UP FRONT
- Beethoven – Stravinsky Summit ‘26 to take place
in New York City - ICCM welcomes distinguished scholars to the
International Conference on performance
practice - Premieres of new works in New York and Warsaw
- Celebrating Shostakovich with pianist Lusine
Khachatryan and the English Chamber Orchestra - New commissions: Kulenty, Dorman & Błażejczyk
- Upcoming recordings: Best of Lutoslawski, and
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis - Release of a new recoding on Signum Classics:
Penderecki, Mykietyn, Błażejczyk - Inspiration: painters Mahallati and Rouach
UP FRONT
- Beethoven – Stravinsky Summit ‘26 to take place in New York City
- ICCM welcomes distinguished scholars to the International Conference on performance practice
- Premieres of new works in New York and Warsaw
- Celebrating Shostakovich with pianist Lusine Khachatryan and the English Chamber Orchestra
- New commissions: Kulenty, Dorman & Błażejczyk
- Upcoming recordings: Best of Lutoslawski, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
- Release of a new recoding on Signum Classics: Penderecki, Mykietyn, Błażejczyk
- Inspiration: painters Mahallati and Rouach
Avant-garde art tends to set precedents rather than follow
them. But invention is secondary to inspiration. While new art
often “colours outside the lines” it is the power of creativity that
moves us. The season’s design is in itself a case in point. Inspired
by contemporary painters, Goli Mahallati (Iran) and Marie
Rouach (Israel), it brings together a coherent yet dramatic col-
lage of masterworks that span from Shostakovitch to our cur-
rent times — an artistic experience not to be missed.
Avant-garde art tends to set precedents rather than follow them. But invention is secondary to inspiration. While new art often “colours outside the lines” it is the power of creativity that moves us. The season’s design is in itself a case in point. Inspired by contemporary painters, Goli Mahallati (Iran) and Marie Rouach (Israel), it brings together a coherent yet dramatic collage of masterworks that span from Shostakovitch to our current times — an artistic experience not to be missed.
FEATURED ORCHESTRAS, CHORUSES, & ENSEMBLES
2024/25 Season
English Chamber Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sinfonia Varsovia
Musica Sacra (New York)
Beethoven Youth Orchestra
Oratorio Society of New York
Orchestra of St. Luke’s (New York)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Manhattan String Quartet
New Amsterdam Chorus
New Amsterdam Sinfonia
Hashtag Ensemble (Warsaw)
Bizjak Piano Duo
UPCOMING CONCERTS
2024/25 Season
Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series
BEETHOVEN & SCHUMANN / London
Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series
Sunday, 6 April, 7:00 p.m.
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, RCM
Aleksandar Serdar, piano
English Chamber Orchestra
Performing three great standard pieces
by Schumann, and Beethoven
This is Viennese music at its best. Written
by composers who were at the forefront
of the newly minted Romanticism, Beetho-
ven’s Symphony No. 5 and Schumann’s
Piano Concerto also represent the height
of achievement of the first half of the 19th
century. Beethoven’s dramatic Coriolan
overture sets the tone of the concert with
its unabashed exhuberance and forward-
looking style.
CARRÉS NOIRS / New York City
Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series
Saturday, 31 May, 7:30 p.m.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Bizjak Piano Duo
Featuring Kulenty’s world premiere
and works by Martinů, Shostakovich,
& Penderecki
Hanna Kulenty’s brilliant new work enti-
tled CARRÉS NOIRS is to receive the long
awaid world premiere in May at Lincoln
Center. It joins the company of three other
ground-breaking works by Martinů, Shosta-
kovich, and Penderecki. Here too are the
Bizjak Piano Duo and the Orchestra of St.
Luke’s making yet another jorney into a
high-voltage contemporary repertoire.
SHOSTAKOVICH
CELEBRATION / London
Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series
Thursday, 19 June, 7:30 p.m.
Cadogan Hall, London
Lusine Khachatryan, piano
English Chamber Orchestra
Works by Shostakovich and Britten
We mark Shostakovich’s anniversary with three
pieces for string orchestra: two by Shostakov-
ich, and one by Benjamin Britten — his close
friend. While neither composer could speak
each other’s language, they had a deep un-
derstanding of each other’s music. These are
remarkable works. Here Lusine Khachatryan
brings out all the fire of Shostakovich’s famed
Piano Concerto No. 1.
PREMIERES
World & Regional Premieres
HANNA KULENTY / World premiere
Carnegie Hall, New York – May 31, 2025
Carrés Noirs – Double Concerto
for piano four hands, two string orchestras
& percussion
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI / NY premiere
Carnegie Hall, New York – May 31, 2025
Polymorphia
for 48 strings
ANDERS HILLBORG / US, East Coast premiere
Carnegie Hall, New York – September 28, 2025
Violin Concerto No. 2
for violin and orchestra
MASON BATES / NY premiere
Carnegie Hall, New York – September 28, 2025
Alternative Energy
for full orchestra
ISIDORA ŽEBELJAN / US premiere
Hall tba, New York – October 2025
Rukoveti (Garlands)
Five songs for soprano and orchestra
WOJCIECH BŁAŻEJCZYK / American premiere
Hall tba, New York – October
Concerto for Electric Guitar, Percussion,
Live Electronics and Strings / new version
HENRYK GÓRECKI / US premiere
Hall tba, New York – October 2025
Symphony No. 2 “Copernican” Op. 31
for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
HANNA KULENTY / Polish premere
Teatr Nowy, Warsaw – November 22, 2025
Carrés Noirs – Double Concerto
for piano four hands, two string orchestras,
& percussion
PAWEŁ MYKIETYN / Polish premiere
Teatr Nowy, Warsaw – November 22, 2025
“Prank” for chamber orchestra
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / Polish premiere
Teatr Nowy, Warsaw – November 22, 2025
Fachwerk (rev.)
for bayan solo, percussion & string orchestra
KEVIN PUTS / UK premiere
Cadogan Hall, London – February, 2026
Contact
for solo bass, two solo violins & orchestra
ANNA CLYNE / Polish premiere
Witold Lutosławski Concert Hall – April 2026
This Midnight Hour
for orchestra
JOHN ADAMS / Warsaw premiere
Witold Lutosławski Concert Hall, Warsaw
April 2026
Fearful Symmetries
for orchestra
COMMISSIONS
2024/25 Season
composer
Poland
composer
Uzbekistan
composer
Poland
composer
Italy
ON THE COMMISSIONS FRONT
We are proud to announce new commissions by an exceptionally gifted group of composers listed above, hailing from various parts of the world. This coming season they will see their works premiered at Lincoln Center in New York, Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, Cadogan Hall in London, and Carnegie Hall in New York City by such notable ensembles as the Manhattan String Quartet, Sinfonia Varsovia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (NY), and others.
composer
Israel/USA
BEETHOVEN - STRAVINSKY SUMMIT ‘26
International Festival & Scholarly Conference
New York City
BEETHOVEN – STRAVINSKY SUMMIT ‘26 / NYC
International Festival & Scholarly Conference
April 2026, New York City
An eight-day immersive experience in great music and insightful scholarship. Welcome to the new
Beethoven – Stravinsky Summit 2026 in New York City!
Next season ICCM will host its first composer-focused summit in New York City. It will be dedicated
to two mavericks of classical music, Beethoven and Stravinsky. The week-long festival and interna-
tional conference will feature prominent artists, orchestras, chamber music ensembles, as well as
renowned Beethoven and Stravinsky scholars. The aim of the event is to bring together the worlds
of historical musicology and performance together under one umbrella, giving us the opportunity
to interact and gain greater insight into the respective composers’ works. The festival will open with
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (performed in the new Bärenreiter Urtext Edition with a period-instrument
orchestra), and end with Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (1919 version).
Summit ‘26 is sponsored by ICCM New York, ICCM London, and The Friends of ICCM — with addition-
al support from private and corporate donors and affiliate institutions.
An eight-day immersive experience in great music and insightful scholarship. Welcome to the new Beethoven – Stravinsky Summit 2026 in New York City!
Next season ICCM will host its first composer-focused summit in New York City. It will be dedicated to two mavericks of classical music, Beethoven and Stravinsky. The week-long festival and international conference will feature prominent artists, orchestras, chamber music ensembles, as well as renowned Beethoven and Stravinsky scholars. The aim of the event is to bring together the worlds of historical musicology and performance together under one umbrella, giving us the opportunity to interact and gain greater insight into the respective composers’ works. The festival will open with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (performed in the new Bärenreiter Urtext Edition with a period-instrument orchestra), and end with Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (1919 version).
Summit ‘26 is sponsored by ICCM New York, ICCM London, and The Friends of ICCM — with additional support from private and corporate donors and affiliate institutions.
UPCOMING RECORDINGS
2025
BEST OF LUTOSŁAWSKI Vol. 1/3
November 2025
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra (1954)
Symphony No. 3 (1983)
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
BEETHOVEN: MISSA SOLEMNIS
November 2025
New Amsterdam Singers
New Amsterdam Sinfonia
(on period instruments)
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op. 123
performed in its new Urtext Edition
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
BEST OF LUTOSŁAWSKI Vol. 2/3
December 2025
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Lutosławski: Piano Concerto (1988)
Lutosławski: Symphony No. 4 (1992)
Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme by
Paganini (1978)
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
