ensemble-Buch V you’ve composed a purely instrumental work (as you did previously in Buch III), however, the movements have very eloquent, poetic titles: Chemins, Dark music – Cris du monde, Natura morta 1, Illuminations, Beating and Whispering, Natura morta 2 – Apertura). Is there also a reference here to literary works?
Kelterborn: With my Ensemble-Buch V there is no literary background or other references to extra-musical events. The “eloquent, poetic” movement titles might, however, draw the listener’s imagination in a particular direction, and in the process, illustrative or poetic associations are more than possible – but such personal associations would be, so to speak, “private” and in no way universally binding.
What should the listener expect in the individual movements of Ensemble-Buch V? How do you approach the delightful forces of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion?
My Ensemble-Bücher are compositions in which the whole ensemble is only used as one of several scoring formations. In my Ensemble-Buch I for baritone and 13 instruments to poems by Erika Burkart, as well as tutti movements there are, for example, two movements just for baritone and piano, a movement for baritone, violin and cello, a “Nachtstück” for eight instruments, etc. In my most recent purely instrumental Ensemble-Buch V, in five of the six movements all six instruments are used; but within the individual movements different sub-groups are constantly created. The first movement “Chemins”, for example, begins with a duo of piano/percussion, and a longer section for clarinet, cello, piano and percussion follows – tutti scoring is only used in the last section of the movement. Or in the second movement “Dark Music – Cris du monde”, the opening is scored for a darkly-coloured ensemble with bass flute, bass clarinet, cello, piano and percussion, whilst the last part is contested by a quartet (flute, clarinet, violin and cello). “Natura morta 1” (the third movement) is scored for just violin and piano, the last movement “Natura morta 2 – Apertura” for bass clarinet and percussion in the first section, and in the second section then for the whole ensemble.
Your Ensemble-Bücher seem to be like an encyclopaedia of the many and diverse possibilities for the different scorings. Do the “Bücher” also form a cycle within themselves which the titles might suggest?
The Ensemble-Bücher I–V are each independent compositions, they don’t form a cycle. But you could definitely perform three of the works one after another in a concert, for example. I can well imagine that this might produce the effect of a greater whole.
Which formal aspects should be emphasized?
The special approach to the scoring of the ensemble in each Ensemble-Buch, in which the tutti is only one of several different formations, of course essentially determines the forms of the individual movements as well as the whole work. At the same time the use of different types of a family of instruments (for example, flute, piccolo, alto and bass flute) can enrich the formal possibilities.
Interview by Marie Luise Maintz
(from [t]akte 1/2015)
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