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Release of “Near Death Experience“
A groundbreaking new album from Ensemble Risonanze Erranti under conductor Peter Tilling.
Journey through Renaissance echoes and spectral futures with works by Tilling, Murail, Rihm, Bertelsmeier and von der Wense.
This sweeping panorama of new music probes the limits of life, memory and transcendence.
Available 25 July 2025 on the NEOS label.

Release of Beat Furrer’s „Clarinet Concerto“
With the Furrer 70 Anniversary Box Set, Klangforum Wien is creating a lasting legacy for the composer during his lifetime, offering unprecedented access to Beat Furrer’s music in celebration of his 70th birthday.
Beat Furrer – composer, conductor, and founder of the ensemble – has selected 18 essential works from his catalog. He has collaborated with Klangforum Wien, conducting the ensemble in a series of landmark new recordings.
Olivier Vivares performs the Clarinet Concerto as soloist with Klangforum Wien, conducted by the composer himself.

Release of Beat Furrer‘s „Apoklisis“
With the Furrer 70 Anniversary Box Set, Klangforum Wien is creating a lasting legacy for the composer during his lifetime, offering unprecedented access to Beat Furrer’s music in celebration of his 70th birthday.
Beat Furrer – composer, conductor, and founder of the ensemble – has selected 18 essential works from his catalog. He has collaborated with Klangforum Wien, conducting the ensemble in a series of landmark new recordings.
Olivier Vivares and Bernhard Zachhuber perform Apoklisis for two bass clarinets.

Release of Gérard Grisey’s „Solo pour deux“
Mikael Rudolfsson, trombonist and member of Klangforum Wien, has released his first solo album Encounter on the NEOS Label.
To mark the occasion, he invited his long-time friend Olivier Vivares to perform Gérard Grisey’s Solo pour deux for clarinet and trombone.

Release of Georges Aperghis‘s „280 meures“
Discover Solo, the collector’s edition by Klangforum Wien: a limited-edition box set of five CDs comprising 36 works for 17 instruments — including five world-premiere pieces composed during lockdown.
This monographic project spotlights Olga Neuwirth, Georges Aperghis, Toshio Hosokawa, Salvatore Sciarrino and Rebecca Saunders, inviting a meditation on solitude through music and the essays of four contemporary philosophers.
Olivier Vivares performs Georges Aperghis‘s 280 meures for clarinet.

Release of Toshio Hosokawa’s „Edi“
Discover Solo, the collector’s edition by Klangforum Wien: a limited-edition box set of five CDs comprising 36 works for 17 instruments — including five world-premiere pieces composed during lockdown.
This monographic project spotlights Olga Neuwirth, Georges Aperghis, Toshio Hosokawa, Salvatore Sciarrino and Rebecca Saunders, inviting a meditation on solitude through music and the essays of four contemporary philosophers.
Olivier Vivares performs Toshio Hosokawa’s Edi for clarinet.