News
Premieres / Particular Performances
Premiere of PRIMES for piano solo
Thomas Stumpf will premiere my new piano cycle PRIMES at Tufts University (in the Greater Boston area) in the 25/26 season. The cycle comprises five movements for the numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11. | |
Watch and listen to ORBIT & ORACLE
WATCH AND LISTEN TO a live recording of "ORBS & ORACLE" with fabulous The Esoterics directed by Eric Banks performing. The program features (nearly) all of my choral compositions on celestial bodies and god mythology, including a newly commissioned work titled STRANGE SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES. This new piece consists of choral miniatures for dwarf planets, (shepherd) moons, a comet, an astroid, and a singular interstellar visitor to our solar system, that are distinguished by very special and outlandish characteristics. The concert took place on Saturday, 8 March 2025, 8:00pm PST, Plymouth United Church of Christ (1217 6th Avenue), Seattle. You can find the concert program here. | |
MDR Radio Choir to premiere new a cappella work
MDR Radio Choir, conducted by Howard Arman, will premiere a new a cappella work as part of their "Nachtgesang" concert series at Peterskirche Leipzig. The concert takes place on October 24, 2025, and is particularly dedicated to Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday. |
Publications
Seasons & Time
Rondeau Production to release "SEASONS & TIME – Choral Music of Michal Ostrzyga" in summer 2025. Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Ensemble vocal perform, Cornelius Trantow conducts. | |
Mars, Venus, Uranus, Dominus, Allein, and Psalm 116
Helbling publishing house will release my a cappella works MARS, VENUS, URANUS, DOMINUS, ALLEIN and PSALM 116 | |
PERSEUS (New CD with my Piano Music)
In 2025, Spektral Records releases "PERSEUS – Piano Works by Michael Ostrzyga". Christoph Schnackertz performs. | |
Event Horizon and Flight
Bärenreiter will publish my a cappella pieces Event Horizon and Flight |
Conducting
Collegium musicum at University of Cologne
See current event overview of Collegium musicum at University of Cologne for upcoming concerts I am conducting or involved in as Music Director at University of Cologne. |
Chorus Master
The Sound of Hans Zimmer & John Williams
I will once again serve as chorus master for the series of "The Sound of Hans Zimmer & John Williams" concerts in 2026. | |
The Lord of the Rings, live to picture
I will prepare the chorus for live to picture performances of Howard Shore's entire score for the The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring in december 2026. |
