Premieres (Jun 30, 2018)

Brett Dean's cello concerto

Alban Gerhardt will give the world premiere of Brett Dean's cello concerto on Aug 22—with additional performances on Aug 24 and 25—in Sydney, Australia [Tickets/info ▶These events have passed] with David Robertson conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

The European premiere of the concerto will be given by Gerhardt this fall, Oct 4–6These events have passed, in Berlin, Germany with Sakari Oramo conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker; followed by a Dutch premiere in Amsterdam on Oct 25This event has passed at the Cello Biennale with Klaus Mäkelä conducting the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

Premieres (Jun 30, 2018; edited Aug 29, 2018)

"Highwood's Ghost"

John Williams' new work "Highwood's Ghost, an encounter for Harp, Cello and Orchestra" will be premiered by Jessica Zhou and Yo-Yo Ma on Aug 19 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] in Lenox, MA with Andris Nelsons conducting the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Additional performance will be given by Zhou and Ma with Williams himself conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Aug 25This event has passed gala concert which is scheduled to broadcast on "Great Performances" (PBS) on Dec 28.

Premieres (Jun 30, 2018)

Brubeck's double concerto

Chris Brubeck's Double Concerto for Violin and Cello will be premiered by Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson on Aug 11 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] in Incline Village, NV with Joel Revzen conducting the Classical Tahoe Orchestra.

Additional performance of the double concerto will be given next year by Laredo and Robinson on Jan 24This event has passed and 26This event has passed in Greensboro, NC with Dmitry Sitkovetsky conducting the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra.

Premieres (May 1, 2018)

"Narcissus"

Commissioned by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Ryant Dřízal's new work for solo cello and orchestra, "Narcissus", will be premiered by Tomáš Jamník on May 7 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at the historic Rudolfinum in Prague, Czechia with Marek Šedivý conducting the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Premieres (Apr 20, 2018)

"Upstate Obscura"

Timo Andres' cello concerto "Upstate Obscura"—inspired by John Vanderlyn's 12 x 165 ft. painting "Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles"—will be premiered by Inbal Segev on Apr 21 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Andrew Cyr conducting the Metropolis Ensemble. Listen to the demo recordings of the new concerto alongside scenes of the painting and the composer's descriptions in a special feature published today in The New York Times!

Premieres (Apr 5, 2018)

A new cello concerto

With the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Clemens Schuldt, Leonard Elschenbroich will premiere Mark Simpson's cello concerto on Apr 21 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, UK. A free pre-concert event is scheduled for 6:45PM that evening [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] so plan on arriving early to hear Simpson and Elschenbroich talk about the new concerto.

Premieres (Apr 2, 2018; edited Aug 31, 2018)

"Never give up"

Commissioned by the Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Fazil Say's cello concerto—"Never give up"—will be premiered by Camille Thomas in Paris, France with Douglas Boyd conducting the Orchestre de chambre de Paris on Apr 3 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed]. Additional performances will be given in France on Oct 13This event has passed (Saint-Brieuc) and Oct 14This event has passed (Lorient) by Thomas with Darrell Ang conducting Orchestre symphonique de Bretagne.

Premieres (Mar 5, 2018)

Hayrapetyan's new concerto

Eduard Hayrapetyan's new cello concerto will be premiered by Narek Hakhnazaryan with Sergey Smbatyan conducting the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra on Mar 28 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. For more information, please visit http://syoa.am/...This event has passed and https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/...This event has passed.

Premieres (Feb 2, 2018)

"In Spe"

Vyacheslav Artyomov's "In Spe"—a 46-minute work and the second installment of the cycle of symphonies "The Star of Exodus" for soloists and large orchestra—will be premiered by violinist Ivan Pochekin and cellist Alexander Buzlov with Valentin Uryupin conducting the Russian National Orchestra on Feb 26 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia.

Premieres (Dec 1, 2017)

Schneid's new concerto

Tobias PM Schneid's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 will be premiered by Maximilian Hornung with John Storgårds conducting the Munich Chamber Orchestra on Dec 6 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] in Ravensburg, Germany, followed by performances in Munich on Dec 7This event has passed and Aschaffenburg on Dec 10This event has passed. In addition to the new work, Hornung will perform Ligeti's cello concerto on all three dates.

Premieres (Nov 8, 2017)

"Lumière" in memoriam
Mstislav Rostropovich

Commissioned by the Kronberg Academy with support from the Danish Composers' Society / KODA's Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Søren Nils Eichberg's "Lumière" will be premiered by Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt and Frans Helmerson with Kammerorchester Metamorphosen Berlin on Nov 16 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] in Berlin, Germany at a concert in memoriam Mstislav Rostropovich.

Premieres (Oct 13, 2017)

"Through Your Fingers"

Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall, Steven Mackey's new work for cello and piano, "Through Your Fingers", will be premiered by Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan in New York, NY on Oct 17 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, and in London, UK on Nov 4 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at Wigmore Hall. Additional performances of "Through Your Fingers" will be given by Weilerstein and Barnatan in Fort Worth, TX (Oct 19This event has passed & 20This event has passed) and in Celle, Germany (Nov 2This event has passed).

Premieres (Oct 1, 2017)

Liebermann's cello concerto

Julian Schwarz will give the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann's Cello Concerto Oct 27–28 [Tickets/info ▶These events have passed] in Ohio with Alexander Prior conducting the Toledo Symphony, followed by a Nov 4 performance [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] in Massachusetts with Kevin Rhodes conducting the Springfield Symphony.

Additional performances of the concerto will be given by Schwarz next spring in Maryland with the Annapolis Symphony (Apr 13–14These events have passed), in Michigan with the Jackson Symphony (May 12This event has passed), and in Florida with the Jacksonville Symphony (May 18–20These events have passed).

Premieres (Oct 1, 2017)

Cello concerto "Guardian"

Chaya Czernowin's cello concerto "Guardian" will be premiered by Séverine Ballon (nominee of our 4th Listeners' Choice Award) with Pablo Rus Broseta conducting the SWR Symphonieorchester on Oct 22 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at the Donaueschingen Musiktage 2017 in Germany; the concert will be available for live video streaming at SWRClassic.deThis event has passed.

An additional performance of "Guardian" will be given by Ballon on Nov 17 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at the Rainy Days Festival in Luxembourg with Roland Kluttig conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.

Premieres (Sep 5, 2017)

"At Swim-Two-Birds"

Pascal Dusapin's double concerto "At Swim-Two-Birds" will be premiered by violinist Viktoria Mullova and cellist Matthew Barley on Sep 30 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] in Amsterdam, Netherlands with Markus Stenz conducting the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest; the concert will be broadcast live on NPO Radio 4 and available for streamingThis event has passed online.

Additional performances of the double concerto will be given by Mullova and Barley next year in Leipzig, Germany with Dima Slobodeniouk conducting the Gewandhausorchester (May 17This event has passed and 18This event has passed) and in Paris, France with Pascal Rophé conducting Orchestre national de France (May 24This event has passed).

Premieres (Sep 5, 2017)

A new triple concerto

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the trio, pianist Ekaterina Mechetina alongside violinist Nikita Borisoglebsky and cellist Sergey Antonov will premiere Kuzma Bodrov's new triple concerto on Sep 30 [Tickets/info ▶This event has passed] at Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia with Philipp Chizhevsky conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia. In addition to the world premiere, they will also perform Beethoven's triple concerto.