Concert by Boost Percussion at Madrid’s MAN
The Boost Percussion Group performs works by Paul Lansky, Andys Skordis and John Cage at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional of Madrid. Tomorrow Saturday at 12:30, the Museo Arquelógico Nacional offers, as part of the MusaE project of the Ministry of Culture and Sport and Acción Cultural Española -which offers a…
Tania León, 19th SGAE’s Tomás Luis de Victoria Prize
Cuban-American composer Tania León receives the 19th Tomás Luis de Victoria de Música Iberoamericana Prize awarded by the SGAE. The Cuban-American composer Tania León (1943, Havana) has won the 19th edition of the Tomás Luis de Victoria Prize for Ibero-American Music, awarded by the SGAE Foundation. With numerous international awards…
“Contemporánea”, a podcast on avant-garde music
The Juan March Foundation launches “Contemporánea”, a podcast of music from the last 75 years, promoted and presented by Bruno Galindo. The music journalist Bruno Galindo is the promoter, scriptwriter and presenter of Contemporánea, a podcast offered by the Fundación Juan March that brings together the names, stories and places…
Concert by Attacca Quartet at Madrid’s CentroCentro
The American string Attacca Quartet performs pieces by Glass, Adams and Caroline Shaw at Madrid’s CentroCentro. The 2023 season of the Ausencias concert series held monthly in Madrid, in the CentroCentro municipal auditorium, ends this evening at 19:30, with a true golden finale: a concert by the American string Attacca…
New tour of Spain by Federico Albanese
Malaga, Madrid and Santiago de Compostela, stops in Spain on the tour to present “Days of Passage”, the new album by Federico Albanese. The Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Federico Albanese (Milan, 1982) was in Spain a year ago to present live his fifth album, Before and Now Seems Infinite. Thirteen…
The bagpiper Erwan Keravec, at Madrid’s CentroCentro
The sixth edition of Vang concludes this evening at Madrid’s CentroCentro, with the concert “Goebbels, Glass, Radigue”, by the bagpiper Erwan Keravec. The last concert of the sixth season of the programme Vang. Músicas en vanguardia – which has been curated by Sergio Luque and Victor Barceló – will feature…
The Ivor Classical Awards were presented last night
John Rutter is awarded the Academy Fellowship, the most important of the Ivor Classical Awards. The winners of the 2023 Ivor Classical Music Awards, commonly known as the Ivors and named after Ivor Novello (Cardiff, 1893-London, 1951), one of the most popular British singers and composers of the first half…
These are the Grammy nominees for Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Robert Black, Andy Akiho, Yuja Wang, Curtis Stewart and Seth Parker Woods, Grammy nominees for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has announced the nominees for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at the Staples…
These are the Grammy nominees for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Thomas Adès, Ankdy Akiho, William Brittelle, Missy Mazzoli and Jessie Montgomery are nominated for the Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has announced the nominees for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at…
25th anniversary of Gérard Grisey’s passing
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of the French spectralist composer Gérard Grisey. This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the French composer Gérard Grisey (Belfort, 16 June 1946 – Paris, 11 November 1998), who died of a brain aneurysm. When his last work, Quatre Chants Pour Franchir…
Raskatov’s “Animal Farm” honoured at International Opera Awards
Alexander Raskatov’s “Animal Farm” has won in the World Premiere category at the International Opera Awards in Warsaw last night. Animal Farm, George Orwell’s celebrated novel, turned into an opera by the Dutch National Opera, has won in the World Premiere category at the International Opera Awards gala held last…
Meredith Monk exhibition in Amsterdam
Tomorrow, Saturday, the exhibition “Meredith Monk: Calling” opens in Amsterdam with a concert at the Oude Kerk. The Oude Kerk – the “old church”, the oldest building in Amsterdam, consecrated in 1306 – and the Hartwig Art Foundation will open tomorrow, Saturday, Meredith Monk: Calling, the first retrospective exhibition in…