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The University of NSW has announced Angus Davison as the winner of the 2022-2023 Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship. The Sydney-based composer will receive $10,000 and over the course of the year will compose two pieces for Australia…

As innova Recordings celebrates its 40th anniversary, the American Composers Forum's in-house label will share its history and showcase artists like Gao Hong who have featured on the label over the years. Before she started composing,…

Jim Fagan The famous British composer Sir Karl Jenkins has sent his thanks to the singers of the Noosa Chorale who will perform one of his works, Stabat Mater, next month. Sir Karl is one of the most performed living…

Mark Vicness ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, USA, April 22, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Two years after the release of his highly acclaimed CD,…

A young British composer has secured the rights to stage an opera based on the film The boy in the striped pajamas. Miramax, which owns the rights to the story after making the 2008 film of the same name, originally asked composer Noah…

Harrison Birtwistle, the creator of bold experimental modern music, recognized as one of Britain's greatest contemporary composers, has died aged 87. The publisher of Birtwistle, Boosey & Hawkes, said he died on Monday at his home…

Placeholder while loading article actionsHarrison Birtwistle, the creator of bold, experimental modern music recognized as one of Britain's greatest contemporary composers, died on April 18 at his home in Mere, England. He was 87 years…

the Louisville Orchestra announced its 2022-23 performance season on Tuesday, which will include world premieres by the organization's inaugural cohort new Creators Corps residency programa concert series in southern Indiana and at…

Peter Simpson reads Around the Corners, Out to the Edges, a memoir published two months after the untimely death of his friend, Jonathan Besser. The title of Jonathan's memoir comes from the opening lines of a long poem by American poet…

For Batiste, it's about building on what came before. Oscar-winning composer, musician, conductor and cultural ambassador Jon Batiste defies all categories. From his community “love riot” performances to his compositions…

Sir Harrison Birtwistle, CH, who died aged 87, was one of the most uncompromising British composers of modern times and one of the hardest to classify; his abrasive, avant-garde music, often sounding like a dense jumble of notes and…

Dani Howard's path to composition was not the most conventional. “It was the influence of my piano teacher. I was working on my exam pieces and asked him if I could just rewrite a few bars. She said, 'I'm not sure, but why don't…

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On Friday night, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project performed its most normal concert of the season – as normal as the BMOP is, anyway. Compared to February's organ extravaganza at Symphony Hall and June's highly anticipated production of…

Dan Locklair, a composer at Winston-Salem, completed his third symphony last year but recently released his first requiem.“Composers rarely make more than one requiem in their lifetime,” Locklair said. “You do a requiem,…

Lyell Cresswell: composer; b October 13, 1944; from March 19, 2022 Born and educated in New Zealand, composer Lyell Cresswell has lived in Scotland for over half his life. But he does not consider himself a Scot: “I am a New Zealander…

Russian invaders under the orders of terrorist Putin have destroyed the 19th century house where composer Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky premiered his first work. The Tchaikovsky House in the city of Trostyanets, northeastern…

With Reflection of a time goneChen masters the delicate balance of being true to his home country, his new home, and his own voice. Two years before Qigang Chen's Central Conservatory classmates Tan Dun, Chen Yi and Zhou…

Trish by Rose HendrySpokesman Julian Norridge said: “Clowes was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2012 to 2014, during which time she was commissioned to write for the BBC Concert Orchestra, a piece that won a British Composer Award…

By Maura SirianiApril 2, 2022Sophia Pavlenko-Chandley said all the money raised from the benefit concerts will go to Ukraine.Sophia Pavlenko-Chandley is a gifted composer, traveling the country, giving duo piano recitals with her husband,…

Lyell Cresswell was a quiet man but a creative heavyweightIn the 1980s the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performed a new work by Lyell Cresswell. Older members of the orchestra still fondly remember the New Zealand-born composer sitting…

(Courtesy of Herald Scotland) Born in 1934 in Aberdeen, Scotland, John McLeod BCE has written music for several mediums, including film and television. In 1970 he moved to Edinburgh. He first studied the clarinet in London royal…

His “Prayer for Ukraine” was the centerpiece of a Metropolitan Opera benefit concert this month. His Fourth Symphony has been performed in recent weeks by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; his Eighth, by the Lithuanian National Opera;…

Musical storytelling is on my mind this month as the London Philharmonic Orchestra performs liquid interface, my first large-scale exploration of musical storytelling in the form of an "aquatic symphony". Premiered at the Kennedy Center…

Margaret Allison Bonds, March 3, 1913 – April 26, 1972, was a Harlem composer, pianist, arranger and teacher. Become a Harlem Insider - Sign up for our newsletter! One of the first black female composers and performers to achieve…

RED CLIFF, Colo. (KDVR) — They were the stars of MTV 30 years ago: glam rockers whose careers rose higher than their heavily sprayed hair. And few of its kind weighed bigger than Kip Winger. Winger was born in Denver and…

Alex Carpani - Microcosm Alex Carpani With members from King Crimson, Soft Machine, Van de Graaf Generator and many more!…

On Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 8:00 p.m., experimental percussion and piano quartet Yarn/Wire will present two world premieres by Australian-born, Berlin-based composer Thomas Meadowcroft at Columbia University's Miller Theater. Part of…

But Friday's program also served as an evening prep session on composer William Levi Dawson (1899-1990). A skilled arranger of spirituals and longtime conductor of the Tuskegee Institute Choir, Dawson was also an exquisitely talented…

For its opening concert last September, when the Seattle Symphony returned for its first full season since the pandemic hit, it was the music of Reena Esmail that kicked off the program. She continues her role as composer-in-residence…

The Artist-in-Residence Concert takes place this Thursday, March 17 at the Haas Fine Arts Center with choral composer Jocelyn Hagen and all six choral groups: Concert Choir, Symphonic, Singing Statesmen, Novum Voce, the Treble choir and…

"When I started reading this story, the only way to describe it is that the story started singing to me," says Williams, 53, to whom the books were gifted by the late arts administrator and of the museum, Steven Newsome. "I'm not really a…

Pasadena Chorale will announce that tickets are now available for its next performance, "Listening to the Future," Saturday, April 2 at 7 p.m. at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena.Spectators will discover 17 new pieces…

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The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra has removed a Russian composer from its upcoming concert program on the war in Ukraine. The orchestra says it would be "inappropriate at this time" to include Tchaikovsky and the decision was made "in!-->…

Baku, March 9, AZERTAC The world famous Azerbaijani composer, Gara Garayev left a deep imprint on the musical culture not only of Azerbaijan, but of the whole world. His compositional art received wide recognition, both in Azerbaijan and…

Professors from three Louisiana universities will perform in a tribute concert to composer Mauricio Kagel on Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Magale Recital Hall. Attendees include, from left, Northwestern State professor Dr.…

KINGMAN, Ariz. – If US Route 66 was a symphony orchestra, what would it look like?It's a question that Dr.…

Adam Burnette is a pianist, bandleader and composer from Chatsworth, Georgia. He has worked across the United States, from the Kennedy Center to Indiana State University, and in Europe. His work was recently featured in NewMusicShelf…

French pianist Richard Clayderman hailed Ed Sheeran as a "great composer" and offered a duet after seeing the singer-songwriter in concert.The 68-year-old classical musician watched Sheeran perform at the Stade de!-->!-->!-->…

Clarinetist, composer returns to share the music A South Whidbey alum prepares for her first show at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. A South Whidbey alum prepares!-->…

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter has threatened to remove Valery Gergiev as conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra unless Gergiev says publicly by Monday!-->…

WABASH — A concert will pay tribute to a historic black composer. The Manchester Symphony Orchestra celebrates the "Trailblazers" at their first concert of 2022. It will be at 3pm on Sunday March 13 at the Honeywell Center in Wabash. The…

Finnish musician Jaakko Kuusisto died on February 23, 2022. Diagnosed with a brain tumor in the summer of 2020, his condition deteriorated earlier this year and he was hospitalized. Kuusisto was born on January 17, 1974 into a family of…

(Photo credit: Ghadi Boustani) Finland Lahti Symphony Orchestra will be the first Kalevi AhoConcerto for viola, percussion and orchestra. Will be held at Sibelius House concert hall in the evening, this double concerto will be…

We are in 2022; time for artistic leaders to show the way to the future and not to underestimate the public's thirst for novelty. Stop living in the past. You have heard this phrase before. Composers have been pronouncing it for more…

It's an important scene, as Rue reflects on her father and his death, which was the catalyst for her eventual descent into drug addiction. How emotional was it on set? It was fucking emotional. Literally the whole place was crying at the…

WAVERLY, Iowa (KWL) — When you think of a composer, the image of someone who lived decades or even centuries…

His operas Purgatory and The Grace of Todd were seen as a double bill at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh on June 7, 1969. That night Maltings Concert Hall in Snape, six miles away, was consumed by the fire. Unaware of the ongoing disaster that…

America's Mother Road, which stretches 2,000 miles across the country, is once again the center of attention as the 100th anniversary approaches. Dr. Nolan Stolz of the University of South Carolina has also turned his attention to…

Composer Raven Chacon relaxes at her home in downtown Albuquerque. The composer/musician/artist has just been invited to the Whitney Biennial. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) Albuquerque composer Raven Chacon…

Inon Zur is one of, otherwise the most, prolific composers working in the gaming industry today. With a massive backlog of iconic sheet music to his name, chances are any gamer worth his salt has had his songs stuck in his head at one…

Today 90and Legendary film score composer John Williams' birthday is celebrated with the release of a new album, John Williams – The Berlin Concert. The album, from Deutsche Grammophon, captures live a series of sold-out concerts last…

Other plays were equally theatrical and sometimes had ritual elements. A recording of whale songs by a marine scientist inspired his “Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)” for electric flute, cello and amplified piano (1971). Performers wear…

The Mexican composer Rubn Fuentes, creator of the famous mariachi songs "La Bikina" and "El Son de la Negra", He died this Saturday at the age of 95, reported the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (SACM). Fuentes' compositions,…

Composer Lori Laitman is scheduled to visit the University of Oklahoma's…

In partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts and Concert Theater Works, Music of the Baroque presents the Midwest premiere of "The Chevalier," a new concert play written and…

January 31, 2022 2:50 p.m. (UTC+04:00) 626 By Laman Ismayilova Russian composer Alexander Scriabin made history as the inventor of the first color keyboard and the notation of…

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Johann Sebastian Bach's music will feature in the Lake Charles Symphony's "Bach to Bach" concert. (Special for the American press)…

From the Cradle Song to his Third Symphony, you've probably heard more Brahms in everyday life than you thought.Spending most of his time in Vienna, he evolved among part of the musical elite of the mid-Romantic era, befriending Robert and…

Chicago's Sondheim in the Park celebration at Millennium Park in July 2006, including two concerts with the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. Sondheim attends performances by Chicago actors and musicians in the Lurie Garden / Photo: Darren…

January 25, 2022, 3:38 p.m. | Updated: January 25, 2022, 4:04 PM 10 best works by pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi. Photo: Aliyah…

January 24, 2022, 4:51 p.m. | Updated: January 24, 2022, 5:07 PM Tchaikovsky's letters give us insight into his personal life. Photo:…

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As we get closer and closer to March, anticipation grows for the release of The Batman. The latest iteration of Gotham's legendary superhero in the DCEU is finally set to hit theaters on March 4, 2022, after multiple delays throughout the…

In July 1936, composer, pianist, organist and pedagogue Florence B. Price was profiled again in the Chicago Defender. Since 1918, her affiliations and accomplishments had attracted the attention of publication, an…

Composer Scott Ordway was on a trip to Istanbul when he first heard the call to prayer in a Muslim…

One of Anton Bruckner's most popular works, Symphony No. 4 was written in 1874 and repeatedly revised by Bruckner after its initial release. In a new album, the Bamberg Symphony under Jakub Hrůša performed all three!-->!-->!-->…

John Kinsella Birth: April 8, 1932 Died: November 9, 2021…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra will host a three-day festival in June to honor composer John Williams as he celebrates his 90th birthday.Williams, a five-time Academy Award winner and 25-time Grammy…

There's a great new podcast called "Let's Talk to Lucy" which unearths short celebrity radio conversations…

Jackson became sub-organist on Easter Monday 1946; 10 days later, Bairstow passed away after 33 years of service and Jackson took his place; Bairstow's warning that his mission was to be a "musical generalist" or "jack of all trades"…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ever since living with a pandemic, Bernd Richard Deutsch has been waiting for this moment.He completed “Intensity,” a new piece for the Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz…

Ukrainian Oksana Lyniv, one of the world's most exciting classical music talents, once again made history with a three-year position at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna. With her new job, which began this month, the superstar…

(Photo credit: Jacques Demarthon) Born in Paris in 1926, Betsy jolas has dual American and French nationality. After graduating from Bennington College, she continued her studies in Paris in 1946 - studying with Darius Milhaud and…

Swedish House Mafia closed their massive comeback in 2021 with a brand new single. After dropping a collaboration with The Weeknd and announcing a spot at Coachella in 2022, the electronic trio called on respected classical composer…

Famous composer and conductor Tan Dun conducts the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra on Friday for the Shanghai Grand Theater New Year's concert. Their performance will include…

Iborn in 30 years, Sonic the hedgehog has become a cultural icon, and the music in its games has provided soundtracks for generations of gamers. We found Jun Senoue, Sonicmusic guru since 1993. Three decades ago this year, a pop culture…

MU composer Stefan Freund is no longer interested in camping.“I always say I'm not going…