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Premieres (Jul 1, 2016)

"Falling in the Fire"

Charlotte Bray's cello concerto "Falling in the Fire", a BBC commission, will be premiered at the Proms by Guy Johnston with Sakari Oramo conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra on Aug 14 at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. Purchase tickets at http://www.royalalberthall.com/...This event has passed, or listen to the broadcast on the radio or online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/...This event has passed.

Premieres (Jul 1, 2016)

Watkins' cello concerto

A BBC commission, Huw Watkins' cello concerto will be premiered at the Proms by the composer's brother Paul Watkins with Thomas Søndergård conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales on Aug 12 at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. Purchase tickets at http://www.royalalberthall.com/...This event has passed, or listen to the broadcast on the radio or online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/...This event has passed.

Premieres (Jun 1, 2016)

Fujikura's two new works

Commissioned for the 15th anniversary of Toppan Hall, Dai Fujikura's "osm" for cello will be premiered by Jean-Guihen Queyras on Jun 21 at Toppan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. For tickets, visit: http://www.toppanhall.com/...This event has passed.

Later this summer, Dai Fujikura's cello concerto will be premiered by Katinka Kleijn with Karina Canellakis conducting the International Contemporary Ensemble on Aug 23 at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, NY. For tickets, visit: http://mostlymozart.org/...This event has passed.

Premieres (May 2, 2016)

Cello concerto "Outscape"

Pascal Dusapin's cello concerto "Outscape" will be premiered by Alisa Weilerstein with Cristian Măcelaru conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra May 26–31 in Chicago, IL. For tickets, visit: http://cso.org/...These events have passed.

Additional performances of the concerto will be given by Weilerstein Jun 19–20These events have passed in Stuttgart, Germany with Markus Stenz conducting Staatsorchester Stuttgart, and next year in Paris, France (Apr 6This event has passed) with Susanna Mälkki conducting Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris.

Premieres (May 2, 2016)

"Sortir du noir"

Séverine Ballon (nominee of our 4th Listeners' Choice Award) will give the world premiere of Julia Blondeau's "Sortir du noir", a 2016 commission of gmem-CNCM-marseille, on May 19 at Festival Les Musiques in Marseille, France. Also in the program are Mauro Lanza's "La Bataille de Caresme et de Charnage" and Thierry Blondeau's "Blackbird" from Ballon's CD "Solitude". For tickets and more information, please visit: http://gmem.org/...This event has passed.

Premieres (May 2, 2016)

"Threads and Traces"

Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Anna Clyne's "Threads and Traces" for mass cello ensemble of 100 cellos will be premiered on May 17 in Los Angeles, CA as part of the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival. For tickets and more information, please visit: http://www.laphil.com/...This event has passed.

Premieres (Mar 5, 2016)

New cello concerto

Michael Bacon's cello concerto will be premiered by Christine Kim with musicians from the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra on Mar 18 in New York, NY at the Schimmel Center near City Hall. Also on the program is the premiere of Gary S. Fagin's "Supreme Justice: The Battle for Gay Rights" for soprano, tenor, vocal ensemble and orchestra. For tickets, please visit: http://schimmel.pace.edu/...This event has passed.

Photo: Michael Bacon with Christine Kim, courtesy of Christine Kim official website.

Premieres (Feb 2, 2016)

Cello concerto "Ouroboros"

Jean-Guihen Queyras and Amsterdam Sinfonietta will give the world premiere of Thomas Larcher's cello concerto "Ouroboros" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Feb 11This event has passed, followed by performances in Vienna, Austria (Feb 13This event has passed), and in Enschede (Feb 18This event has passed) and Leiden (Feb 19This event has passed), the Netherlands.

Additional performances of the cello concerto will be given by Jean-Guihen Queyras with Pascal Rophé conducting the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Apr 4–5These events have passed in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Premieres (Jan 4, 2016)

Cello concerto "Desert Sorrows"

Mohammed Fairouz's cello concerto "Desert Sorrows" will be premiered by Maya Beiser with Leonard Slatkin conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Jan 14–16 in SouthfieldThis event has passed, Clinton TownshipThis event has passed and DetroitThis event has passed, MI.

Purchase tickets for one of the three performances, or watch the live webcast of the Jan 16 performance at http://www.dso.org/live.aspxThis event has passed.

Premieres (Dec 3, 2015; edited Jan 19, 2016)

"FATHOMS" for cello & piano

Update: Change of pianist to Steven Beck for the world premiere.

Members of the Danish Piano Trio—cellist Toke Møldrup and pianist Katrine Gislinge—will give the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's "FATHOMS" on Dec 17This event has passed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York, NY. Also on the program are piano trios of Gade, Mendelssohn, and Bent Sørensen.

Premieres (Nov 5, 2015)

"Lost Coast" for cello and orchestra

Gabriella Smith's "Lost Coast" for cello and orchestra will be premiered by Gabriel Cabezas with Joshua Gersen conducting the New York Youth Symphony on Nov 22 at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in New York, NY.

For tickets and more information, please visit: http://www.nyyouthsymphony.org/...This event has passed.

Premieres (Nov 5, 2015)

The suite of birds

Amit Peled (nominee of our 1st and 3rd Listeners' Choice Award) will give the world premiere of Lera Auerbach's new work "La suite dels ocells" for solo cello—a commission of Washington Performing Arts to celebrate the centenary of Pablo Casals' 1915 U.S. tour—on Nov 8 at Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in Washington, DC. For tickets and more information, please visit: http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/...This event has passed.

Additional performances of "La suite dels ocells" will be given by Peled next year in San Francisco, CA (Mar 22This event has passed), Charlottesville, VA (Apr 12This event has passed) and Los Angeles, CA (May 21This event has passed).

Premieres (Edited on Oct 19, 2015)

Duo concerto for violin & cello

Wolfgang Rihm's Duo Concerto was premiered by violinist Mira Wang and cellist Jan Vogler with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on Oct 11 in Purchase, NY followed by a performance on Oct 15 at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. The highly anticipated European premiere will be given by Wang and Vogler with Orpheus at the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany on Oct 24 to celebrate the Dresden Frauenkirche anniversary; for tickets, visit http://www.musikfestspiele.com/...This event has passed.

Additional performance will be given by Wang and Vogler with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on Nov 14 in Singapore; for tickets, visit: http://www.sso.org.sg/...This event has passed.

Premieres (Oct 1, 2015)

A new cello concerto

A co-commission of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Roman's cello concerto will be premiered by the cellist-composer himself with David Danzmayr conducting the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra on Oct 17 in Frankfort, IL and Oct 18 in Joliet, IL. For tickets, visit: http://ipomusic.org/...These events have passed.

Additional performances of the concerto will be given by Roman and Danzmayr with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra on Jan 23 and 24, 2016 in Columbus, OH. For tickets, visit: http://www.promusicacolumbus.org/...These events have passed.

Premieres (Oct 1, 2015)

Carrion-Miles to Purgatory

Commissioned by the Library of Congress, Michael Hersch's 35-minute work for violin and cello, "Carrion-Miles to Purgatory: thirteen pieces after texts of Robert Lowell", will be premiered by ATOS Trio members Annette von Hehn (pictured R) and Stefan Heinemeyer (pictured L) on Oct 16 at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Also on the program are piano trios of Beethoven, Bloch, and Kirchner. For tickets and more information, visit: http://www.loc.gov/...This event has passed.

Premieres (Sep 1, 2015)

A new cello concerto

Nicolas Altstaedt will give the world premiere of Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen's cello concerto in Aarhus, Denmark Sep 24 and 25 with Marc Soustrot conducting the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. For tickets and more information, visit: http://www.aarhussymfoni.dk/...These events have passed.

Additional performances of the concerto will be given by Nicolas Altstaedt with Giordano Bellincampi conducting Duisburger Philharmoniker Nov 25 and 26 in Duisburg, Germany. For tickets and more information, visit: http://duisburger-philharmoniker.de/...These events have passed.

Premieres (Sep 1, 2015)

Sonata for Cello and Orchestra

Olli Mustonen will conduct the Australian Chamber Orchestra for the premiere of his Sonata for Cello and Orchestra with Timo-Veikko Valve as soloist Sep 12 to 20 in a six-city tour of Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Wollongong, and Sydney. For tickets and more information, please visit: https://www.aco.com.au/...These events have passed.