• October 2019

    Thomas Larcher is awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize 2019

    The Grand Austrian State Prize (German: Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis) is a decoration given annually by Austria to an artist for exceptional work. The ceremony was held in Vienna on October 10th 2019. The prize is endowed with 30.000 €.

  • August 2019

    Thomas Larcher will be composer in residence at Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam during the season 2019/2020

    The upcoming season at the Concertgebouw will feature concerts with already existing pieces of Thomas Larcher such as «Poems. 12 pieces for pianists and other children» or
    «Mumien» for violoncello and piano and «A Padmore Cycle» for tenor and orchestra aswell as new pieces such as  a composition for ASKO | Schönberg for which he has worked with Dutch photographer Awoiska van der Molen and Symphony No 3, which will be premiered by Hannu Lintu and the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest at the Mahler Festival in May 2020.

  • June 2019

    UK premiere of «Das Jagdgewehr» (The Hunting Gun) at Aldeburgh Festival 2019 – Reviews

    © Stephen Cummiskey

    «How pathetic human actions are! What is this darkness, this snake, that we all have inside us? These were the gloomy thoughts that rang round our ears as Thomas Larcher’s first opera, The Hunting Gun, the opening attraction of the 72nd Aldeburgh Festival, moved towards its close. […] You had to be in a coma not to respond to the beauty and joyful ingenuity of the Austrian composer’s music. […] At first glance this opera might well be a masterpiece.»
    Star rating: *****
    Geoff Brown, The Times, 10.06.2019

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