Maya Beiser releases a solo cello version of “In C”
Cellist Maya Beiser releases on Islandia Music Records a version of Terry Riley’s “In C” for solo cello. In November 1964, at the San Francisco Tape Music Center, the world premiere (a pompous way of talking about what was, in reality, a concert given by a group of musician friends…
George Benjamin wins the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award
English composer George Benjamin wins the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Music and Opera category. The BBVA Foundation’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Music and Opera category has gone to the English composer George Benjamin (London, 1960). The prize was awarded for “modernising the language of opera”…
Xing releases “FasFari”, by Alessandro Bosetti
The Xing label releases “FasFari”, a sound archive album of a cappella vocals by Italian sound artist Alessandro Bosetti. The Italian composer and jazz saxophonist Alessandro Bosetti (Milan, 1973) is a musician and sound artist who for almost thirty years has been researching the relationship between word and sound (the…
Premiere by Joan Magrané at the Easter edition of the Peralada Festival
Joan Magrané premieres “Tenebrae Responsoria (Feria sexta in Parasceve)” at the second Easter edition of the Peralada Festival. The Spanish composer Joan Magrané (Reus, 1988) is taking part this year in the second Easter edition of the Peralada Festival, which runs from 28 to 30 March. The festival’s artistic director,…
Luis Tabuenca and Úrsula San Cristóbal, at Fabra i Coats
Last session of “Feedback” at Fabra i Coats, with a concert by percussionist Luis Tabuenca and videos by Úrsula San Cristóbal. This Wednesday, 27 March, at 19:00, the last of the seven sessions of the exhibition of avant-garde artistic projects Feedback will take place at Barcelona’s Fabra i Coats: Fábrica…
Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Rebecca Saunders
British composer Rebecca Saunders has been awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale. The Berlin-based British composer Rebecca Saunders (London, 1967) has been awarded the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice Biennale, the event’s organisers announced on Tuesday. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of La…
Christian Wolff turns 90 today
Christian Wolff turns ninety years old today and celebrates tomorrow with a concert and the world premiere of “What If”. Christian Wolff, the last living representative of the so-called New York School of composition, which included John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and David Tudor, among others, turns 90 today….
Nicholas Lens previews his fourth chamber opera
Belgian composer Nicholas Lens previews his fourth chamber opera, “Is this the Gate?”, with a libretto by Nobel Prize winner John Coetzee, at the Adelaide Festival. This Friday, 8 March, the Adelaide Festival in Australia will host the world premiere of a major concert version of Is this the Gate?,…
Refree presents “el espacio entre” live in Madrid
Raül Refree presents “el espacio entre” at the Teatros del Canal in Madrid. Spanish musician and composer Raül Fernández Miró (Barcelona, 1976) founded and led groups such as Romodance, Sitcom and Élena at the end of the 20th century, until 2002, when he started working as a solo artist with…
New piano solo album by Nils Frahm
Nils Frahm releases «Day», an album of six solo piano pieces. German composer and producer Nils Frahm released a new solo piano album entitled Day last Friday. The album was recorded in the summer of 2022 outside the Funkhaus, the studio he use to work in Berlin, and is the…
Last volume of Crumb’s complete discography is released.
Today Bridge Records releases the last volume, number 21, of the complete works of George Crumb, who died in 2022. Today, Friday 1 March, the New York-based label Bridge Records has released the 21st volume of the complete works of American composer George Crumb, who died in 2022 at the…
Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians”, at Barcelona’s Auditori
Frames Percussion and Synergy Vocals perform “Music for 18 Musicians”, Steve Reich’s most popular work, this Friday at L’Auditori. As part of the programme with which the Auditori de Barcelona is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, this Friday a concert will take place in Hall 2 “Oriol Martorell” that promises to…