Dutch lutenist Jozef van Wissem premieres in Warsaw the score he’s composed for Fritz Lang’s silent film “Destiny”. Tomorrow, Wednesday, a live premiere of the score composed by Dutch lutenist Jozef van Wissem for Fritz Lang’s silent film Destiny (Der müde Tod,in German, is its original title), originally released in…

UNESCO celebrates the International Day of the Victims of the Holocaust with Jorge Grundman’s piece “Shoah”. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has chosen the work Shoah for Solo Violin and Sacred Temple Op.87, by the Madrid composer Jorge Grundman, for the events celebrating the International Day…

The famous Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts today in Paris his “Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra”. A few years ago, organists Iveta Apkalna and Olivier Latry separately approached the famous Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen to write an organ concerto for them. It was no mistake: Salonen began…

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Dutch minimalist composer Simeon ten Holt. Exactly 100 years ago today, the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt (Bergen, 24 January 1923 – Alkmaar, 25 November 2012) was born. He is perhaps the most popular Dutch composer, ahead of even Louis…

On Saturday January 21st MoDo Kollective performs at the EKO space in Carabanchel-Madrid with its multidisciplinary free improvisation project (music, image, dance, performance). MoDo Kollectiv is a space for collective experimentation where the aim is to develop a common language halfway between happening and action art. The multidisciplinary nature of…

Today is also the eightieth birthday of the English composer Bryan Ferneyhough, the leading figure of the “new complexity”. In addition to Gavin Bryars’ birthday, today also marks the eightieth birthday of the English composer Bryan Ferneyhough (Coventry, 1943), although their paths have taken completely different musical directions, to the…

English composer Gavin Bryars turns 80 today. The English composer Gavin Bryars (Goole, 1943) celebrates his eightieth birthday today. Although he took his first steps as a musician as a jazz double bass player, Bryars became one of the leading exponents of the minimalist musical movement in the UK. Among…

The French magazine Diapason awards the “Golden Diapason of the Year” for contemporary music to Eric Tanguy’s “In a Dream”. 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…

The Spanish composer José María Sánchez-Verdú enters the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Yesterday Monday 19 December, the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando appointed the Spanish composer José María Sánchez-Verdú (Algeciras, 1968) as a full member of the Music section of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts…

World premieres by Spanish composers Joan Valent and Alejandro Pelayo. The Spanish composers Joan Valent and Alejandro Pelayo will premiere their most recent compositions live tonight. Valent’s Concerto de Tramuntana, for guitar and orchestra, will be performed at 8:00 pm in the Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca by the Orquesta…