On 9th November the Paul Hamlyn Foundation announced their Awards for Artists list for 2017. The Award, which provides ‘individuals with financial assistance at a timely moment in their careers’, has been…
Czech-American composer Ladislav Kubík died on 27th October. He was 71. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Ladislav Kubík studied at the Prague Academy of Music. He established a significant career in Europe—with…
French composer and conductor Jean-Jacques Werner died on 22nd October aged 82. A native of Strasbourg, in his youth he studied the harp, horn and conducting before completing his higher…
The British Academy of Songwriter, Composers and Authors (BASCA) has announced its nominees for its 2017 composer awards, which will be presented in London on 6th December. 2017 British Composer…
Hyperion have just released a recording of James McCarthy’s cantata Codebreaker, which tell the story of Alan Turing’s life through three key moments: when he fell in love as a boy, during the…
The fortieth Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival (17th November—26th), features 31 world premieres and 103 UK premieres across 33 events. One of the first works featured will be rock guitarist Lou Reed’s Metal Machine…
Sound and Music has announced its 2017/18 ‘Adopt a Composer’ pairings. These are: Anna Appleby with Merchant Sinfonia Max Charles Davies with Côr Crymych a'r Cylch Esmeralda Conde Ruiz with The Fretful Federation Mandolin…
The European Youth Orchestra has been driven from London as a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU. It will now be based in Rome and in the…
Swiss composer Klaus Huber died in Perugia, Italy on October 2nd. He was 92. Born in 1924, Huber attended the Zürich Conservatory, studying the violin with Stefi Geyer and composition…
I can imagine that the story of Richard White has warmed the heart of many a middle-aged (and older) composer. White has just had his 900-page opera selected for a workshop…