Candidates for the Goya for Best Original Score. The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this morning the nominations for the best Spanish films of 2021. The thirty-sixth edition of the Goya Awards will take place on 12 February 2022 at an awards ceremony to be held…

Premiere of “Sleepless”, a new opera by Eötvös. Sleepless, the new opera by Peter Eötvos, premieres today at the Berlin State Opera. Recently awarded the Frontiers of Knowledge Prize by the BBVA Foundation, the Hungarian composer has made opera and musical theatre his star genre. On this occasion, Sleepless is…

Gerhard, Magrané and García Tomás, in London. On 1 December, the London Sinfonietta will give a concert entitled A Catalan Celebration at the Queen Elizabeth Auditorium of London’s Southbank Centre. The show will open and close with two pieces by Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970), Libra and Leo, of which the London…

Gustavo Gimeno conducts Bryce Dessner. The Spanish conductor Gustavo Gimeno (Valencia, 1976) conducts tonight in the city of Cleveland the Concerto for two pianos by the American composer Bryce Dessner. The concert will take place at the Mandel Concert Hall in the city on the shores of Lake Erie, and will…

The music programme of the Bang! kicks off. Leuven is the city where the Belgian priest, mathematician, astronomer and physics professor Georges Lemaître launched his theory of the Big Bang, the “primeval atom” and the expanding universe in 1931 in his class at the University of Leuven. This is what…

Andueza & Neopercusión, in Música en Segura. Música en Segura is one of the most amazing music festivals held annually in Spain. It is held in Segura de la Sierra, a small town of just 140 inhabitants located in the heart of the Natural Park of Cazorla, Segura and Las…

World premiere by Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Tonight sees the world premiere of Scenes from the Wild, a song cycle for tenor and chamber orchestra composed by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, with texts based on Dara McAnulty’s UK best-selling book Diary of a Young Naturalist, released last year and adapted into song by librettist…

Grammy for Best Choral Performance. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) yesterday announced the nominees for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Monday 31 January 2022. In the Best Choral Performance category, the award goes to the orchestral conductor, choral conductor and choir….

Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) yesterday announced the nominees for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Monday 31 January 2022. In the category of Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance, the award is for new…

Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) yesterday announced the nominees for the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Monday 31 January 2022. In the Best Orchestral Performance category, the award goes to the conductor (and the orchestra) and there…

Grammy Awards nominees for Opera. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) yesterday announced the nominees for the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Monday 31 January 2022. In the Best Opera Recording category, the award goes to the director, record producer and lead singers….

Grammy nominees for Contemporary Classical. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) yesterday announced the nominees for the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Monday 31 January 2022. In the category of Best Contemporary Classical Composition, the award goes to the composer and pieces composed…