Three world premieres by Thomas Adès. Thomas Adès‘ Alchymia, for basset horn or tenor clarinet and string quartet, composed for clarinetist Mark Simpson and Quatuor…
Premiere at L’Auditori by Toshio Hosokawa. The Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona and Nacional de Cataluña will perform this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, at 19:00 and…
Mariano Marín, Max Award for Best Score. The Spanish composer Mariano Marin (Pradoluengo, 1959) has won the Max Award for Best Musical Composition for a…
Platinum Award for the OST of “Akelarre”. Basque composers Aránzazu Calleja (Bilbao, 1977) and Maite Arroitajauregi, the latter known by the nickname of Mursego (Eibar,…
“Gurdjieff / De Hartmann”, by Jeroen van Veen. The Dutch pianist Jeroen Van Veen, known for his specialisation in the performance of minimalist music –…
Steve Reich turns 85. Today, 3 October, Steve Reich turns 85, and to celebrate, in two weeks’ time, on Saturday 16 October, the world premiere…
Alejandro Pelayo’s concerts for children. For several years now, the Spanish pianist and composer Alejandro Pelayo (member, together with Leonor Watling, of Marlango), has been…
New edition of the Born Creative Festival. Japanese composer Dai Fujikura says that “all five-year-olds like new sounds, strange sounds, and for some reason that…
Philip Venables, star of the Festival d’Automne. The British composer Philip Venables will be the star of the current edition of the Festival d’Automne in…
Koichi Sugiyama dies at the age of 90. Japanese composer Koichi Sugiyama (Nagoya, 1931-2021), known above all for being one of the most important composers…