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Premieres / Particular Performances

	Mozart Requiem & Beethoven Mass in C – Performances and Recording for Aparté in Porto, Portugal Mozart’s Requiem in my completion and edition and Beethoven’s Mass in C major in my arrangement will be performed at Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal, in January 2027 and recorded for the French label Aparté. Léo Warynski will conduct the Coro Casa da Música and Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música in two performances of Mozart’s Requiem on 23 and 24 January. Beethoven’s Mass in C major will follow on 31 January, with Warynski conducting the Coro Casa da Música.
	Mozart's Requiem – Particular Performances of my Completion in 2026 Mozart’s Requiem in my Completion has received a series of notable performances in 2026. Among them, Les Métaboles and the Orchestre de la Garde républicaine under Léo Warynski performed the work on 27 June at the Théâtre romain d’Autun, France, as part of the festival Chants libres. Further performances followed on 4 September in Warsaw and on 5 September in Kraków, Poland, with the Süddeutscher Ärztechor and Süddeutsches Ärzteorchester. On 10 October, the Requiem was performed at the Nikolaisaal Potsdam by the Sinfonischer Chor der Singakademie Potsdam, members of the Singakademien Cottbus and Chemnitz and the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under Nils Jensen. Another performance will take place on 22 November in Gundelfingen, Germany, with the Kammerchor Cantemus!, Chor Münchweier and chamber orchestra under Bernhard Schmidt.
	World Premiere of “nehme mich zu sich” in Zurich “nehme mich zu sich”, commissioned by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, will receive its world premiere on 23 October 2026 at the Tonhalle Zurich, Switzerland, performed by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie under Florian Helgath. Based on the farewell letter of Tjark Evers, who tragically died in the North Sea in 1866, the work is part of the concert “Zwischen Himmel und Erde”, also featuring C. P. E. Bach’s Magnificat and Heilig, performed with Orchestra La Scintilla and soloists Rachel Redmond, Maria Hegele, Fabio Trümpy and Manuel Walser. A second performance will take place on 24 October 2026 at the Stadtkirche Glarus, Switzerland.
	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 26/27 season. The cycle comprises five movements for the numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11. Movements "Five" and "Seven" have already been premiered and recorded. You can listen to them on the album "PERSEUS", available on CD and streaming services.

 

Commissions / Invitations

	MASTERCLASS CHORAL COMPOSITION (Deutscher Musikrat) Together with Charlotte Seither, I will give a masterclass in choral composition for the Deutscher Musikrat, taking place from 16 to 20 November 2026 at the Landesmusikakademie Schlitz, with Chorwerk Ruhr conducted by Howard Arman as the resident ensemble.
	New Commission and Residency in Mendoza, Argentina I have been commissioned by the Universidad de Mendoza to compose a new a cappella choral work for the Coro Universitario de Mendoza. During my visit to Mendoza in December 2026, I will work with the choir on my own compositions and three motets by J. S. Bach, culminating in a concert on 8 December 2026 that will include the premiere of the new commission. I will also give a composition masterclass open to the public. The project is supported by the Sociedad Goetheana Argentina – Goethe-Zentrum Mendoza.

 

Chorus Master

	The Lord of the Rings, live to picture I will prepare the choruses (WDR Radio Choir, Choir of University of Cologne) 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.

 

Publications

Brahms’ German Requiem – New Urtext Edition for Bärenreiter Bärenreiter will publish my new Urtext edition of Johannes Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” op. 45 in November 2026. Based on the latest musicological research and a comprehensive re-evaluation of the sources, the edition combines a scholarly-critical approach with a strong focus on historical performance practice and the practical needs of performers.

 

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.