Promoting Women Composers
Susanna Eastburn, Chief Executive of Sound and Music Today is International Women’s Day, which celebrates the ‘social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women’ whilst calling for action to…
Tarik O’Regan: A Celestial Map of the Sky
NMC D220 Hallé, Hallé Youth Choir, The Manchester Grammar School Choir, Jamie Phillips and Sir Mark Elder. It seems ridiculous that a disk that has no overt political agenda should, as the clock…
Living in Leuven…and March concert highlights
Leuven City Centre It is with some exhaustion that I have just updated the concert listings here on C:T. Another period of change sees me now living in Leuven, Belgium, having wended…
Rare Shostakovich Premiere
On 25th March at The Barbican is the chance to hear Shostakovich’s piano score New Babylon, which will accompany a screening of the film. This is the first performance of the…
Philip Sawyers Interview
Ashwood Photography London Christian Morris talks to Philip Sawyers, whose Symphony No. 3 will be premiered by the English Symphony Orchestra on 28th February at St John's Smith Square, London.…
John Adams Appointed as Visiting Professor of Composition
The Royal Academy of Music recently announced that John Adams will join their staff as a visiting Professor of Composition: John Adams, one of the world’s leading composers, has joined the Royal…
RS announces funding for 12 UK composers
The PRS has just announced the twelve UK composers who will receive funding ‘to enable them to realise projects and ambitions that may not be possible through traditional commissioning models.’…
Robert Matthew-Walker: A Bad Night in Los Angeles
Robert Matthew-Walker Robert Matthew-Walker is a fascinating figure. In the 60s he served in the army, including in North Africa, studied in Paris with Darius Milhaud and founded the Tunnel…
February Festivals, Concerts and Premieres
February night not be the best time of year for festivals, but there are two decent events this month. The first, in Paris, is Festival Présences‘ Kaija Saariaho, Un Portrait, which runs…
José Vicente Asuar (1933–2017)
Chilean composer José Vicente Asuar died on 11th January. He was 83. Asuar studied in his native Chile and subsequently in Germany, later taking charge of electronic studios in both…
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