Agata Zubel is the winner of this year’s Erste Bank Kompositionspreis.  

Radio SWR has broadcast online a recording of Cikada Ensemble concert at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, featuring the premiere of “Chamber Piano Concerto” with pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus.

Three premiers of Agata Zubel’s “Fireworks”: at the Festival Chopin and his Europe in Warsaw, Young Euro Classic in Berlin and BBC Proms in London won EVENT OF THE YEAR award.

“Chamber Piano Concerto” – new composition commissioned by SWR will be premiered on October 20th during Donaueschinger Musiktage, performed by Ingfrid Breie Nyhus and Cikada Ensemble.

After the premiere in Berlin during the Young Euro Classic Festival (Konzerthaus 14 VIII 2018) composition “Fireworks” received European Composer Award 2018.

Autumn in Warsaw – Warsaw Autumn x3 : 27.IX Bildbeschreibung – Klangforum Wien, Zubel, Wörner, Engel 28.IX Violin Concerto – European Workshop for Contemporary Music, Duda, Bohn 28.IX Meet the Composer and Composition Workshop: Agata Zubel        

6.IX TransArt Festival, Bolzano 27.IX Warsaw Autumn 29.IX Konzerthaus Wien Klangforum Wien, Zubel, Wörner, Engel, Nalazek          

Enrolment has already started for international courses of new music in Graz, Austria – Impuls Academy 2019. Agata Zubel – voice and composition The courses take 13 days. They comprise lectures and workshops dedicated to the most recent music.          

Agata Zubel and Krzysztof Książek present a joint chamber music programme: Ravel, Barber, Adès, Crumb, Szymanowski, Obradors.        

An unusual six-month sequence at Vienna’s Konzerthaus: five guest concerts – five wonderful programmes. 8 V L.Janáček / G.Aperghis, Ensemble Resonanz, E.Pomàrico 29 V H.Lachenmann / A.Zubel, Phace Ensemble, M.Wendeberg 29 IX A.Zubel, Klangforum Wien, T.Engel 8 X E.Křenek / K.Weil, Leopoldinum Orchestra, E.Kovacic 21 XI A.Zubel / W.Schurig, Klangforum Wien, J.Kalitzke