Dustin O’Halloran presents his first album for Deutsche Grammophon, “Silfur”, at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid and the Sala Apolo in Barcelona. Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional and Barcelona’s Sala Apolo will host Dustin O’Halloran today and tomorrow, respectively. The American musician, 50% of the duo A Winged Victory For The Sullen,…

The New York Philharmonic and Synergy Vocals premiere at Lincoln Center a new work by Steve Reich, “Jacob’s Ladder”, for large ensemble and voices. Tomorrow, Thursday, the world premiere of a new work by composer Steve Reich for ensemble and voices will take place in New York. Entitled Jacob’s Ladder,…

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first live performance of Erik Satie’s “Vexations”, organised by John Cage. On 9 September 1963, Vexations was performed live for the first time as its author, Erik Satie, had conceived it. This means 840 times… That is, at least, what Satie wrote in…

British composer Lewis Coenen-Rowe premieres in Glasgow his fourth chamber opera, “Stumped”. Stumped means “baffled”, “at a loss”, “bewildered”, “mystified”, “floored”, etc. but “stump” is also the lower end of a tree trunk left standing after the upper part falls or is cut off. With this pun, the young British…

Eduardo Soutullo García is awarded the National Music Prize 2023 in the composition category. The composer Eduardo Soutullo García (Vigo, 1968) has won the National Music Prize 2023, in the composition category, awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport, with a cash prize of 30,000 euros. The jury highlighted…

The English composer Laura Cannell participates in the Raveningham Sculpture Trail with two different pieces. The Raveningham Sculpture Trail is an exhibition of contemporary sculpture that takes place annually in the summer in the grounds of Castell Farm, a Tudor-style farmhouse at the Raveningham Centre in Norfolk, on the border…

Pianists Maki Namekawa and James McVinnie perform Philip Glass’s 20 “Études for Solo Piano” at the Bold Tendencies in London. Since 2007, Bold Tendencies, a non-profit arts organisation, has been offering different artistic activities in a disused car park in the London borough of Peckham (7th-10th Floors Multi-Storey Car Park,…

The world premiere of “Penelope’s Dream”, a chamber opera by Pedro Halffter, will close tomorrow the seventh edition of the Festival Música en Villafranca. The world premiere of Penelope’s Dream by the composer Pedro Halffter (Madrid, 1971), a chamber opera for soprano and two pianos, will close tomorrow, Saturday 26…

The Manchester Collective stars in Saturday’s 46th BBC Proms programme with works by Steve Reich, David Lang, Hannah Peel, Ben Nobuto and Oliver Leith. This Saturday’s 46th BBC Proms programme at 22:15 at the Royal Albert Hall is one of the most interesting, in terms of current music, of the…

The Argentinian composer Fabián Panisello premieres his third opera “Die Judith von Shimoda” tomorrow at the Bregenz Festival. This coming Thursday, 17 August, the opera festival of the Austrian city of Bregenz will offer the world premiere of Die Judith von Shimoda, the third opera by the Argentinian composer and…

Brooklyn’s Roulette Room hosts two concerts featuring John Zorn on the occasion of his 70th birthday. September 2nd marks the 70th birthday of New York composer and saxophonist John Zorn. In anticipation of the event, Brooklyn’s Roulette Hall began programming a series of concerts featuring Zorn on 26 March to…

British composer Gavin Bryars premieres the string sextet “The Bridges of Könisberg” this Saturday. British composer Gavin Bryars celebrated his eightieth birthday on 16 January. Immersed in a series of concerts to celebrate such a milestone birthday, this Saturday, 12 August, he will give the world premiere of a new…