ICMA Awards
ICMA Awards finalists announced. The finalists for the 2022 edition of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), which have replaced the MIDEM Classical Awards since 2011 and are awarded by a jury composed of representatives of the magazines and/or radio stations Andante (Turkey), Crescendo (Belgium), Das Orchester and MDR Klassik…
Juan March Foundation
Miguel Ángel Marín: “MarchVivo will be a reflection of the best of our heritage”. Three record releases a year. This is the objective that the Fundación Juan March has set itself with MarchVivo, the classical music label that began its journey last October with the simultaneous release of its first…
Neopercusión
Partial premiere of Stockhausen’s “LICHT”. LICHT, die sieben Tage der Woche [LIGHT, the seven days of the week] is probably the most ambitious operatic project of the 20th century, ahead of the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down, the (unfinished) twenty-four-hour project created by stage…
Wim Mertens
Performance by Wim Mertens Trio in Guecho. Interspersed between performances in the Netherlands and his native Belgium, the composer, pianist and singer Wim Mertens arrives this Sunday, 12 December, in the Biscayan town of Guecho to perform at 19:00 at the Muxikebarri in trio format, accompanied by the Belgian violinist Jolente De Maeyer…
The Ivors Composer Awards
The Ivors Composer Awards 2021 announced. The Ivors Academy has revealed the winners of 10 Ivor Novello Awards, celebrating music by composers writing for classical, jazz and sound art. The winners were announced during a ceremony hosted by BBC Radio 3‘s Tom Service and Sara Mohr–Pietsch at the British Museum. Recognised as a pinnacle of achievement since…
Ikue Mori
3 different concerts by Ikue Mori at The Stone. The Stone, the space created in 2005 by John Zorn in New York’s Greenwich Village – and which since 2018 has been located in Arnhold Hall at The New School University – to showcase the most advanced musical experimentation, will have…
Lyra Pramuk
Lyra Pramuk performs at MoMA’s PS1. Lyra Pramuk‘s Fountain was one of the great albums of 2020. Recorded with her own voice as the only instrument, the electronic treatments applied to it in the studio ended up creating a sophisticated piece that could be defined as “an orchestra of herself”. This…
Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen
World premiere of the orchestral version of Agerfeldt Olesen’s “Weihnachtsortorium”. Weihnachtsortorium [Christmas Oratorio] is one of Danish composer and cellist Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen‘s most celebrated works. Premiered in 2017, it was nominated the following year in the music nomination of the prestigious awards given by the Nordic Council. This Thursday…
Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth wins the Grawemeyer Award. Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth has won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 2022, awarded by the University of Louisville, for her opera Orlando, premiered on 8 December 2019 at the Vienna State Opera. The opera spans a wide range of musical styles, from…
Harry Bertoia
Bertoia’s sound sculptures, for auction. This coming Tuesday, at 17:00 EST, the well-known Sotheby’s auction house will bring out a selection of sound sculptures from Harry Bertoia’s legendary Sonambient Barn collection. These are the most iconic pieces, the ones that the artist kept for himself for their exceptional tonal and…
Diapason d’or de l’Anne
The “Diapason d’or de l’Anne”, announced. The French magazine Diapason has announced the winners of its Diapasons d’Or de l’Année, one of the most prestigious awards in the international classical music world. Among the fifteen albums released this year that have deserved its highest award two recordings of 20th century…