The Board of Administrators welcomed two new members at its OGM. Ms Andrée Wietor will take over the position of secretary and Mr Luc Grethen will join as a member of the board. LMP is looking back at a successful year 2024 and is working towards further enlarging its team to continue its mission of publishing and promoting composers from...

Alfred Kowalsky est le fils d’un pâtissier, le beau-frère de Pol Clemen et l’oncle de Céline Clemen. Il suit des cours de musique auprès de Gustav Kahnt avant de fréquenter le Conservatoire de musique de Paris, où il étudie la composition, l’orchestration et le contrepoint auprès de Charles-Marie Widor. À son retour, il devient organiste de l’église paroissiale du Pfaffenthal...

Edmond Cigrang (1922-1989) Jean Chalop Walter Civitareale *1954 Concerto pour violon et orchestre No 2 "A la mémoire d'Eugène Ysaÿe", piano reduction Concerto pour violon et orchestre No 2 "A la mémoire d'Eugène Ysaÿe", parts "Symphonie No. 1, (5 Orchesterlieder) für gemischten Chor, solo Bariton und Sinfonieorchester Jubilee-Suite pour trompette, clarinette et orchestre symphonique, " Hommage à Louis Amstrong "...

The Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg and Luxembourg Music Publishers seek to recruit together a full-time administrative officer. Applications should be sent to job@ocl.lu until 6 April 2025.  Vacancy Notice

Good news for our customers: The LMP board of administrators has decided in its last meeting to waive the shipping costs for orders in our shop. 

Last year could not have ended better for LMP. Our co-founder and composer Camille Kerger received the National Music Prize for his exceptional work and career in the service of the Luxembourg music scene. You can find some of his works in our shop.

The Ensemble Recherche is delighted to welcome the Luxembourg composer Nik Bohnenberger as its new artistic manager!Side by side with the musicians of the ensemble, Bohnenberger would like to further develop the overall artistic profile of the internationally renowned ensemble from January 2025:"In 2019, Recherche embarked on a new path that I would like to continue to pursue and sharpen:...

In our recent newsletter, we made a fairly serious oversight which we would like to correct: we forgot to talk about three important publications for symphony orchestra and concert band by Roland Wiltgen, Schmelz for Wind Band, Konzertstück mit Barcarole für Sinfonieorchester, and Canzona for Wind Band. A few months earlier Roland Wiltgen had also published Weather Report, for Brass...

Our Luxembourg radio station radio 100.7 produced a remarkable report on the new publication of our National Anthem. In the second part it gives many details on the structure of LMP, the concept of publishing and everyday work. The report shows too an enthusiastic desire to contribute to our musical cosmos and a sharing of skills and professional experiences important...

The composer of the national anthem, Jean-Antoine Zinnen (1827-1898) was born in Neuerbourg, a part of the Eifel that the Treaty of Vienna of 1815 had assigned to Prussia.His father, Jean-Baptiste Zinnen, as well as his brothers Adolphe and Auguste, were also musicians. In 1833, the family settled first in Clervaux, then in Diekirch and then, from 1836, in Larochette....

The musicologist Pierre Schwickerath spotted the original manuscript of Jean-Antoine Zinnen’s composition in the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale. The score is set for men’s chorus TTBB and symphony orchestra - not for woodwind ensemble, as has been previously claimed. On the occasion of this year’s national holiday, Luxembourg Music Publishers presents this original edition. The composer Ivan Boumans has...

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Born in 1965 in Tokyo, Osamu Yaguchi began studying the violin at the age of 3. At the age of 10, he obtained the 1st Prize of the Musical Competition of the Students of Japan. At 14, he entered the National Conservatory of Music in Paris in the class of Michèle Auclair. In 1983, he successively obtained his 1st Prize...

Jules Krüger was born in Luxembourg, in 1899. After studying violin, piano and harmony at the city's conservatory, he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège with notably Mathieu Crickboom, himself a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe. After his first violin prize in 1917, he lived for several years in Brussels where he played in different orchestras, while continuing...

Born in the Vosges, Olivier Dartevelle studied music in Remiremont, his hometown, then in Nancy before joining the National Conservatory of Paris in the class of Guy Deplus while pursuing a university education in Strasbourg. After graduating with different first prizes, he took part in various international competitions and was prize winner at the Prague Spring International Competition.First solo clarinet...

Détail Raymond Clement René Mertzig was born on August 11, 1911 in Colmar-Berg into a family of musicians. He took piano, violin and music theory lessons at the Luxembourg Conservatory, and went on to perfect his skills at the Brussels Conservatory, where he studied composition. alongside the violin and piano.After his musical studies in Brussels, René Mertzig became a member...

portrait detail Raymond Clement Lou Koster received lessons in music theory, violin and piano from her grandfather Franz Ferdinand Bernhard Hoebich, the first conductor of the Luxembourg military band. According to her own statement, she already felt called to be a composer as a child. At that time, however, the subject of composition was not yet being taught in Luxembourg...

Henri Pensis was born in Luxembourg to Belgian-Luxembourgish parents on November 3, 1900. He attended his first violin lessons at his hometown’s Conservatoire. At the young age of thirteen , he had already debuted at the Cercle Municipal with two pieces of Wieniawski. Upon the request of his parents, Pensis finished his secondary studies first, before joining the Conservatoire Royal...

Edmond de la Fontaine (1823 – 1891), better known by his pen name of Dicks, was a Luxembourgian jurist, poet, and lyricist, known for his work in the Luxembourgish language. He is considered the national poet of Luxembourg, and along with Michel Lentz and Michel Rodange, one of the most important figures in the history of Luxembourgian literature. In addition, his...

Claus Krumlovsky was born in Luxembourg in 1930 where he started to study piano, saxophone, theory, harmony, counterpoint and fugue. He continued his musical studes from 1952 to 1955 at the "Staatliche Hochschule für Musik" in Cologne under Hans Anwander (piano), Erich Reinecke (counterpoint and fugue), Peter Hammers (orchestral conducting) and Hans Mersmann (musicology). His first compositions date from the...

Nicolas Schuh was born on March 26th, 1910 in Mertert and received his first music lessons in solfège, piano, violin and organ from his father. He was also taught piano and harmony by Max Menager. At the age of nineteen, Nicolas Schuh went to the conservatory of Luxembourg. His subjects were piano, singing, harmony (with Fernand Mertens) and organ (with...

Jules Krüger was born in Luxembourg, in 1899. After studying violin, piano and harmony at the city's conservatory, he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège with notably Mathieu Crickboom, himself a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe. After his first violin prize in 1917, he lived for several years in Brussels where he played in different orchestras, while continuing...

Jean-Pierre Schmit was born on September 21, 1904 in Breitweiler. At the age of six he received violin, piano and harmony lessons from his father. Discovered by Dominique Heckmes, he became a soloist in the church choir of the cathedral. In 1924 jean-Pierre Schmit graduated from high school and entered the seminary. In 1932 he went to Malines to continue...

Jean-Pierre Beicht was born on 22.4.1869 in the Grund district of Luxembourg-city. Very early the young man was attracted by music and he also decided very early on to become a professional musician. He began his musical studies at the Luxembourg Conservatory with Johann Anton Zinnen as a teacher. In addition he learned the organ at St. Michael's Church. Afterwards,...