Orquesta de la Gewandhaus de Leipzig
On 9 September 2015, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra announced they were commissioning a work from Widmann as part of a planned collaboration by the two organizations beginning in the fall of 2017. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra announced Widmann's appointment as its first-ever "Gewandhauskomponist" (Gewandhaus composer) for the 2017–18 season.