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Taylor Swift and Damon Albarn. Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock; Richard Young/ShutterstockNot here for that. Taylor Swift set the clocks after the musician Damon Alban claimed she was not considered a songwriter because she…

UPDATED JANUARY 23, 2022 Luna Ki withdraws from Benidorm Fest Luna Ki withdraws from Benidorm Fest because their song "Voy a morir" is not eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. This is because their song uses autotune.…

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You also have to write Middle English lyrics, right? I wrote lyrics in Middle English. I've written a few lyrics in other languages, but most of them are in Middle English. As a songwriter, what's it like to write in Middle English?…

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…

Portugal's mythical national selection - Festival da Canção - is scheduled for early March. With nearly two months to go, its public broadcaster (RTP) has announced the line-up of singers for the competition as well as the songs in…

The theme song for Matt Reeves' The Batman is revealed by composer Michael Giacchino, featuring a darker take on the classic Batman theme. The main theme song of The Batman was unveiled by…

Since its rebirth in 2017, Cancao Festival — Portugal's national selection for Eurovision — was at the service of musical quality and a good representation of the Portuguese music scene. Today broadcaster RTP is making another bold…

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…

Chris Lane hit the road for another leg of his Fill Them Boots tour earlier this month, bringing with him a completely revamped setlist."I've created a new show," Lane told Taste of Country before the tour."It's always so much fun for me,…

The "most uncompromising Finnish composer of his generation" was born on January 13, 1938 and died on January 18, 2021 Composer Paavo Heininen has died. In the February 2021 issue of Gramophone, Andrew Mellor gave the…

by: Kelsey RogersNexstar Multimedia Cable Job : January 19, 2022 / 2:42 PM EST Update: January 19, 2022 / 2:42 PM EST (WTAJ) – Most people listen to Taylor Swift and…

Photo credit: Shin-joong Kim Australian violinist Emily Sun joins violinists Rachel Podger and Jack Liebeck at Percussion management. Born in 1991, Sun was the 2016 recipient of the Overseas Royal League's Commonwealth Musician of the…

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Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn Spears opens up about her sister's heartbreaking breakup with Justin Timberlake.Speaking in a recent interview obtained by PEOPLE, the younger sister shares how Britney's condition has brought her to…

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…

Her work, with and without Phil, remains a vital resource. Photo: Paul…

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…

Armaan Malik: “I seek longevity in my songs, not instant gratification” (Photo credit: Instagram) While singer Armaan Malik has received positive responses for his latest English single "You," he says for a love song, he…

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"…

Coming from a choral background, the composer Daniel Hart was well prepared to compose The green knight, but the real challenge was to create an old sound. With a base in ancient England during the time of King Arthur, it was important…

Coming from a choral background, composer Daniel Hart was well prepared to compose The green knight, but the real challenge was to create an old sound. With a base in ancient England during the time of King Arthur, it was important…

Oh, how we love a royal wedding. From the iconic wedding dresses to the fragrances each bride wore, we're thrilled to hear about the special details the royals included on their big day. Of course, there are many things we…

January 11, 2022, 1:58 p.m. | Updated: January 12, 2022, 4:50 p.m. Helen Hagnes Mintiks, violinist. Photo: Helen Mintiks Nyh 102…

Shirien Taylor-Donahue held the position of second solo violin in the orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera from 1987 to 2016. Orchestra members came together to remember Taylor-Donahue's life, citing her warmth, kindness and charm as…

The Norwegian public broadcaster (NRK) is ready to start looking for the successor to TIX (Norway 2021) as the very first round of the Norwegian Grand Prix Melodi 2022 is due to take place this Saturday, January 15.Prior to show time, and…

Subhash Ghai explains a point to flautist Naveen Kumar and arranger Meghdeep Bose. Photo: Subhash Ghai.Subhash Ghai, best known as a producer and director of blockbusters like Kalicharan, Hero, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Saudagar and Khal Nayak as…

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…

Through Associated Press NEW YORK: Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed up with husband Alan Bergman on "The Way We Were," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" and hundreds of other songs, died…

Costello's Irish paternal grandfather "was an orphan who ended up in the British Army in the Second Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, wounded in France in 1917", while his maternal grandfather spent five years in a farm in Poland,…

Gabriella Smith, a Berkeley native who recently moved to Seattle, started piano lessons at a young age, then took up the violin at age 8. "I wasn't very good either," she said. "When I was 8 I started writing, and when I was 11 I…

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…

The house music group released the Swedish composer's symphonic interpretation of their 2010 club classic on New Years Day. House music group Swedish house mafia released a symphonic interpretation of their 2010 club…

Producer Judith Sherman has been nominated for the 64th Grammy Awards with the album "Dances of The Yogurt Maker", featuring pieces by Turkish composer Erberk Eryılmaz. The album, which earned Sherman a Grammy Award…

Do composers sometimes go to concerts with other people's music? In one case, the answer is definitely yes. Look among the faces of the audience standing in the arena for the BBC Proms and you'll often see Julian Anderson, one of…

(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…

Stephen J. Lawrence, a musical talent whose credits included 1972 Free to be you and me and a prolific run on sesame street, died Dec. 23 at Clara Maas!-->…

The theme song "The Book of Boba Fett" has a different tempo and a smoother production sound, but is similar enough that it was either a direct influence or an inspiration from a third influencing source. as well as "Ronia, the…

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…

Latvia Supernova 2022 is set to have two live shows: a semi-final on February 5 and a final on February 12.A month before show time, Latvian broadcaster LTV unveiled the list of 16 contestants taking part in the contest and also posted…

Whether you're running outside or just hitting the treadmill, great music can often be the difference between a rave run and a missed goal. That's why we create monthly 90-minute playlists filled with songs with enough beat to keep you…

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…

Editor's Note: In view of the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, please take into account the safety recommendations of local health authorities as they are updated, and check your event's website for COVID-19…

Howard Blake, the songwriter of the famous party song "Walking in the Air", said he was on the verge of "collapse" when he wrote the song.The song is best known as the soundtrack for Raymong Briggs' 1982 animated adaptation. The Snowman.In…

New research has revealed how much the most popular Christmas songs earn on streaming platforms and which song is the most profitable. The study by casino comparison site CasinoBee analyzed data from Spotify to find out which of the UK's!-->…

There is something truly moving about standing in the center of the Roman ruins of the London Wall and looking at the city that has developed around it. Think about our past, present and future simultaneously. Over…

Rohan Solomon: I usually release Christmas songs (Photo credit: Facebook) Singer-songwriter and producer Rohan Solomon has released a track to celebrate the Christmas holidays and he agrees that he's used to releasing…

Dominick Argento, April 3, 2016.Although he originally hoped to take a job on the East or West Coast, American musician-composer Dominick Argento began his career in 1958 at the University of Minnesota, where he taught composition…

On Right on Cue, editor-in-chief Clint Worthington chats with film, television and video game composers about the origins and nuances of their latest works, as well as commentary on the score's most important pieces.. Refugee…

For professional cellist Joe Harchanko, music and the outdoors are closely linked, which inspired him to start the Oregon Outdoors project.Joe Harchanko is seated, holding his cello. His bow touches the strings and he strikes up a soothing…

December 17, 2021, 3:00 PM 10 of Rachmaninoff's greatest works. Image: Alamy Famous for his monstrously difficult but…

The Miller Theater at Columbia University School of the Arts continues its 2021-22 Portrait of Composers series with Luca Francesconi. The Signal Ensemble, in their first live ensemble concert since COVID, presents two full-scale…

Ansel Elgort as Tony and Rachel Zegler as Maria in director Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story." Niko Tavernise/20th Century Studios "I know a lot of those recordings, and I think this is a definitive…

Grammy Award-winning violinist Mark O'Connor will celebrate "An Appalachian Christmas" with Park City on Tuesday at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts.Photo by Diana Rose!-->…

You can all keep your "Jingle Bells" and "Please Come Home for Christmas", because here in Texas we have our own original bad * ss tunes that will immerse us perfectly in the Christmas spirit.We don't need Mariah Carey or Michael Bubbles,…

Seven emerging composers have been selected to participate in the Minnesota Orchestra's 18th annual Composer Institute, the Orchestra announced today. The selected composers, whose works encompass a wide variety of musical styles, were…

Hero Theater Announces Emmy-Nominated Composer Brian Quijada as a new commission for Nuestro Planeta, a decade-long multimedia new works initiative that focuses on educating Latino film and theater audiences about environmental justice in…

While T Rajhendherr has sung songs for many composers, he has never written lyrics for a song composed by another musical director during his career which spans 41 years. But now TR has written lyrics for a song composed by LV Muthu Ganesh…

Doha: Qatari contemporary composer, Dana Al Fardan, will headline to perform seven songs from her fourth album, Indigo, at the first-ever D'reesha Performing Arts Festival 2021 in Doha. The live performance is set to feature a chamber…

The next adventure game from developer Wishfully, Planet of Lana, will have The Last Guardian's composer working on his music. There are a lot of different indie games coming out next year, many of them!-->!-->>-->!-->-->!-->-->…

Grace Fisher composes music for her foundation's fourth annual concert COURTESY PHOTOSThe Bar-back Boys will perform at the Grace Fisher Foundation's fourth annual Winter Music Showcase on Sunday at the Granada. Grace Fisher is…

After more than a decade of collaboration, director David Lowery and composer Daniel Hart faced their most difficult collaboration to date on medieval fantasy. The green knight. The visionary adaptation of Sir Gauvain's classic…

Andy Baker, UIC Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Theater and Music. When Andy Baker, an assistant clinical professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, came up with the idea to record Leo Sowerby's early work, he…

14 summits: nothing is impossible is Netflix's latest blockbuster documentary, chronicling the journey of Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal 'Nims' Purja in his quest to climb the 14 world peaks of 8,000 meters in seven months,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7MIWngBpA8 The great Russian cellist Daniil Shafran once took his beloved 1737 Amati to Paris for a host of minor repairs, and on arriving at luthier Étienne Vatelot's workshop he was told the…

In last year's diary, I reviewed selections from past years, including Pablo Casals Birds singing; Melissa Etheridge divine night (a reshuffle of the solstice of Oh holy night); kd lang's Barefoot (a love song related to snow); and…

The following excerpt is from the May issue of The Strad on soloists' changing approach to encores. To read it in its entirety, click here to subscribe and log in. The month of May 2021 digital magazine and print edition are on sale now…

Larry Hoffman is working on a composition in his Baltimore home. Photo by Michael G. Stewart OXFORD, Mississippi - Baltimore composer Larry Hoffman donated a dozen of his musical scores to the Archives des Bleus to University of…

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After his first encounter with the Northern Lights, Ä’riks travels to the Nordic countries every year, because the energy he channels from northern Lights inspires her to create more work. The Nordic and Baltic…

The saga continues. After the ongoing relational triangle and the ensuing drama between Joshua Bassett, Olivia rodrigo and Sabrina Charpentier, the crooner “Lie Lie Lie” adds more fuel…

Faranak Shahroozi is an Iranian-American composer, performer and pianist known for her lyrical, romantic and captivating melodies. With the help of producer Preston Glass, Shahroozi collaborated with stars such as Lenny Williams…

J"The healing power of music is needed now more than ever," said violinist Jennifer Pike.She won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award aged 12 and has since built a successful career, including playing the BBC Proms, performing regularly…

Abuzahra will compete with two other finalists: violinists Franz Ludwig Seraffin Kraggerud (8) from Norway and Sofia Demitriades (13) representing Great Britain and Russia. Born to a Hungarian mother Nóra Emödy and an Egyptian father Ahmed…

Personal, courtesy of Eclipse_ImagesGetty Images Whether you're running outdoors or just hitting the treadmill, good music can often be the difference between a rave run and a missed goal. That's why…