An Unheard “Carmen”
The new edition of Bizet’s opera Carmen in Apulia and Salzburg

| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | Adès | Klavierkonzert | 24.06.2026 | Kirill Gerstein (Klavier), Tonhalle Orchester | Thomas Adès | Zürich (Tonhalle) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Idomeneo | 26.06.2026 | Chelsea Opera Group | Paul Wingfield | London (Cadogan Hall) | konzertant |
| 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 | |
| Hector | Berlioz | Messe solennelle | 02.07.2026 | Orchestre National de France | Dinis Sousa | Paris (Maison de la Radio) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | 02.07.2026 | Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Regie: Clément Cogitore | Aix-en-Provence (Festival) | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 8. Symphonie | 04.07.2026 | Bruckner Orchester Linz | Philippe Jordan | St. Florian (Basilika) | |
| 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) | |
| Camille | Saint-Saëns | Samson et Dalila | 09.07.2026 | Slovenian Philharmonic | Charles Dutoit | Cankarjev (Gallus Hall) | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 7. Symphonie | 12.07.2026 | Staatsorchester Stuttgart | Lothar Zagrosek | Stuttgart (Liederhalle) | |
| Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XXXVII (so nimm denn meine hände) für orgel solo | 15.07.2026 | Martin Kückes (Orgel) | Templin (Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche) | ||
| Hector | Berlioz | Harold en Italie | 16.07.2026 | Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra | Andrew Manze | Elmshorn (Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival) | weitere Termine |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | La clemenza di Tito | 19.07.2026 | Adrian Kelly, Regie: Corina Würsch | Buxton (International Festival, Opera House) | Premiere | |
| 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 | |
| Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XXXVII (so nimm denn meine hände) für orgel solo | 25.07.2026 | Martin Kückes (Orgel) | Berlin-Spandau (Orgelsommer, St. Nikolai) | ||
| Václav | Trojan | Märchen | 26.07.2026 | Heilbronner Sinfonie Orchester | Alois Seidlmeier | Heilbronn (Deutschhof) | |
| Georges | Bizet | Carmen | 26.07.2026 | Teodor Currentzis, Regie: Gabriela Carrizo (Peeping Tom) | Salzburg (Salzburger Festspiele) | Premiere | |
| 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 | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Lucio Silla | 02.08.2026 | Mozarteum Orchester | Adam Fischer | Salzburg (Salzburger Festspiele) | |
| Christoph Willibald | Gluck | Le Cinesi | 06.08.2026 | Collegium 1704 | Václav Luks | Cesky Krumlov | |
| 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 | Wesendonck-Lieder | 06.08.2026 | Catherine Foster (Sopran), Mitglieder des Orchesters der Bayreuther Festspiele | Bayreuth (Festspiele) | auch 11.8. | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | König Karotte | 09.08.2026 | Mattias Straub (Erzähler), Orchester der Sommeroperette Heldritt | Manuel Grund | Bad Rodach (Waldbühne Heldritt) | |
| Antonio | Salieri | Cublai, gran Kan de’ Tartari | 10.08.2026 | Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento | Stefano Ferrario | La Villa (Badia) | weitere Termine |
| Hector | Berlioz | Grande messe des morts | 15.08.2026 | London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra | Antonio Pappano | London (Proms, Royal Albert Hall) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Don Giovanni | 16.08.2026 | Scottish Chamber Chorus and Orchestra | Maxim Emelyanychev | Edinburgh (International Festival) | konzertant |
| Hector | Berlioz | Grande messe des morts | 19.08.2026 | Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao | Erick Nielsen | San Sebastian (Musikfestivals Quincena, Auditorio Kursaal) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | La finta giardiniera | 20.08.2026 | Massimiliano Caldi, Regie: Maria Sartova | Danzig | Premiere | |
| Bernd Alois | Zimmermann | Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu | 20.08.2026 | Orchestre des Jardins Musicaux | Valentin Reymond | Cernier | |
| Beat | Furrer | Canti della tenebra, In mia vita da vuolp, Presto für Flöte und Klavier, Melodie für Flöte solo, Studie für Klavier | 26.08.2026 | Elina Viluma-Helling (Sopran), Cornelia Sonnleithner (Alt), Maria Iazia (Klavier) Iva Kovac (Flöte), Gerald Preinfalk (Saxophon) | St. Gallen (Burg Gallenstein) | ||
| Joseph | Haydn | Orlando Paladino | 28.08.2026 | Orfeo Orchestra | György Vashegyi | Fertöd (Haydneum Concerts at Esterházy Palace) | |
| Gustav | Holst | The Planets | 03.09.2026 | Robert Schumann Philharmonie | Benjamin Reiners | Chemnitz | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 4. Sinfonie | 08.09.2026 | Staatskapelle Berlin | Christian Thielemann | Berlin (Philharmonie) | |
| 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) | ||
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 12.09.2026 | Sebastiano Rolli, Regie: Martina Gredler | Magdeburg | Premiere | |
| Régis | Campo | Lumen | 13.09.2026 | Stuttgarter Philharmoniker | Rémy Ballot | Besancon (Festival de Musique) | |
| Arnold | Bax | Octet | 14.09.2026 | Ensemble Kontrapunkte | Gottfried Rabl | Wien (Musikverein) | |
| Dieter | Ammann | Boost | 16.09.2026 | Tonhalle-Orchester | Paavo Järvi | Zürich (Tonhalle) | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 3. Symphonie | 17.09.2026 | Essener Philharmoniker | Bertrand de Billy | Essen (Alfried Krupp Saal) | |
| 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 | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 19.09.2026 | Andreas Wolf, Regie: Walter Sutcliffe | Halle | Premiere | |
| Dieter | Ammann | Violation | 20.09.2026 | Tonhalle-Orchester | Julia Kurzydlak | Zürich (Tonhalle) | |
| 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 | |
| Matthias | Pintscher | NUR | 25.09.2026 | Inon Barnatan (Klavier), Utah Symphony | Matthias Pintscher | Salt Lake City (Abravanel Hall) | |
| Jules | Massenet | Werther | 25.09.2026 | Jakub Przybicien, Regie: Matthias Kitter | Nordhausen | Premiere | |
| Hector | Berlioz | La damnation de Faust | 26.09.2026 | Johannes Braun, Regie: Lorenzo Fioroni | Graz | Premiere | |
| Anders | Hillborg | Cello Concerto | 26.09.2026 | Ariel Barnes (Cello), Nürnberger Symphoniker | Jonathan Darlington | Nürnberg (Meistersingerhalle) | |
| Arnold | Bax | Tintagel | 28.09.2026 | Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven | Florian Ludwig | Bremerhaven | |
| Beat | Furrer | Neues Werk (2026) für Bass & Baritonsaxophon | 29.09.2026 | Ulfried Staber (Bass), Gerald Preinfalk (Saxophon) | Graz (BRUSEUM/Neue Galerie) | Uraufführung | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Zaide | 30.09.2026 | George Petrou, Regie: David Hermann | Frankfurt | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 7. Symphonie | 01.10.2026 | Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | Thomas Guggeis | Florenz | |
| Georges | Bizet | Carmen | 02.10.2026 | Michele Spotti, Regie: Ted Huffman | Valencia (Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia) | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Idomeneo | 02.10.2026 | Stefan Vladar, Regie: Philipp Himmelmann | Lübeck | Premiere | |
| Umberto | Giordano | Andrea Chénier | 03.10.2026 | Daniel Cohen, Regie: John Dew | Darmstadt | Premiere | |
| Pietro Mascagni / | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci | 31.10.2026 | Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Regie: Pamela Recinella | Hagen | Premiere | |
| Peter I. | Tschaikowsky | Dornröschen | 03.10.2026 | Carlo Benedetto Cimento, Choreographie: Reginaldo Oliveira | Palermo (Teatro Massimo) | Premiere | |
| Fromental | Halévy | La Juive | 03.10.2026 | Felix Bender, Regie: Marco Storman | Ulm | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 5. Symphonie | 04.10.2026 | Philharmonia Orchestra | Herbert Blomstedt | London (Royal Festival Hall) | |
| Jacques | Offenbach | Les contes d'Hoffmann | 04.10.2026 | Sejoon Park, Regie: Anja Nicklich | Koblenz | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Alcina | 06.10.2026 | Emmanuelle Haim, Regie: Ewelina Marciniak | Lille | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Alcina | 09.10.2026 | Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo | Iván López-Reynoso | Neapel (Teatro di San Carlo) | konzertant |
| Peter I. | Tschaikowsky | Eugen Onegin | 10.10.2026 | Hermes Helfricht, Regie: Matthew Ferraro | Erfurt | Premiere | |
| Beat | Furrer | Herbst, Enigma I-IV & VI, Enigma V, Enigma VII | 10.10.2026 | Cantando Admont | Cordula Bürgi | Graz (Helmut List Halle) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Ottone | 11.10.2026 | Václav Luks, Regie: Jetske Mijnssen | Frankfurt | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 13.10.2026 | Pablo González, Regie: Marta Pazos | Teneriffa (Auditorio) | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Riccardo primo, Re d’Inghilterra | 14.10.2026 | Les Arts Florissants | Paul Agnew | Dijon (Grand Théatre) | weitere Termine |
| Andrea Lorenzo | Scartazzini | Torso - Epitaph | 14.10.2026 | Luzerner Sinfonieorchester | Michael Sanderling | Luzern (KKL) | |
| Beat | Furrer | Konzert für Klavier und Orchester | 15.10.2026 | Orquesta Sinfónica de l'ESMUC | Ernest Martínez Izquierdo | Barcelona | |
| Gioachino | Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | 15.10.2026 | Chloe Rooke, Regie: Annabel Arden | Glyndebourne (Opera Festival) | Premiere | |
| Bernd Alois | Zimmermann | Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu | 15.10.2026 | Münchner Philharmoniker | Anja Bihlmaier | München (Isarphilharmonie) | |
| Torsten | Rasch | Die wunderbaren Jahre | 16.10.2026 | Christian Blex, Regie: Nora Bussenius | Dresden | Premiere | |
| Anton | Bruckner | 5. Symphonie | 17.10.2026 | NHK Symphony Orchestra | Herbert Blomstedt | Tokio (NHK Hall) | |
| Salvatore | Sciarrino | Gesualdo senza parole | 17.10.2026 | Klangforum Wien | Sylvain Cambreling | Wien (Konzerthaus) | |
| Charles | Gounod | Faust | 20.10.2026 | Daniele Rustioni, Regie: Johannes Erath | Mailand (Teatro alla Scala) | Premiere | |
| Dieter | Ammann | Viola Concerto „No templates“ | 23.10.2026 | John Stulz (Viola), Ensemble Intercontemporain | George Benjamin | Paris (Cité de la Musique) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Flavio, Re de’ Langobardi | 23.10.2026 | Camille Delaforge, Regie: Max Emanuel Cencic | Meiningen | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Semele | 23.10.2026 | Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Rinaldo Alessandrini | Bologna (Teatro Comunale) | konzertant |
| Benjamin | Britten | Young Apollo | 24.10.2026 | Camerata Bern | Alexander Melnikov | Bern (Zentrum Paul Klee) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Semele | 25.10.2026 | Orchestra, Coro e Tecnici del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Rinaldo Alessandrini | Bologna (Teatro Comunale) | |
| Matthias | Pintscher | Assonanza | 29.10.2026 | Leila Josefowicz (Violine), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | Matthias Pintscher | Stockholm (Konserthuset) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 29.10.2026 | N.N., Regie: Nilufar K. Münzing | Klagenfurt | Premiere | |
| Dieter | Ammann | glut | 30.10.2026 | Estonian National Symphony Orchestra | Gregor A. Mayrhofer | Tallinn (Festival AFEKT, Estonia Concert Hall) | |
| Peter I. | Tschaikowsky | Schwanensee | 31.10.2026 | Camerata Louis Spohr | Bernd Peter Fugelsang | Düsseldorf | |
| Pietro Mascagni / | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci | 31.10.2026 | N.N., Regie: Neil Barry Moss | Coburg (Globe) | Premiere | |
| Dieter | Ammann | Turn | 04.11.2026 | Tonhalle-Orchester | Paavo Järvi | Zürich (Tonhalle) | auchh 5./6.11. |
| Anton | Bruckner | 4. Symphonie | 06.11.2026 | Bamberger Symphoniker | Jakub Hrusa | Brünn (Janácek-Theater) | |
| Dieter | Ammann | glut | 06.11.2026 | hr-Sinfonieorchester | Michael Wendeberg | Frankfurt (hr-Sendesaal) | |
| Dieter | Ammann | Core | 07.11.2026 | Orchester der Oper Zürich | Gianandrea Noseda | Zürich | |
| Pietro | Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana | 07.11.2026 | N.N., Regie: Gil Mehmert | Dortmund | Premiere | |
| Beat | Furrer | Neues Werk für Orchester | 07.11.2026 | Kammerorchester Basel | Pierre Bleuse | Basel (Stadtcasino) | Uraufführung |
| Engelbert | Humperdinck | Dornröschen | 08.11.2026 | Markus Poschner, Regie: Anna Bergmann | Hamburg | Premiere | |
| Camille | Saint-Saëns | Samson et Dalila | 13.11.2026 | Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Roberto Abbado | Bologna (Teatro Comunale) | konzertant |
| Beat | Furrer | a sei voci für 6 Frauenstimmen | 15.11.2026 | Cantando Admont | Cordula Bürgi | Münchendorf (Musiksalon) | |
| Václav | Trojan | Märchen | 21.11.2026 | Kammerorchester der TUD | Florian Streich | Groß-Umstadt (Stadthalle) | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 21.11.2026 | Hélio Vida, Regie: Nikolaus Habjan | Basel | Premiere | |
| Henry | Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | 21.11.2026 | Daniel Geiss, Regie: Seollyeon Konwitschny-Lee | Neubrandenburg | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | La clemenza di Tito | 25.11.2026 | David McVicar, Regie: Bettina Neuhaus | Barcelona | Premiere | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Das Mondklavier | 29.11.2026 | Beate Bachmann (Sprecherin), Jenaer Philharmonie | Jena (Volkshaus) | ||
| Giovanni | Sollima | Violoncelles, vibrez! | 02.12.2026 | Münchener Kammerorchester | Daniel Giglberger | Olten (Stadttheater) | |
| Dieter | Ammann | Gehörte Form - Hommages | 03.12.2026 | Trio Sola | Zürich (Tonhalle) | ||
| Georges | Bizet | Les Pêcheurs de Perles | 05.12.2026 | Marc Minkowski, Regie: Pierre-André Weitz | Paris (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées) | Premiere | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Nils Holgersson | 06.12.2026 | Erik Brünner (Sprecher), Jugendsinfonieorchester Heinrich-Schütz-Konservatorium, Dresdner Philharmonie | Milko Kersten | Dresden (Kulturpalast) | auch 7.12. |
| Francesco | Filidei | I funerali dell’anarchico Serantini | 09.12.2026 | Studierende der Hochschule | Karlsruhe (Hochschule für Musik) | ||
| Miroslav | Srnka | Smoke | 10.12.2026 | NHK Symphony Orchestra | Maxim Emelyanychev | Tokio (Suntory Hall) | Uraufführung |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 13.12.2026 | Marta Gardoli?ska, Regie: Jetske Mijnssen | Genf (Bâtiment des Forces Motrices) | Premiere | |
| 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 | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Flavio, Re de’ Langobardi | 19.12.2026 | Karsten Januschke, Regie: Tilmann Köhler | Frankfurt (Bockenheimer Depot) | Premiere | |
| Georges | Bizet | Les Pêcheurs de Perles | 29.12.2026 | Victorien Vanoosten, Regie: Mirabelle Ordinaire | Toulon (Zénith) | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Thamos, König in Ägypten | 12.01.2027 | Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento | Christophe Rousset | Bozen (Auditorium) | |
| Dieter | Ammann | glut | 13.01.2027 | Tonhalle-Orchester | Gianandrea Noseda | Zürich (Tonhalle) | |
| Jules | Massenet | Werther | 16.01.2027 | Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg | Christopher Schumann | Nürnberg | konzertant |
| Richard | Dubugnon | Sonnenring | 20.01.2027 | Janine Jansen (Violine), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Jonathan Nott | Genf (Victoria Hall) | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Orlando | 21.01.2027 | Daniel Espasa, Regie: Rafael Villalobos | Teneriffa (Auditorio) | Premiere | |
| Antonín | Dvorák | Rusalka | 23.01.2027 | Francesco Angelico, Regie: Vasily Barkhatov | Graz | Premiere | |
| Christoph Willibald | Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice | 23.01.2027 | Eric Staiger, Regie: Aileen Schneider | Oldenburg | Premiere | |
| Giovanni | Sollima | When We Were Trees | 24.01.2027 | Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester | Reto Bieri | Pforzheim (CongressCentrum) | |
| Andreas N. | Tarkmann | Nils Holgersson | 24.01.2027 | Oliver Moumouris (Sprecher), Württembergische Philharmonie | Hans Grischkat | Reutlingen (Georgensaal) | |
| Christoph Willibald | Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice | 29.01.2027 | Aapo Häkkinen, Regie: Tero Saarinen | Helsinki | Premiere | |
| Engelbert | Humperdinck | Königskinder | 30.01.2027 | Justus Thorau, Regie: Angela Denoke | Saarbrücken | Premiere | |
| Antonín | Dvorák | Rusalka | 30.01.2027 | Jiri Rozen, Regie: Caterina Cianfarini | Basel | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 30.01.2027 | Marco Alibrando, Regie: Marcos Darbyshire | Weimar | Premiere | |
| Jean-Philippe | Rameau | Les Boréades | 05.02.2027 | Camille Delaforge, Regie: R.B. Schlather | Dublin (Irish National Opera) | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Così fan tutte | 10.02.2027 | Thomas Hengelbrock, Regie: Netia Jones | London (Royal Opera House) | Premiere | |
| Jules | Massenet | Werther | 11.02.2027 | Nathalie Stutzmann, Regie: Robert Carsen | Paris (Opéra National) | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Don Giovanni | 13.02.2027 | Gerrit Prießnitz, Regie: Anna-Sophie Mahler | Innsbruck | Premiere | |
| Camille | Saint-Saëns | Samson et Dalila | 13.02.2027 | Marco Comin, Regie: N.N. | Bremerhaven | Premiere | |
| Ludwig van | Beethoven | Fidelio | 17.02.2027 | Kensho Watanabe, Regie: Ruth Knight | Glasgow | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Rinaldo | 22.02.2027 | Philippe Jaroussky, Regie: Valentina Carrasco | Paris (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées) | Premiere | |
| Oliver | Leith | Last Days | 27.02.2027 | André de Ridder, Friedrike Scheunchen, Regie: Lily Kuhlmann | Freiburg | Premiere | |
| Bedrich | Smetana | Die verkaufte Braut | 28.02.2027 | Tómas Netopil, Regie: Laurent Pelly | Köln | Premiere | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | 05.03.2027 | Kaspar Zehnder, Regie: Joel Lauwers | Metz | Premiere | |
| Georg Friedrich | Händel | Serse | 06.03.2027 | Clément Lonca, Regie: Lorenzo Fioroni | Bern | Premiere | |
| Ambroise | Thomas | Hamlet | 07.03.2027 | Seok-Won Hong, Regie: Nicola Berloffa | Teneriffa (Auditorio) | Premiere | |
| Bohuslav | Martinu | Konzert Nr. 2 für Violine und Orchester | 15.03.2027 | Kirill Kobantschenko (Violine), Sinfonia Academica | David Holzinger | Wien (Mozartsaal) | |
| Christoph Willibald | Gluck | Iphigénie en Aulide | 20.03.2027 | Ivan Demidov, Regie: Jochen Biganzoli | Augsburg | 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
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