by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
The Abu Dhabi International Competition for Composition (ADICC), presented by the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF), is the first edition of a new international platform for contemporary composers.
Entries were evaluated by an international jury of leading experts, which included composers Elmar Lampson, Shen Ye, and Aigerim Seilova, and was presided by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Du Yun. Submissions were assessed based on creativity, technical skill, and the integration of cultural influences.
The competition was open to composers of any nationality born after 15 September 1975, and required the submission of anonymous, unpublished works. The categories were orchestral works of approximately ten minutes and solo piano works of around five minutes. Prizes included awards of AED 130,000, AED 50,000, and AED 25,000, alongside professional recording and performance opportunities.
Deliberations have now concluded and the prize winner will be announced on 5 January 2026. Follow the competition via ADMAF’s instagram
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
On December 18, the celebrated piano-cello duo of Teo Gheorghiu and Emanuel Graf will perform at the Beirut Chants Festival, now in its 18th season. The evening will feature Schumann’s Five Pieces in Folk Style, Beethoven’s Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from The Magic Flute, Chopin’s virtuosic Brilliant Polonaise in C major, as well as Strauss’s Sonata for Cello and Piano.
Beirut Chants has become a major fixture on the region’s cultural calendar, presenting outstanding local and international musicians in a month-long program. Guided by a commitment to openness, dialogue, and cultural resilience, the festival provides free access to world-class performances and fosters community engagement across Beirut.
The duo will continue their tour in the U.S. and Spain.
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
Emanuel Graf’s love for racing—and Ferrari—got him an exclusive behind the scenes look at the racing-track world. Graf met some of his racing heroes and shared insights about his career with the magazine.
“When you play for an audience, you feel them… Sometimes, in an intense moment, 2,000 people hold their breath at the same time. There’s this interaction, this energy. To share music in that way and connect with people is truly special.”
—Emanuel Graf on live performance
Read the whole interview in issue 66 of Ferrari Magazine here.
Just in! Emanuel Graf will debut at Teatro Colón next season with Lalo’s Cello Concerto.
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
Conductor Enrico Fagone made a highly successful debut at the Arena di Verona on December 5 and 6, earning enthusiastic critical response and a warm, enthusiastic reception from the audience. The program opened with a new commission by Orazio Sciortino, written for the Fondazione Arena di Verona, followed by Francis Poulenc’s Aubade, the choreographic concerto for piano and chamber orchestra. The concerts concluded with Richard Strauss’s Sonatina No. 1, which was particularly praised and made for a spectacular showcase of contrasting styles.
“The enthusiastic conductor Enrico Fagone leads with a remarkably precise baton and an impeccable sense of timing”
—L’Adige
“Fagone offers a performance of luminous discipline, which shaped the music with a refined and beautifully balanced palette of colors … the orchestra responded instantly to Fagone’s guidance, keeping the entire structure effortlessly cohesive”
—MTGLirica
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
At the start of his season as Artist in Residence with the Dresden Philharmonic, Boris Giltburg gave an in-depth interview for the German print edition of Pianist magazine, in which he discussed topics ranging from his upcoming performances and the recording of both books of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier (“the next Mount Everest I’m taking on”) to his surprise at Yuja Wang’s recent performances of his piano arrangements of Rachmaninoff’s The Isle of the Dead and Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet.
“For me, Beethoven has evolved from a composer I deeply admired (and perhaps slightly feared) into one of my closest companions in music. This season I will perform the cycle again [after Wigmore Hall] in Brussels, Valencia, and Santiago de Chile, and perhaps more cities will follow. I think I will play these sonatas all my life.”
Giltburg on the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
Boris Giltburg was recently featured on Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Germany’s nationwide public radio, on the programme Klassik, Pop, et cetera. With an audience of hundreds of thousands of weekly listeners and more than 2,500 episodes produced, the programme remains one of Germany’s most enduring and beloved music-radio shows.
Giltburg described jazz as “a kind of magical secret” and spoke about his enduring love for Rachmaninov’s music. The programme reveals the breadth of the pianist’s musical curiosity. German listeners can catch the whole podcast here. Follow the link to check out Giltburg’s more unexpected choices, which include Ella Fitzgerald and Beyoncé!
