60th anniversary of the first performance of “Vexations”.
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…
Nico Muhly releases his music for David Hockney
The Bedroom Community label releases the music Nico Muhly has composed for the immersive audiovisual exhibition on David Hockney, on view in London until December. Last January, The Lightroom, a new gallery designed especially for immersive art exhibitions, opened its doors in London, in the King’s Cross district, with an…
Lewis Coenen-Rowe premieres his 4th chamber opera
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, National Music Prize 2023
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…
Laura Cannell, in the Raveningham Sculpture Trail
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…
Philip Glass’ 20 “Études”, in London’s Peckham
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,…
Stuart MacRae releases “Earth, thy cold is keen”
Scottish composer Stuart MacRae releases a mostly vocal album for Australian mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean. Scottish composer Stuart MacRae (Inverness, 1976) is one of the most difficult composers of his generation to pigeonhole. His orchestral oeuvre includes symphonies and operas in many different styles, but his interest in choral music has…
Merce Cunningham’s “Beach Birds” at Rockaway Beach
Merce Cunningham’s “Beach Birds” will be performed on New York’s Rockaway Beach in a new edition of the Beach Sessions Dance Series. This year’s edition of the Beach Sessions Dance Series at New York’s Rockaway Beach will feature the choreography Beach Birds, which Merce Cunningham created in 1991 to the…
World premiere of “Penelope’s Dream”, by Pedro Halffter
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 at the BBC Proms
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…
Ondine releases “The Sound of Wings”, by Tõnu Kõrvits
The Finnish label Ondine releases “The Sound of Wings” by Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits, dedicated to the memory of Amelia Earhart. Composer Tõnu Kõrvits (Tallinn, 1969) is one of the emblematic figures of the post-Arvo Pärt generation of Estonian musicians. A member of the Estonian Composers’ Union since 1994 and…
Fabián Panisello premieres his 3rd opera in Bregenz
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…