The American composer Phill Niblock, one of the essential figures of drone and minimal music, dies at the age of ninety. The American composer Phill…
Composer John White, considered a pioneer of ambient and British minimal music, dies in London. British composer John White (Berlin, 5 April 1936 – London,…
Swedish composer Catherine Christer Hennix, a disciple of La Monte Young, passes away at her Istanbul home. Swedish composer and experimental artist Catherine Christer Hennix,…
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…
American double bassist Robert Black, founder and member of Bang on a Can-Allstars, has died of cancer. American double bassist Robert Black, a member of…
German free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann dies. The recent death of the German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann (Remscheid, 6 March 1941-Wuppertal, 22 June 2023) has caused…
Pianist and composer George Winston, one of the leading figures in New Age music, died on Sunday of cancer. The American pianist and composer George…
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho dies in Paris of glioblastoma of the brain. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (Helsinki, 1952-Paris, 2023) died Friday morning at her home…
American composer and minimalist guitarist Scott Johnson, author of “John Somebody”, dies in New York. The American composer Scott Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin, 1952-New York, 2023),…
Russian composer Edward Artemyev, author of soundtracks for some Tarkovsky’s films, dies. Today we have known of the death of the Russian composer Edward Nikolayevich…