The Bibliothèque Nationale de France is extending until 6 November “J’ai horreur du souvenir”, its exhibition dedicated to the figure of Pierre Boulez. In June,…
Madrid’s Teatro Real offers the European premiere of “Hadrian”, the second opera by international pop music star Rufus Wainwright. Known mainly for his pop music…
A programme at the Festival Castell Peralada will offer three pieces by Spanish composer Raquel García-Tomás. The Spanish composer Raquel García-Tomás (Barcelona, 1984), winner in…
Kaija Saariaho will be the guest of honour at the 40th edition of Musica, the Strasbourg festival for avant-garde music. The Musica Festival, the annual…
Today sees the release on all digital platforms of “Best Out of Three”, the first recording of a piece by the proto-minimalist Philip Glass. Initially…
Iceland’s Hildur Guðnadóttir premieres “The Fact of the Matter” at the BBC Proms. Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir presents The Fact of the Matter, the fifteen-minute…
Quartet Neuma performs this week in Menorca and Panticosa. The Spanish flute quartet Neuma is giving two live performances this week to present their album…
Danish composer Per Nørgård turns 90 today. The Danish composer Per Nørgård (Gentofte, 1932) turns ninety today, 13 July. He is considered one of the…
It is fifty years since the premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ opera “Taverner”. On 12 July 1972, Taverner, the most popular of the operas…
Pascal Dusapin premieres his tenth opera, “Il Viaggio, Dante” at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. The Aix-en-Provence International Festival of Lyric Art is one of the great…