Thirtieth anniversary of Olivier Messiaen’s death
Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the death of French composer Olivier Messiaen. Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Olivier Messiaen (Avignon, 10 December 1908-Paris, 27 April 1992). He was one of the most important, influential and personal French composers of the 20th century, in whose work…
“Chillar todo el día”, by Proyecto OCNOS, at Vang
Proyecto OCNOS presents at CentroCentro its experimental opera “Chillar todo el día”. The third programme of the current concert season Vang. Músicas en vanguardia, held at Madrid’s CentroCentro, will tomorrow Thursday feature the Sevillian group Proyecto OCNOS, who present their experimental opera Chillar todo el día (Squealing all day long)…
Italian composer Olivia Belli performs in Spain
Italian pianist/composer Olivia Belli performs “Sol Novo” live in Barcelona and Madrid. The Italian Olivia Belli had accumulated several albums of minimalist piano repertoire (interpreting Philip Glass, Max Richter, Erik Satie or Ludovico Einaudi, as well as Mythical Dances, the four-hand piano album, with music by Stravinsky and George Crumb,…
The ENO revives “The Handmaid’s Tale” opera
The ENO premieres a new production of Danish Poul Ruders’ opera “The Handmaid’s Tale”. Speaking to The New York Times, Miskimmon said she chose The Handmaid’s Tale for her English National Opera debut because the institution was founded with the idea of creating “opera for everyone” and the Margaret Atwood…
Oliver Leith: an opera based on Kurt Cobain
Oliver Leith will premiere “Last Days”, an opera about Kurt Cobain’s death, at the ROH next fall. London’s Royal Opera House has announced the premiere this autumn of Last Days, an opera composed by Oliver Leith – composer-in-residence at the London institution and winner of a 2020 Ivors Award –…
Best Contemporary Composition: “Narrow Sea”
“Narrow Sea” by Caroline Shaw, Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Narrow Sea, by American composer Caroline Shaw, has won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards held last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The prize is given to…
“Akhnaten”, Grammy for Best Opera Recording
Philip Glass, who had been nominated four times, wins his first Grammy with “Akhnaten”. American composer Philip Glass has won the Grammy for Best Opera Recording for Akhnaten. Originally premiered on 24 March 1984 at the Stuttgart State Theatre, the award-winning recording was performed live at the Metropolitan Opera House…
American tour of Spanish composer A. Castilla-Ávila
The composer Agustín Castilla-Ávila and the painter Isabella Heigl, on their American tour. The Spanish composer Agustín Castilla-Ávila (Jerez de la Frontera, 1974) is touring the United States and Mexico for several weeks now, presenting live the pictorial-musical performance Neverendingartist, which consists of a painting improvisation session – by the…
Georges Lentz opens the Cobar Sound Chapel
Luxemburg composer Georges Lentz opens his Sound Chapel in the Australian town of Cobar. In a few hours, at 8:00 in the morning in mainland Spain, 17:00 in Melbourne time zone, some six hundred kilometres further north, the Cobar Sound Chapel will be inaugurated in the interior of that reddish…
World premiere of Philip Glass’ “Symphony No. 13”
The National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada premieres Philip Glass’ “Symphony No. 13”. Last night, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, conducted by Alexander Shelley, gave the world premiere of Philip Glass‘s Symphony No. 13 at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. It was commissioned by the orchestra from the composer,…
World premiere of Joan Valent’s “Simplicity”
Tonight, the world premiere of Joan Valent’s “Simplicity” will take place in Mallorca. The Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears (Symphony Orchestra of the Balearic Islands) is offering a solidarity concert tonight at Palma’s Teatre Principal, starting at 8:00 pm, in aid of refugees from Ukraine, which will begin with…
Freya Waley-Cohen’s opera “WITCH”, premieres
Composer Freya Waley-Cohen premieres her opera “WITCH” at the Royal Academy of Music. Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music in London as part of the programme of activities for its 200th anniversary, the British-American composer Freya Waley-Cohen (London, 1989) premiered her opera WITCH this week in the Susie Sainsbury…