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Our author Eva Rieger, professor, musicologist and author, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on April 9. Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth presented the Federal Cross of Merit to personalities from the cultural sector at the Federal Chancellery. The Order of Merit is the highest award of the Federal Republic of Germany.
As a musicologist, Eva Rieger was one of the first to examine the social and cultural history of women in music culture.
In 1981, Eva Rieger published the groundbreaking study that laid the foundation for the investigation of the inadequate representation of female musicians in music culture. Published by Furore Verlag under the title “Frau, Musik und Männerherrschaft”, this work marked a significant milestone. Since then, Rieger has not only dealt with general studies on music education, but has also focused on gender-specific topics. Her publications range from the role of women in music history to feminist music theory, making her a prominent voice in the field. Her work has made an important contribution to raising awareness of equality for female musicians and drawing attention to the challenges they face.

The award of the Federal Cross of Merit underlines the recognition of her …

A new recording of Carmen Cârneci’s music piece “Origami with Blackbirds” (2014/16) for solo flute, presented by the Ensemble JungeMusik Berlin under the direction of Helmut Zapf, is now available on YouTube. The work has been published by Furore Verlag under the number fue 10212.
As part of Klangwerkstatt Berlin – Festival for New Music 2023, the concert “Tafelmusik und Mittagsimbiss aus Rumänien” was performed and recorded on 17.11.2023 at Kunstquartier Bethanien. Flutist Erik Drescher will play.
The Klangwerkstatt Berlin 2023 was organized by the Freundeskreis der Musikschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg e.V. in cooperation with the Musikschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.

Carmen Maria Cârneci: Origami with Blackbirds (2014/16)
Following the pattern of the song of a black bird, the third piece of the Origami cycle was composed as a continuous melody that carries characteristics such as motif and rhythmic inventiveness within the framework of an elastic tempo that allows the player a certain freedom. Made, remade, tied, untied, the many angled and asymmetrical origami-like folds create a constantly reinvented, expository music with a merely tranquil sound driven here and there by dynamic episodes. Particular attention has been paid to timbre/instrumental colors and effects, which in this piece are considered both a feature of contemporary music and a …

Barbara Mayers faszinierendes Stück “Discurso Poético” (2022, inspiriert von einem nordbrasilianischen „Martelo agalopado“) aus der Edition des Furore Verlags “Wirf deine Angst in die Luft. Werke für Gitarre (und Singstimme): Ein Konzertprojekt von Stefan Barcsay” ist nun zum Nachhören auf YouTube zu erleben. Das Stück wurde vom Gitarristen Stefan Barsay interpretiert, auf dessen Initiative auch das das Konzertpojekt und die Edition zu “Wirf deine Angst in die Luft”  entstanden ist.
Im Rahmen des “Artist Award Winners’ Concert in Augsburg, Germany” wurden mit der Unterstützung des Kulturamts der Stadt Augsburg Werke von den zeitgenössischen Komponist*innen Gerald Fiebig, Richard Heller und Barbara Mayer aufgeführt.
Die Aufnahme wurde eingefangen von Georg Sturm von der Fa. Sturm&Sterne event technologies. Wir wünschen viel Spaß beim Reinhören!

Barbara Mayer’s fascinating piece “Discurso Poético” (2022, inspired by a northern Brazilian “Martelo agalopado”) from Furore Verlag’s edition “Wirf deine Angst in die Luft. Works for guitar (and voice): A concert project by Stefan Barcsay” is now available to listen to on YouTube. The piece was interpreted by guitarist Stefan Barsay, on whose initiative the concert project and the edition of “Wirf deine Angst in die Luft” was created.
As part of the “Artist Award Winners’ Concert in …

On February 29, the 31st award ceremony of the coveted French classical music prize Victoires de la Musique classique took place, which was broadcast live from Montpellier on France 3 and France Musique.
Composer Florentine Mulsant received the award in the category composition
A total of four names were in the running for the composer prize: Karol Beffa (50, already awarded in 2013 and 2018) competed with Olympia for accordion and orchestra; Florentine Mulsant (61) with Le Chant du soleil; Yann Robin (50) with his Requiem Æternam – Monumenta II; and Diana Soh (39) with the opera Carmen, cour d’assises.
The actor Raphaël Personnaz, known for his role as Maurice Ravel in Anne Fontaine’s film “Boléro”, personally presented the Victoire de la Musique classique to Florentine Mulsant for her composition “Le Chant du soleil” – a sonata for piano four hands, which is available from Furore Publishing House.  The Furore Publishing House is extremely delighted about the award for Florentine Mulsant and congratulates her warmly.
A resident of Suresnes since 1996 and a composer for more than thirty years, she can look back on a fruitful family environment. A music-loving father, with whom she discovered classical music when she was less than …

Furore Verlag will be present this year with its editions and publications at the Leipzig Book Fair from March 21 to 24, 2024.

You will find us at stand number Hall 4, Stand B404, right next to the Musikcafé.

We warmly welcome you and look forward to welcoming you to our stand!

As the first major industry gathering of the year, the Leipzig Book Fair is regarded as an important source of inspiration for the book market with the presentation of new releases in the spring. Two major anniversaries are celebrated: The Leipzig Book Fair Prize is awarded for the 20th time and the Manga-Comic-Con celebrates its tenth anniversary. This year, the Netherlands and the Belgian region of Flanders are joint guest countries at the Leipzig Book Fair. They presented themselves under the motto “Everything but flat!” Classical readings and lectures are planned, as well as literature with music and installations. German-Dutch-Flemish discussions, exchanges of letters and podcasts are to be given a stage. At the Leipzig Book Fair, visitors can explore the literary offerings of exhibitors from over 40 countries and experience authors live at events. Unlike the Frankfurt Book Fair, for example, the Leipzig Book Fair is a public fair.

On March 21, 2024 at 1 p.m., Furore Verlag cordially invites you to a presentation with music for “Diabelli Recomposed” in the Music Café at the Leipzig Book Fair.
Musicologist and editor Claudia Bigos and music editor Antonia Krödel will present the outstanding volume of sheet music for the “Diabelli Recomposed” project, which has been published by Furore Verlag – “a great success”, according to the nmz.
The volume not only contains a rich collection of piano variations, but also an informative foreword and interesting details about the composers and their works.
The presentation offers a deep insight into this remarkable project and its genesis.
200 years ago, Anton Diabelli asked 50 composers to each write a variation on a waltz theme he had written – not a single female composer was among the composers. To mark the anniversary, musicologist Claudia Bigos came up with the idea for “Diabelli Recomposed”. She asked women composers from around the world to write their own variation on the Diabelli waltz theme in their own style. The impressive sheet music edition has now been published on high-quality paper and in a hardcover by Furore Verlag.
The exclusive sheet music edition is available  under the edition number fue …

An art song by a female composer is presented every week on the Swedish channel “Veckans romans / Art Song of the Week”. The musicians Amanda Elvin, piano and Karin Fjellander, soprano have been presenting new songs weekly since September 1, 2021, and this week the release of song number #145 is coming up. We are delighted that Vivienne Olive’s Christmas work “A Cradle Hymn” will be featured this week. The piece is published in the anthology  “Christmas Songs by Female Composers” (Volume 2) by Furore Verlag.
You can purchase the volume here. Have fun listening!

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On December 20 and 21, 2023 at 8:15 pm, the work “Hero and Leander” by Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn, will be performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä at Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Sporanist Chen Reiss will interpret the “dramatic scene” “Hero and Leander” by Fanny Hensel, a composer whose music is now posthumously emerging from the shadow of her famous brother Felix Mendelssohn. In fact, this will be the first time that the Concertgebouw Orchestra has performed one of her works; attention for her opulent compositional style is therefore long overdue. “We wanted to create a composition with the works of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn,” says Klaus Mäkelä.
Another concert date is on Friday, December 22 at 7 p.m. in the Kölner Philharmonie in Cologne.

Further information & tickets can be found on the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s website.

Photo: Klaus Mäkelä & Concertgebouw Orchestra, © Marco Borggreve