News
Gavin Bryars in Residence at Canberra International Music Festival
Apr. 30, 2013The 19th annual Canberra International Music Festival features the music of Composer-in-Residence Gavin Bryars, May 10-19. Hosted by the Australian National University School of Music, the festival presents selections from …
Bernard Rands's Concertino & Ceremonial in Performances in Oberlin, Rochester, and Toronto
Apr. 30, 2013In anticipation of the composer's 80th birthday year in 2014, performances of Bernard Rands’s music continue to dot this season’s calendar around the country. This month Timothy Weiss leads the …
In honor of its impending grand opening in 2015, The Opera San Antonio hosts an inaugural gala concert on May 23 at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, featuring performances …
Chaya Czernowin's Slow Summer Stay II: Lakes Debuts at Library of Congress
Apr. 30, 2013On May 3, James D. Freeman leads the Orchestra 2001 in the world premiere of Chaya Czernowin’s Slow Summer Stay II: Lakes at the Library of Congress’ Coolidge Auditorium in …
Richard Wagner Bicentenary
Apr. 29, 2013Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813, and as we turn the calendar to May we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The history of the Wagner …
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Debuts Andrew Norman’s Play
Apr. 29, 2013Fresh off his most recent premiere with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Norman switches coasts this month for the world premiere of his newest orchestral work for the Boston …
In Matsukaze, Toshio Hosokawa enlists a 15th-century Japanese Noh play as the basis for creating an ethereal, haunting music-theater experience that calls on both Noh and Western operatic traditions. …
Georg Friedrich Haas’s Introduktion und Transsonation Debuts with Klangforum Wien
Apr. 29, 2013The inimitable Klangforum Wien premiered Georg Friedrich Haas’s Introduktion und Transsonation on May 1 at the Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal in Köln, Germany. Composed for an ensemble of 17 players and pre-recorded tape …
Andrew Norman's Music in Circles III Premieres with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Apr. 04, 2013Andrew Norman’s Music in Circles III is the centerpiece of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s “Concertos: Handel & Mozart” program on April 20 and 21, 2013. The new piece is …
David Sawer's Rumpelstiltskin Suite Premieres with George Benjamin and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Apr. 02, 2013On April 6, as part of its 25th anniversary season, the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) gives the world premiere of David Sawer’s Rumpelstiltskin Suite at London’s Wigmore Hall, conducted …