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Classical (02/07/2021)
Composer Louis Andriessen Dies At 82
Composer Louis Andriessen died today at De Hogeweyk, a care home in Weesp, North Holland, at the age of 82. Andriessen was once described by the Guardian as "not only the leading Dutch composer of our time, but one of the most important figures in European music in the last half century, whose influence ...

Classical (01/07/2021)
Caroline Shaw, So Percussion Perform "To The Sky" Live
Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion have released a video of "To the Sky," a track from their new album, Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part, performed live. "'To the Sky' quietly awakens with gentle humming and a softly rumbling marimba," writes NPR Music's Tom Huizenga, featuring the song on NPR's #NowPlaying ...

Classical (30/06/2021)
Sarah Kirkland Snider Releases "Gloria" Video From 'Mass For The Endangered'
Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider has shared a video for "Gloria" from her album Mass for the Endangered, released to critical acclaim on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records in 2020. The video by CandyStations, aka Deborah Johnson, which I Care If You Listen called "stunning," can be seen on Top40-Charts.com, ...

Classical (29/06/2021)
Pianist-Composer Frederic Rzewski Dies At 83
Composer and pianist Frederic Rzewski has died at the age of 83. Rzewski, whom the Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed once called "the greatest pianist-composer of our time," died at his summer home in Montiano, Italy, on Saturday. Emerging in the 1960s with the improv collective Music Elettronica ...

Classical (26/06/2021)
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho Return To Chopin
For his sixth and latest Deutsche Grammophon album, pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to the music of Frédéric Chopin with Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 · Scherzi. The album is set for international release on 27 August 2021 and features these best-loved works in interpretations characterized by thoughtful ...

Classical (25/06/2021)
A Fun Fourth Of July With Fireworks And Live Rock: "Almost Elton John" With Pacific Symphony At Irvine's Fivepoint Amphitheatre, July 4
As the nation celebrates its independence, live music returns to the great outdoors when Pacific Symphony kicks off the OC summer concert season at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. The Fourth of July Spectacular features an Elton John Tribute starring multi-award-winning, multi-talented singer/actor/pianist ...

Classical (25/06/2021)
Tom Borrow Named A BBC New Generation Artist
Tom Borrow, the fast-rising Israeli pianist, has this week been named to the BBC New Generation Artists scheme (BBC NGA). One of the most prestigious such schemes in the world, the BBC NGA selects a handful of prodigious young international talents every two years. The NGAs are then offered a wide range ...

Classical (25/06/2021)
Jeremy Denk Releases 'Mozart Piano Concertos,' Recorded With The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra On September 17, 2021
Jeremy Denk's Mozart Piano Concertos will be released September 17, 2021, on Nonesuch Records. Denk is joined by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for two Mozart concertos - No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 and No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 - bookending the composer's solo Rondo in A minor, K. 511. The second movement ...

Classical (24/06/2021)
Erland Cooper Announces New Album "Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence"
Today, in Scotland, composer Erland Cooper signs with contemporary, electronic and classical label Mercury KX and shares details of his ground-breaking new project: the planting of his new album Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence in Orkney, the stunning island location where he grew up. ...

Classical (22/06/2021)
Bargemusic Presents Beth Levin, July 3, 2021
Bargemusic presents an evening recital with Brooklyn-based virtuoso pianist Beth Levin on Saturday, July 3rd at 6pm. Levin is celebrated as a bold interpreter of challenging works, from the Romantic canon to leading modernist composers. On the Eclectic Series, this program will feature Mozart's ...

Classical (21/06/2021)
Max Richter Presents New, All-Orchestral Album, Exiles On August 6, 2021
The prolific and pioneering Max Richter is set to premiere the 33-minute Exiles, alongside expansive re-imaginings of tracks from Virginia Woolf-inspired ballet, Fendi fashion runways, Hollywood blockbusters, Golden Globe-winning documentaries, and a record loved by David Bowie. Exiles began in hope ...

Classical (21/06/2021)
Baritone Gihoon Kim From Republic Of Korea Crowned BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World 2021
Baritone Gihoon Kim, from Republic of Korea, has been named BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021. The announcement was made during the broadcast of the competition's Main Prize Final as live on BBC Four and BBC Radio 3 at 7.30pm on 19 June. Gihoon Kim, 29, rose to win the ultimate prize against ...

Classical (15/06/2021)
Brad Mehldau's 'Variations On A Melancholy Theme,' With Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Brad Mehldau's Variations on a Melancholy Theme is out now on Nonesuch Records, avaialble everywhere here. The recording features the pianist/composer and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, which commissioned this orchestral version of the work, which comprises a theme and eleven variations plus a cadenza and ...

Classical (14/06/2021)
Mizzou International Composers Festival To Return July 26-31 With Nine World Premieres And More
After a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic forced last-minute changes in programming, the Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) is back in 2021 in a more familiar form. Presented Monday, July 26 through Saturday, July 31 by the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) and the University of Missouri ...

Classical (14/06/2021)
Dustin O'Halloran's Latest Album "Silfur," Out Now
Academy Award-nominated composer and pianist Dustin O'Halloran presents his Deutsche Grammophon debut album Silfur - out today on CD, vinyl and digital formats. Also released today as a single is his new work "Constellation No. 2" for piano, cello and electronics, co-written by Gyða Valtýsdóttir. ...

Classical (11/06/2021)
Andrea Bocelli Announced To Perform At UEFA Euro 2020 Opening Ceremony Today At The Olympic Stadium In Rome
World-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will sing at the UEFA Euro 2020 Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Rome today (June 11). A lifelong football fan, Bocelli will be the only musical artist to perform as part of the spectacular event to kick off the European Football Championship. ...

Classical (11/06/2021)
Neo-Classical Pianist BLKBOK Set To Release Powerful Debut Album "Black Book," On June 18, 2021
BLKBOK to Perform at the Juneteenth Foundation's Freedom Festival June 17-19 in Washington D.C. This year has brought an array of musical talent to the forefront, but none as uniquely gifted as BLKBOK, a neo-classical piano prodigy from Detroit who uses his dexterous arrangements and melodic scores ...

Classical (08/06/2021)
Chris Thile Talks 'Laysongs' With WNYC's 'All Of It With Alison Stewart'
Chris Thile was a guest on WNYC's All of It with Alison Stewart on Friday, the release day for his new solo album, Laysongs. He shared some songs from the album and the stories behind them for an All of It Listening Party. You can hear their conversation below. Laysongs is Thile's first truly solo ...

Classical (08/06/2021)
Hakon Skogstad Merges Tango And Classical In His Incredible New Album 'Visions Of Tango'
Norwegian piano composer and performer Håkon Skogstad is making music his way. Classically trained and currently pursuing a PhD in classical performance, he is using Argentinean influences to create beautiful musical fusion and his own sound. This is fully realised on 'Visions of Tango', an 11-track ...

Classical (08/06/2021)
15th International Piano Competition Concours Geza Anda: Prize Winners Announced
The 15th International Piano Competition Concours Géza Anda was completed successfully at Tonhalle Maag in Zurich, Switzerland on 5th June 2021. The jury, chaired by Gerhard Oppitz, bestowed: - The 1st Prize upon Anton Gerzenberg (1996, Germany) - The 2nd Prize upon Julian Trevelyan (1998, ...

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