+++ Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for Friedrich Cerha: On 22 June, the Austrian composer who celebrated his 85th birthday last year will receive the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, often called the "Nobel Prize for Music". The awards ceremony at Munich's Cuvillié-Theater will include a performance of his composition Bruchstück, geträumt with the Ensemble Modern under Friedrich Cerha's direction.

+++ Our 1000th News: Ninehundred and ninety nine times, we used this spot for informing you about current concert dates, world premieres, tours and other sundry tidings from the music world. Number 1000 says thank you - to our readers and especially to our artists who keep delivering us the raw material for a never-ending string of exciting news.

+++ Peter Rundel, Salome Kammer and Hae-Sun Kang at the Ultraschall Festival Berlin: On 27 January, the Neue Vocalsolisten and the RSO Radio Orchestra Berlin will join for a concert under the direction of Peter Rundel. Salome Kammer will present a composition by Helmut Oehring together with the Kammerensemble Neue Musik on 28 January. At the festival's closing concert on 29 January, Hae-Sun Kang will perform the solo part in Matthias Pintscher's violin concerto Mar'eh with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under the direction of the composer.

+++ Jonathan Stockhammer and the Arditti Quartet will perform with the Radio Kamer Filharmonie: Together with the Radio Kamer Filharmonie, the Arditti Quartet will perform Pascal Dusapin's Hinterland for string quartet and string orchestra in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The concerts under the direction of Jonathan Stockhammer on 2 and 3 February will also include works by Ton Brunyèl and Giya Kancheli.