Today marks the 60th anniversary of the famous destruction of a piano at the first Fluxus International New Music Festival in Wiesbaden. In September 1962, the quiet German spa town of Wiesbaden was shaken by the International Fluxus New Music Festival. For four weekends, the artists took over the Städtischen…

Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the Woodstock premiere of «4’33″», probably the best-known piece by American composer John Cage. Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the premiere of 4’33”, one of the fundamental works of John Cage‘s musical philosophy. It is a “silent” piece of music in three movements…

The winners of the German Opus Klassik awards, which recognise the best classical music albums, have been announced. The winners of the 2022 edition of the German Opus Klassik Awards, heir to the Echo Klassik Awards since 2018 and organised by the Verein zur Förderung der Klassischen Musik e.V. (Association…

New York’s Beach Sessions Dance Series is screening “Einstein on the Beach” this Friday at the Arverne Cinema in Rockaway Beach, outdoors and free of charge In 2015, arts and performance producer Sasha Okshteyn, a resident near New York’s Rockaway Beach, instituted Beach Sessions to support the presentation of dance…

The German composer Heiner Goebbels turns 70 and the ECM label pays tribute to him by releasing “A House of Call”, the work he premiered at Berlin’s Musikfest in 2021. This Wednesday, 17 August, the German composer Heiner Goebbels (Neustadt an der Weinstraße, 1952) turns seventy. To coincide with the…

The BBC Proms offered for the first time a concert dedicated exclusively to music composed for video games. This past Monday, 1 August, the BBC Proms held its first ever concert dedicated exclusively to music composed for video games at London’s Royal Albert Hall. As in the film industry, video…

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, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) in Paris opened an exhibition dedicated to Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), one of the most influential figures in 20th century…

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 career, the Canadian-American composer Rufus Wainwright (Rhinebeck, 1973) announced in 2008 his intention to gradually abandon the musical field in which he made his name…

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 2020 of the Spanish National Music Prize in the Composition category, will be the star of a concert at the Castell Peralada Festival this Wednesday….

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 meeting of avant-garde music in Strasbourg, is celebrating its 40th edition this year, from Thursday 15 September to 2 October. Created in 1983 on the…