World premiere by Gabriela Lena Frank. The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus celebrate the end of 2021 and the arrival of 2022 with concerts (31 December and 2 January) featuring Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and the world premiere of Pachamama Meets an Ode by American composer Gabriela Lena Frank (Berkeley, 1972),…

Teresa Catalán, Gold Medal of Fine Arts. The Spanish composer Teresa Catalán (Pamplona, 1951) is one of the 31 personalities distinguished by the Spanish Government with the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts 2021. With a PhD in Philosophy of Art and winner of the 2017 National Music Prize,…

The Elbe Philharmonic is five years old. Five years ago, on 11 January 2017, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall, probably the most spectacular new cultural building of the new millennium, was inaugurated. This coming 9 January, a week of celebrations will begin with two new performances (9 and 10 January) of…

Cecilia McDowall, composer of the Nine Lessons and Carols festival’s new carol. One of the most deeply rooted Christmas traditions in England is the festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which has been held annually since 1918 on Christmas Eve at 3 p.m. British time in the chapel of King’s…

Oscar nominees for Best OST announced. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences yesterday announced the shortlists in ten categories for the 94th Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday 27 March 2022 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. In the Best Music category (for an original…

World premiere of Ramón Paus, by the ORCAM. The Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid (ORCAM) presents tomorrow Thursday, at the Auditorio Nacional‘s Symphonic Hall, a programme designed by the ORCAM’s chief conductor, the Polish Marzena Diakun, which includes the Christmas Oratorio Op. 12 by Camille Saint-Saëns –…

Phill Niblock’s “Winter Solstice Concert”, online. The American minimalist composer (and filmmaker) Phill Niblock, one of the leading figures in drone music, is giving his annual winter solstice concert tonight at 00:00 on Wednesday in mainland Spain (18:00 EST). During the longest night of the year and as our planet’s…

Sofiane Pamart will open Madrid Piano Days. The French pianist Sofiane Pamart is the first name that has been made public of those who will take part in the Madrid Piano Days festival. The festival will be born in 2022 to coincide with the celebration of World Piano Day, a…

M. Fairouz estrena en Dubái su ópera «Al Wasl». Hoy jueves se ha estrenado en la Expo 2020 de Dubái la ópera Al Wasl, un encargo de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos al compositor estadounidense de origen emiratí Mohammed Fairouz (Nueva York, 1985). Al Wasl ha sido coproducido por la Ópera de…

Spanish composer Germán Alonso, one of the winners of the 6th International Composition Competition “Neue Szenen”. Spanish composer Germán Alonso (Madrid, 1984) is among the three winners of the 6th International Composition Competition Neue Szenen (New Scenes) organised by the Deutsche Oper Berlin in collaboration with the Hanns Eisler University…

VANG offers a monograph on Peter Ablinger. VANG, the monthly cycle of CentroCentro Cibeles (Madrid) curated by Alberto Bernal and Anna Margules, which explores new sound discourses, offers this Thursday the last concert of 2021, dedicated monographically to Peter Ablinger (Schwanenstadt, 1959), one of the most important Austrian composers of…

RARAS MÚSICAS. SESIÓN 109. The collective Raras Músicas presents in Madrid the hundred and nineth session of free improvisation. Raras Músicas is a space of interaction for musicians and artists interested in live sound improvisation. With nearly a decade of activity, it is an unavoidable reference for live art and…