John Rutter is awarded the Academy Fellowship, the most important of the Ivor Classical Awards. The winners of the 2023 Ivor Classical Music Awards, commonly…
Robert Black, Andy Akiho, Yuja Wang, Curtis Stewart and Seth Parker Woods, Grammy nominees for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. The National Academy of Recording Arts…
Thomas Adès, Ankdy Akiho, William Brittelle, Missy Mazzoli and Jessie Montgomery are nominated for the Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. The National Academy of…
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of the French spectralist composer Gérard Grisey. This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the French composer…
Alexander Raskatov’s “Animal Farm” has won in the World Premiere category at the International Opera Awards in Warsaw last night. Animal Farm, George Orwell’s celebrated…
Tomorrow, Saturday, the exhibition “Meredith Monk: Calling” opens in Amsterdam with a concert at the Oude Kerk. The Oude Kerk – the “old church”, the…
Dustin O’Halloran presents his first album for Deutsche Grammophon, “Silfur”, at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid and the Sala Apolo in Barcelona. Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional…
The New York Philharmonic and Synergy Vocals premiere at Lincoln Center a new work by Steve Reich, “Jacob’s Ladder”, for large ensemble and voices. Tomorrow,…
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first live performance of Erik Satie’s “Vexations”, organised by John Cage. On 9 September 1963, Vexations was performed…
British composer Lewis Coenen-Rowe premieres in Glasgow his fourth chamber opera, “Stumped”. Stumped means “baffled”, “at a loss”, “bewildered”, “mystified”, “floored”, etc. but “stump” is…