VAN DER AA, MICHAELSunken Garden (3D-film opera) (première) – 12 April London, Barbican Theatre / English National Opera.

ADAMS, JOHNAbsolute Jest for string quartet and orchestra (European première) – 27 January London, Barbican / St Lawrence String Quartet, LSO c. composer.

AHO, KALEVI is composing an opera on the life of Frida Kahlo, commissioned by the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki for its opera students, and tentatively scheduled for first performance in 2014.

BARRY, GERALDJabberwocky for voice, horn and piano (première) – 20 January Brighton, The Dome / Mark Padmore (voice), Richard Watkins (hn), Huw Watkins (pno).

CARTER, ELLIOTT (d. 2012) Epigrams (première); Trije Glasbeniki, String Trio, Rigmarole, Dialogues II (UK premières) – 22 June Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival / Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group c. Oliver Knussen.

CHAPELA, ENRICOMagnetar (European première) – 28 March Birmingham, Symphony Hall / Johannes Moser (electric cello), CBSO c. Diego Matheuz.

CURRIER, SEBASTIANQuanta (première) – 17 March Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts / China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra c. Zhang Yi. Links (première) – 12 May Fonmon Castle, Vale of Glamorgan Festival / Solstice Quartet.

DEAN, BRETTElectric Preludes (première) – 2 February Canberra, Llewellyn Hall / Richard Tognetti (vln and c.), Australian Chamber Orchestra. The Last Days of Socrates (première) – 26 April Berlin, Philharmonie / John Tomlinson (bar), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin PO c. Simon Rattle.

EINAUDI, LUDOVICOWetlands (première) – 5 June Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts, World Environmental Day concert / Symphony Orchestra of the NCPA.

ELIAS, BRIANOnce I did breathe another's breath (première) – 31 May Ludlow, Assembly Rooms / Ashley Riches (ten), Ian Burnside (pno).

EÖTVÖS, PETERDoReMi, Violin Concerto No. 2 (première) – 18 January Los Angeles, Walt Disney Concert Hall / Midori (vln), Los Angeles PO c. Pablo Heras-Casado.

FAGERLUND, SEBASTIAN Clarinet Concerto (UK première) – 9 March London, Barbican / Christoffer Sundqvist (cl), BBC Symphony Orchestra c. John Storgårds.

HAKOLA, KIMMO Violin Concerto (première) – 18 January Cologne / John Storgårds (vln), WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln c. Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Akseli, a monologue opera (première) – 28 February Helsinki / Jorma Hynninen (soloist), Avanti! & Finnish Chamber Opera c. Ville Matvejeff.

HEAD, RAYMONDPensiero for solo guitar (première) – 12 February Oxford / Raymond Burley (guit).

HEUCKE, STEFANDie alte Weise Sehnsuchtsbang, symphonic variations on the Shepherd's tune from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (première) – 5 February Dortmund, Konzerthaus / Dortmunder Philharmoniker c. Anton Marik.

HILLER, WINFRIEDTheresienstädter Tagebuch for children's choir and ensemble (première) – 13 February Würzburg, Museum am Dom / members of the Würzburger Domsingknaben and girl singers of Würzburg Cathedral c. Martin Berger.

HÖLLER, YORKCrossing (première) – 7 May Cologne, Philharmonie / Ensemble Modern c. Johannes Kalitzke.

HOLLOWAY, ROBINIn China (première) – 17 March Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts / China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra c. Kristjan Järvi. Scherzo alla ciaconna (première) – 22 March London, St John's Smith Square / David Christopherson (pno).

HOSOKAWA, TOSHIOEtude II for piano (première) – 8 February Nagoya, Denki Bunka Kaikan / Yu Kosuge (pno).

ICHIYANAGI, TOSHI Concerto for marimba and orchestra (première) – 19 January Osaka, Izumi Hall / Mutsuko Taneya (mar), Kansai PO c. Sachio Fujioka.

ILLÉS, MÁRTON Clarinet Trio (première) – 28 AprilWitten, Tage für neue Kammermusik / Trio Catch.

JAY KERNIS, AARONA Voice, a Messenger (première) – 2 April Urbana, IL, Krannert Centre / Phil Smith (tpt), Illinois Wind Symphony c. Robert Rumbelow.

KESSLER, THOMAS String Quartet with live electronics, JÖRG (première) – 9 February Stuttgart, ECLAT Festival Neue Musik / Daniel Gloger (counter-ten), Arditti Quartet.

LARCHER, THOMASDas Spiel ist aus for a cappella choir (première) – 9 February Stuttgart, ECLAT Festival Neue Musik / SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart c. Florian Helgath.

LEVINE, ALEXANDERThe Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (UK première) – 7 March London, St Bartholomew the Great / Tenebrae c. Nigel Short.

LINDBERG, MAGNUSEra (première) – 17 January Amsterdam / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra c. David Robertson; (UK première) – 9 March London, Barbican /

MACKEY, STEVENUrban Ocean (première) – 27 April Long Beach, Arts Center / Long Beach Symphony c. Enrique Arturo Diemecke.

MAMLOK, URSULA Oboe Concerto (première) – 28 February Göttingen, Stadthalle / Lucas Macias Navarro (ob), Göttinger SO c. Christoph-Mathias Mueller.

MARTINSSON, ROLFOpening Sounds (première) – 14 January Reutlingen / Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen c. Ola Rudner.

MAXWELL DAVIES, PETERSix Sorano Variants (première) – 23 March Isle of Man, Erin Arts Centre / contestants in Lionel Tertis Viola Festival & Competition.

MUNDRY, ISABELNon-Places, a Piano Concerto (première) – 22 February Munish, Herkulessaal / Nicolas Hodges (pno), Bavarian Radio SO c. Emilio Pomàrico. Calles y sueños (première) – 20 March San Sebastian, Auditorio / Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi c. Joana Cameiro. Projekt for 5 female dancers, string quartet and percussion (première) – 21 March Berne, Dampfzentrale / Galatea Quartet, Louisa Marxen (perc).

MOCHIZUKI, MISATONirai II (première) – 5 April Besançon, Cité des Arts et de la Culture / Orchestre d'élèves du Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Besançon c. Pierre Migard. Clarinet Trio (première) – 28 April Witten, Tage für neue Kammermusik / Trio Catch. outrenoir (première) – 28 April Witten, Tage für neue Kammermusik / Nieuw Ensemble.

NEIKRUG, MARC Symphony No. 3 (première) – 2 May Jerusalem / Jerusalem Symphony c. Frederic Chaslin.

NØRGÅRD, PER Symphony No. 8 (UK première) – 9 March London, Barbican / BBC Symphony Orchestra c. John Storgårds.

PALMER, JOHNthereafter for organ and electronic (première) – 20 February Stuttgart, University of Music / Marco Bidín (organ), composer (electronics). Three Preludes (première) – 13 April Pulsnitz Castle / Heloise Palmer (pno).

PENDERECKI, KRZYSTOFMissa Brevis for children's choir and male voices a cappella (première) – 6 January Leipzig, Thomaskirche / Thomanerchor c. Georg Christoph Biller. The Devils of Loudun (première of revised version) – 12 February Copenhagen, Der Kongelige Teater / c. Lionel Friend.

PORTMAN, RACHELEndangered (première) – 5 June Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts, World Environmental Day concert / Symphony Orchestra of the NCPA.

RIHM, WOLFGANG String Quintet (première) – 10 February Stuttgart, ECLAT Festival Neue Musik / Arditti Quartet with Trino Zurita (vlc).

ROUSE, CHRISTOPHERProspero's Rooms (première) – 17 April New York, Lincoln Center / New York Philharmonic c. Alan Gilbert.

RUDERS, POUL String Quartet No. 4 (première) – 9 March London, Barbican / Vertavo Quartet. Schrödinger's Cat (première) – 2 April Philadelphia, Curtis Institute / David Starobin (gtr), Nadir Khashimov (vln).

RUSHTON, EDWARDPiano Removal 2 (première) – 9 March London, King's Place / Schubert Ensemble of London.

SOLBIATI, ALESSANDROTo Whom? for female solo voice (première) – 20 January Osaka, Nanko Sunset Hall / Akiko Kozato (sop). Epos for oboe (and cor anglais) with string trio (première) – 24 January Lugano, Conservatorio / Heinz Holliger (ob).

SPAHLINGER, MATHIASentfernte ergänzung for 4 guitars (première) – 9 February Stuttgart, ECLAT Festival Neue Musik / Aleph Guitar Quartet.

TALBOT, JOBYMeniscus (première) – 5 June Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts, World Environmental Day concert / Symphony Orchestra of the NCPA.

TAVENER, JOHNThree Hymns of George Herbert; Tolstoy's Creed (premières – 21 April Washington DC, National Cathedral / City Choir of Washington c. Robert Shafer.

TIENSUU, JUKKA has received the Finnish State Prize for Music.

TODD, WILLBlessed Art Thou (première) – 4 April London, Cadogan Hall / Tenebrae and English Chamber Orchestra c. composer.

TURNAGE, MARK-ANTHONYFalling Apart (première) – 15 February London, Regent Hall / John Carnac (cl), Jeremy Young (pno).

CHIN, UNSUKGraffiti (première) – 26 February Los Angeles, Walt Disney Concert Hall / Los Angeles Philharmonic c. Gustavo Dudamel.

WIDMANN, JÖRGSkorpion (première) – 9 February Stuttgart, ECLAT Festival Neue Musik / Daniel Gloger (counter-ten), Arditti Quartet.

ZENDER, HANSNeues vom Wanderer for accordion solo (première) – 8 February Stuttgart, ECLAT Festival Neue Musik / Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion).

ZORN, JOHNSuppôts et Supplications (première) – 12 January Glasgow, City Halls / BBC Scottish SO c. Ilan Volkov.

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