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Five contenders for 'Turner Prize of music'
A ‘satellite symphony’ delivered via an iPhone app, a portable organ that recycles sounds, and a work shaped by the movement of the stars are just three of the contenders for the UK’s most avant garde...
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Bargemusic keeps reinventing itself with new programs
There is usually a moment early in any concert at Bargemusic when even listeners who have spent many evenings hearing music in this converted coffee barge find themselves wondering why they couldn’t...
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Festival will celebrate Japanese and Japanese American arts
A variety of Japanese and Japanese American arts — including Butoh and jazz, as well as anime — will be celebrated during “JapanOC,” a seven-month festival presented by Carnegie Hall, the Philharmonic...
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Times may be tight, but we're hooked on classics
Summer is upon us, which means that cultural tourists will once again be dusting off their sandals and dinner jackets and heading for the airport. The classical music festival has taken root and...
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James Levine steps down from Boston Symphony
James Levine, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is to relinquish the role at the end of the current season. Dogged by ill health, he has had to cancel an increasing number of appearances...
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The New York Philharmonic Opening Night
The New York Philharmonic are performing two compositions by Samuel Barber on opening night tomorrow: Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5 (1931) Barber was just 21 and still a student at...
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Listen to the new Harold Budd album on NPR
Metaphorically speaking, Harold Budd is a soaring bird, and rock music a supersonic rocket ship. Budd may play as few as six notes in 10 seconds — I’m guessing the average rock band plays 60. It’s the...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter and Andre Previn perform George Gershwin on David Letterman
Anne-Sophie Mutter recently stopped by CBS’s “The Late Show with David Letterman” to perform a selection from her new album collection — “ASM 35″, a compilation of music celebrating her 35 years as a...
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Berio Visualized
Wonderful drawing of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group violinists Alexandra Wood and Peter Campbell Kelly performing the Luciano Berio Duetti by one of our Music Maze children.
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Berliner Philharmoniker broadcasting live to cinemas all over Europe
In the new season, you have as many as three opportunities to experience the Berliner Philharmoniker live in a cinema near you. Be there when the orchestra continues its Mahler cycle with the...
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Terry Riley – At the Royal Majestic (2013)
Movements: I. Negro Hall II. The Lizard Tower Gang III. Circling Kailash Composer notes: A little history In 1966 I got my first electronic organ, a Vox Super Continental 2 manual with draw bars,...
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The London Symphony Orchestra is playing from Furtwangler’s parts tonight.
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Does listening to Mozart make you smarter?
The Mozart Effect is discussed with Professor Ellen Winner and Doctoral Candidate Samuel Mehr. The BSO will be performing a series of concerts containing the music of Mozart July 17-19 at Tanglewood....
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Robin Ticciati is the new chief conductor of DSO in Berlin
Robin Ticciati heißt der Nachfolger von Tugan Sokhiev an der Spitze des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin. Der 32-jährige Engländer übernimmt die Position des Chefdirigenten und Künstlerischen...
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Toshiyuki Kamioka appointed Chief conductor for Copenhagen Phil
Toshiyuki Kamioka is appointed Copenhagen Phil’s chief conductor from the season 2016/2017 for a four year period. Toshiyuki Kamioka was born in 1960 in Tokyo, where he studied conducting, composition...
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LSO Conductor lineup announced
London Symphony Orchestra just announced today that Gianandrea Noseda will join them in 2016/17 as Principal Guest Conductor, alongside Daniel Harding. Michael Tilson Thomas becomes Conductor...
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Yuja Wang photos going viral
Acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang recently performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. The programme included Bartok’s two piano concerts. But it is the racy dress and the high heel shoes that are...
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Reflektor Manfred Eicher
The prestigious concert hall Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has invited Manfred Eicher to curate the “Reflektor” festival programme from February 3 – 6 2020. “Reflektor Manfred Eicher” will feature...
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