+++ Toshio Hosokawa's new work will be premiered at the Lucerne Festival +++

Woven Dreams is the title of the work that Toshio Hosokawa composed as the Roche Commissions' laureate. The Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst will premiere the piece on 28 August.

Every two years, Hoffmann-La Roche gives commissions to most outstanding composers of our time. The receiver is chosen by the artistic directors of the Lucerne festival, the Carnegie Hall and the Cleveland Orchestra, which will give the premiere of the new work.

Toshio Hosokawa is the fifth composer to receive this honour, joining a list of notable composers alongside Harrison Birtwistle (2002), Chen Yi (2004), Hanspeter Kyburz (2006) and George Benjamin (2008).

The premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's new piece will take place on 28 August during the Lucerne Festival Summer in the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL). On 5 February 2011, the work will receive its American premiere at Carnegie Hall. Both concerts will be performed by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst.

Further information:
www.roche.com
www.lucernefestival.ch