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October 2021
THE BOOK ‘BUFFETT BACKSTORIES’ TELLS THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS
Scott Atwell's new book, "Buffett Backstories," tells the untold stories behind 50 classic Buffett songs. Cover design by Irene de Bruijn
Half a century has passed since Jimmy Buffett boarded Jerry Jeff Walker's Packard for a road trip…
Agenda: Rousing Rachmaninoff and the local composer ‘s world premiere mark 2nd ISO concert of…
The Illinois Symphony Orchestra recently resumed its concerts and will be playing a dynamic program for its second concert of the season on November 7. have not experienced live music for over 18…
Do you miss Messiaen? He’s the composer who saves the planet – Slipped DiscSlipped Disc
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October 29, 2021
Alastair Macaulay talks about last night's concert in the Philharmonia's London series:
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The Philharmonia Orchestra's fall season title at the Royal Festival…
Famous violinist Alena Baeva can’t wait to get back on stage ahead of her first gig in Belfast
A Russian violinist has said playing her first concert in Belfast will be an "incredible" experience.Lena Baeva, tonight's soloist with the Ulster Orchestra, is a working mum who takes her eight-month-old daughter with her to some gigs.…
75 + 1 celebrating the 75th birthday of composer Judith Lang Zaimont will be presented at Merkin…
75 + 1, a very special (reprogrammed from 2020) celebration of the 75th birthday of internationally renowned composer Judith Lang Zaimont, will be presented on Monday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Merkin Hall in New York at Kaufman Music…
Airs to immerse you in the autumn spirit
Do you have the impression that autumn has passed too quickly? Still need to get into the spirit of the season? Check out these 15 songs that are perfect for changing the leaves, rainy days, pumpkin lattes, and apple pies.
"Harvest Moon"…
Phantom of the Rave: watch legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s very first DJ set –…
Between the playwriting, the soundtrack, and now the DJ, is there something Andrew Lloyd Webber can't do?The world-famous impresario celebrated the return of The Phantom of the Opera in a unique way, playing her first DJ set outside of the!-->…
Hit songs artists now regret
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Britney spears, "Occasionally"
Britney fans may live for nostalgia for her early hits, but she doesn't always necessarily have the same feelings for her early works.
The Glory the pop princess…
Sarnia composer scoring the music of a famous children’s classic
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Thomas the Tank Engine and his friend Nia are featured in the reboot of the series "Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!"…
Ricordi Berlin relaunches the Ricordilab composers competition
After the immense success of the first two editions, Ricordi Berlin has decided to relaunch its ricordilab composers competition. The program will provide the opportunity for emerging composers to participate in a three-year collaboration…
Monday Music: Songs for making potions
Monday Music: your weekly thematic playlist. Image courtesy of The Peak.
By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief
October - the month of goblins, ghouls, and ghosts. As a person who read almost exclusively fantasy novels…
Seasoned Artist and Composer Stefan Kristinkov’s EP “Clarinet Vibe” Offers…
Renowned New York instrumental genius and composer Stefan Kristinkov created a reverie of blissful acoustic experience with his EP, "Clarinet vibe".
New York-based music composer Stefan Kristinkov continues to fascinate music lovers…
Local Italian Violinist Receives 1st Prize in 2021 Paganini Competition
The second prize was awarded to a 16-year-old Nurie Chung from South Korea and joint third prizes were awarded to a 22-year-old Lara Boschkor from Germany and 25 years Ava Bahari from Sweden.
This year's endgame was streamed live here…
Composer Ashutosh Phatak on OTT Soundtracks, Music Places in India –
Composer Ashutosh Phatak. Photo: courtesy of the artist
Considering the dramatic change the True School of Music (TSM) has undergone during the pandemic - closing their central Mumbai campus and partnering with Vijayabhoomi…
Meet AI, the music composer who helped complete Beethoven’s incomplete 10th Symphony
When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work hailed by many as his magnum opus. He had started working on his 10th Symphony but, due to deteriorating health, could not make…
Armenia International Music Festival welcomes Japanese violinist Fumiaki Miura and conductor Conrad…
The Armenia International Music Festival hosted violinist Fumiaki Miura and conductor Conrad van Alphen to perform Alexey Shor's "The Four Seasons of Manhattan" for violin and orchestra and the suite "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky with…
Megan Thee Stallion announces ‘Archives’ collection of unreleased songs –…
Christmas arrived a bit early for Hotties on Thursday (October 21), when Megan Thee Stallion revealed that a new collection of odds and ends will be arriving before the month is out. In a series of tweets, the rapper removed the wrapper…
In M. Beethoven imagining and if the legendary composer had spent time in Boston
A. Richard Allen for the Boston GlobeIn 1833, JJ Whatson, a sailor, and Peter Wortley, a shoemaker, arrived in Boston on a ship named Florida. It is not known why they came, and other than the passenger list held by the National Archives,…
South Florida Classical Review »» Carson Kievman, innovative composer and educator, has passed away
Carson Kievman founded and directed the SoBe Arts Institute in Miami Beach.
Carson Kievman has died at the age of 72. The Miami-based composer-educator-producer, who had moved to Sarasota after decades in Miami Beach, suffered a…
The fantastic composer of Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat on the joys of working with the…
It's Wes Anderson Week at EW! Ahead of the October 22 release of The French dispatch, we celebrate the author's singular filmography with a series of flashbacks celebrating his most beloved titles. Here, the composer Alexandre Desplat,…
Ralph Carmichael, composer and conductor of “I Love Lucy”, “The Blob”, dies…
Ralph Carmichael, the versatile songwriter, composer and conductor whose prolific career spanned television, film and Christian music, died on October 18 in Camarillo, Calif., At the age of 94. His official Facebook page, which…
For 20 years, this benefit concert has used covers to fight hunger
Indianapolis-based DJ / Rapper / Singer M. Kinetik Honored Bob Marley in 2019 ... by Tonic Ball.
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E! The network's series "Clash of the Cover Bands" offers new visibility to…
Maine West student shines as a songwriter
To say that Maine West junior Sophia Luong is humble is an understatement. Department chair Jennifer Mullen took Sophia into her AP music theory class and discovered by accident that her student is an accomplished…
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2021 week 5 songs and dances revealed E! News UK
'Strictly Come Dancing' 2021 enters week five this weekend as the remaining 11 couples return to the ballroom.
Last weekend, actor Greg Wise and his partner Karen Hauer left the competition after losing the dance to Judi Love and his…
MONDAY MANIQUE | Violinist Malin Broman becomes her own ensemble
Broman, first violin of Swedish Radio Symphony, came to Britta Byström with the idea of ââa room in which she could "play with herself". Byström immediately thought of…
Alan Hawkshaw, composer who wrote the Grange Hill and Countdown theme tunes and worked with David…
Hawkshaw's work has been used by countless musicians, ranging from his own band the Mohawks, the first of hundreds of bands to record The Champ, to American rapper Jay-Z, who sampled his 1977 composition New Earth Parts 1 & 2 – written…
Songs Of Deliverance Book Details Healing Stories From Abuse, Addiction And Trafficking
Andréana Lefton has released a new book, Songs of Deliverance. Ms Lefton's job was to interview women affected by ministries at Love's Arm, a Chattanooga-based ministry that helps women survivors of trafficking,…
Korean national anthem performed on Bouzouki by a Greek composer
Tsalikian Miran performed the Korean national anthem using the Greek bouzouki in honor of the friendship between the two countries. Credit: Screenshot / YoutubeAward-winning Greek musician and composer Tsalikian Miran honored 60 years of…
Violinist Tessa Lark refuses to stay in her musical lane
When Tessa Lark studied at the New England Conservatory, the violinist befriended Berklee College of Music. Now a frequent guest with some of the country's leading classical orchestras, Lark spent much time in Boston exploring improvised…
Alan Hawkshaw death: TV composer behind Grange Hill and Countdown themes dies
Tributes were paid to legendary TV composer Alan Hawkshaw, who died aged 84 Alan was responsible for some UK television themes including Countdown, Grange Hill and Channel 4 News. The news was shared this evening by artistic agency DNYA!-->…
Alan Hawkshaw, theme composer for Grange Hill and Countdown, dies at 84 after battle with pneumonia
Legendary themed songwriter Alan Hawkshaw has passed away at the age of 84. Alan wrote the introductory music for many popular shows over the course of his long career, including Countdown, Grange Hill and Channel 4 News. The acclaimed…
Music composer Eimear Noone was the first woman to lead the Oscars
If you've ever spent a weekend exploring the world of modern video games, then I'm willing to bet a bunch of platinum-plated PlayStation 5s you've come across working as a songwriter, conductor, and versatile musical mage.…
Sioux City Symphony will open the season with works by the black composer | Weekend
Chances are you've never heard the classical music of Florence Price.This is largely due to the fact that Price (1887-1953) lived in an era when men were dominant both as classical musicians and as composers.Another reason…
The composer who was once nicknamed “the Beethoven of Japan” – and how it all came…
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Mamoru Samuragochi admits not having written his own compositions.
Image: Alamy…
Tyler Bates replaced as composer
There is an unlikely Guardian team this time around.Picture: Marvel studiosM. Night Shyamalan is already ready to tease his next project. Jason Blum reveals plans for even more Universal monsters rework. David Gordon Green teases how the!-->!-->…
Jessie Montgomery, CSO Mead Composer in Residence
In April, violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery was named the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's new composer-in-residence. Montgomery will split her time between New York and Chicago throughout her residency, which began July 1 and…
Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra to present a composition by young composer Marietta
The Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra will create a composition by Marietta's teenage composer Will Weaver.
The concert will take place on October 17, 2021 at the Bailey Center for the Performing Arts at Kennesaw State University.…
Meet “Nature Boy” composer Eden Ahbez, the LA outdoorsman who changed jazz history
The song "Nature Boy" was a number one hit for Nat King Cole in 1948, selling 1 million copies that year. Since then, the song has been performed and recorded by hundreds of artists from jazz and other genres, including Frank Sinatra,…
Top 10 Songs Written By Shane McAnally
Shane McAnally is one of the most prolific and talented songwriters working in country music today. If you (somehow) haven't heard his name, you have absoutely Heard his work: Frequent collaborator of Kacey Musgraves, Kenny Chesney,…
5 questions to Anna Clyne (composer)
Born in london Anna clyne is a GRAMMY nominated acoustic and electro-acoustic music composer. Since her stint as Mead's composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2010-2015), Clyne has been one of the most acclaimed and…
27-year-old Korean-American violinist named concertmaster of prestigious Hamburg Philharmonic
An American violinist of Korean descent has been appointed Principal Violin of the Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra (Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg), an internationally renowned symphony orchestra based in Germany. A solo…
VC COMPETITION | Win 1 of 5 packs of signed female composers + Free entry to the “Symposium…
To help celebrate today's United Nations' International Day of the Girl, The string of the violin, in collaboration with our good friends from Dallas Symphony Orchestra, is giving away five composer packs this week in addition to…
Pianist and composer Conrad Tao performs at Meany Hall in October
Conrad Tao. Photo by Brantley Gutierrez.
New York magazine described pianist and composer Conrad Tao as "the kind of musician who shapes the future of classical music". He previously performed with the Seattle Symphony, but…
Beijing International Music Festival presents symphonies by famous Chinese composer Guo Wenjing
Beijing Music Festival President Yu Long (left) and Artistic Director Zou Shuang Photo: Courtesy BMF As part of the 24th Beijing International Music Festival, the China Philharmonic Orchestra will present on Sunday four symphonies…
Violinist Miriam Helms Ålien loaned “The Ragin Strad” violin from 1689
LIVE FROM BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - WITH CONDUCTOR IVAN FISCHER AND THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
August 30, 2021 | Conductor Iván Fischer received his third COVID-19 vaccine during the Budapest Festival Orchestra's open-air concert while…
Louise Farrenc, 19th century composer, returns to the sound
"They are written in a style that is both romantic and classical, with great thematic and harmonic originality, both poetic and energetic," said conductor Laurence Equilbey, who has released recordings of the First and third with the…
Korean-American violinist named first violin at the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Violinist Daniel Cho (Sejong Soloists)Daniel Cho, a 27-year-old Korean-American violinist, has been appointed first violin at the Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra. The Sejong Soloists string ensemble announced on Wednesday that…
HIS SONGS, MY SONGS, MY WAY to MPAC
Paul Anka will return to the Mayo Performing Arts Center to perform music from the Sinatra catalog and more on Tuesday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for Anka Sings Sinatra: His Songs, My Songs, My Way are Sunday, October 24 at 7 p.m.…
It’s Britney Spears Night on ‘DWTS’: See the list of songs, duets and dances…
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WOTV) - Oh baby, baby! The Queen of Pop appears in the ballroom! To kick off the third week of Dance with the stars on ABC, season 30 pro-dancer actors and celebrities will present their best dance moves…
Composer Carlisle Floyd has died aged 95
(Photo credit: Suzanne Plunkett / Associated press)
Floyd's first piano teacher was his mother; he also studied with Sidney foster and Rudolf Firkusny. A degree of Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Floyd received his…
Kacey Musgraves Performs “Star-Crossed” Songs on “SNL”
Kacey Musgraves was the musical guest at the season 47 premiere of Saturday Night Live last night, and her performances were just as vulnerable as the songs that make up her latest album damn. For his first selection, "justified", the…
Distinctive, artistic “Songs for a New World” in Sheboygan
SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (WFRV) - It's one thing to put on a show. It's another to take control of a show.
The latter is performing with Sheboygan Theater Company's "Songs for a New World" as the company comes back from the…
Kacey Musgraves Performs “Star-Crossed” Songs at “SNL” Season Premiere
Saturday Night Live - Season 47 - Credit: Rosalind O'Connor / NBCKacey musgraves performed songs from his new album Star crossed at the premiere of the 47th season of Saturday Night Live.Musgraves played a stripped-down version of…
Best Running Songs October 2021
Whether you're running outside or just hitting the treadmill, good music can often be the difference between a rave run and a missed goal. That's why we create 90-minute playlists every month filled with songs with enough beat to get…