News

 

Premieres / Particular Performances

	Premiere of PRIMES for piano solo Thomas Stumpf will premiere my new piano cycle PRIMES at Tufts University (in the Greater Boston area) in the 25/26 season. The cycle comprises five movements for the numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11.
	Watch and listen to ORBIT & ORACLE WATCH AND LISTEN TO a live recording of "ORBS & ORACLE" with fabulous The Esoterics directed by Eric Banks performing. The program features (nearly) all of my choral compositions on celestial bodies and god mythology, including a newly commissioned work titled STRANGE SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES. This new piece consists of choral miniatures for moons, dwarf planets, comets, and astroids that are distinguished by very special and outlandish characteristics. The concert took place on Saturday, 8 March 2025, 8:00pm PST, Plymouth United Church of Christ (1217 6th Avenue), Seattle. You can find the concert program here.
	Watch and listen to the Anniversary Concert - 10 Years of the HfMT Chamber Choir Watch and listen to the "Anniversary Concert - 10 Years of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg Chamber Choir", directed by Cornelius Trantow. The program includes works by Lasso, Schütz, Brahms, Bruckner, Mäntyjärvi as well as my pieces "Deus in adjutorium" and "Pulchra es".

 

Publications

	Seasons & Time Rondeau Production to release "SEASONS & TIME – Choral Music of Michal Ostrzyga" summer 2025. Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Ensemble vocal perform, Cornelius Trantow conducts.
	Mars, Uranus, Allein, and Psalm 116. Helbling publishing house will publish my a cappella works "Mars", "Uranus," "Allein," and "Psalm 116."
	PERSEUS (New CD with my Piano Music) In 2025, Spektral Records releases "PERSEUS – Piano Works by Michael Ostrzyga". Christoph Schnackertz performs.

 

Conducting

	Collegium musicum at University of Cologne See current event overview of Collegium musicum at University of Cologne for upcoming concerts I am conducting or involved in as Music Director at University of Cologne.

 

Chorus Master

	The Sound of Hans Zimmer & John Williams I will once again serve as chorus master for the series of "The Sound of Hans Zimmer & John Williams" concerts in 2026.
	The Lord of the Rings, live to picture I will prepare the chorus for live to picture performances of Howard Shore's score for the The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring, in december 2026.