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A face on the new Turkish currency Mavi Boncuk Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri (1640? - 1711) was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Many things known about him today are subject to dispute. His real name was Mustafa, and he was sometimes referred to as Buhurizade Mustafa Efendi. Itri was a major exponent of Turkish classical music, much in the same...
For 10 days in October, the University will become one of the centers of the classical music universe, as some of the world's leading musicians and scholars converge on Hyde Park to honor a composer who is a giant in 20th-century music, yet unfamiliar to some: Oliv ...
4: Don't write for the Arditti Quartet Let me make this clear right from the off: I've got no beef with the Arditti Quartet . They're an astonishing ensemble, who've brought some extraordinary music to life, and they and their contribution to so-called contemporary classical music (SCCCM) can't really be over-estimated. They reach heights of virtuosity that few if any other groups can, and when Stockhausen...
Relax everyone. Close down the music blogs, grab back that money from Alex and cancel those new music commissions. The BBC has saved classical music and the Telegraph has the scoop - 'BBC's Maestro sends Beethoven sales soaring ... Symphony No 5 in C minor was first performed by the composer in 1808 but 200 years on it has been revived for a modern audience after rapper Goldie and comedian Sue Perkins...
Composers have been marrying elements of jazz and classical music for a century with drastically uneven results. The aesthetic bliss promised by the union is too seductive for many composers to ignore, but the challenge is daunting. So if you're Wynton Marsalis, you seek advice from a master.
German-Argentine contemporary classical music composer Mauricio Kagel has died in Cologne, at the age of 76. He is best remembered as a leading figure of the city's Electronic Music Studio.
Cologne, Germany - Mauricio Kagel, an Argentinian-born composer, died early Thursday in Cologne, Germany at the age of 76. Kagel's 200 works of contemporary classical music dispensed with harmony and singable melodies and were aimed at high-brows, wh...
The Morris + King Company 101 Fifth Avenue, 212-561-7450 Flat Iron / Gramercy September 24 - December 9, 2008 Opening: Tuesday, September 23, 6 - 8PM Web Site Acclaimed artist Chuck Close and contemporary artist Devorah Sperber pay homage to legendary classical music composer Philip Glass in the inaugural multimedia exhibition of (Le) Poisson Rouge, the highly anticipated arts cabaret founded by musicians...
Chopiniana 2008 is a major classical music festival organized by the Fundación Chopiniana de Buenos Aires to recognize the works of that famous composer, Frederic Chopin. Chopin, born in Poland, composed in the 19th century is known throughout the world as a famous Romantic. He wrote pieces primarily for the piano, and the piano will [...]
Big News Network.com Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang founded the experimental classical music festival "Bang on a Can" or "Banglewood" over two decades ago with two college friends. Now, every summer, 35 young … Read the full article here
/India PRwire/ - Tabla Maestro Taufiq Qureshi and Drumming wizard Ranjit Barot come together at Blue Frog on 15th of August to celebrate India’s 61st Independence Day through an Indian Classical Music Fusion concert. Taufiq Qureshi, an ace percussionist of India, is also an acclaimed composer. Being the son and disciple of the legendary tabla maestro Ustad Allarakha; Taufiq’s performances showcase...
Phoenix classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has his final post on the program of his poems set to music out in Lenox, which, as he notes, is "the first time the Tanglewood Music Center's young fellowship composers ever got to...
From time to time I’m reminded of the day I fell in love with (so-called) classical music. Before that day I was a curious bystander. The music was Shostakovich’s 5th, a symphony said to have been written to bring the composer back into the good graces, to put it more summarily than the situation deserves, of Stalin, which it did. That idea made me uneasy. I bought a ticket to the NY Phil at the last...
It is good to see Chicago's Latino composers coming into their own. On Friday night, the Grant Park Music Festival kicked off the third annual Latino Music Festival, a 16-concert celebration that will span six centuries of Latin-American classical music, performed by local and visiting artists at various venues through Nov. 24....
LOS ANGELES — With a mixture of rock, trance, ambient and classical music, composer Scott G (recording artist The G-Man) creates a near-psychedelic journey on “Burning Man Soundscapes.” The 14 instrumental tracks are all influenced by the Burning Man social experiment held annually on the Playa in the Nevada desert. Song titles like “Serpent in [...]
