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San Francisco Symphony Hosts George Benjamin in Composer Residency
George Benjamin assumes the position of the San Francisco Symphony's Phyllis C. Wattis Composer-in-Residence this January with seven evenings of performances of his music conducted by David Robertson and Benjamin himself.
Dec. 09, 2009- In September, Robert Beaser travelled to Taiwan to take part in the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra's Contemporary Music Composition and Development Symposium, a four-day conference and composition competition held in Taipei.
Premieres of Wolfgang Rihm's Memoria and Et Lux in Dallas and New York
Wolfgang Rihm sees the US premiere of Memoria by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra this month under Jaap van Zweden as well as the world premiere of Et Lux in December by the Hilliard Ensemble and the Arditti Quartet at Carnegie Hall.
Nov. 04, 2009Julian Anderson's Fantasias Premieres November 19 at The Cleveland Orchestra
On Thursday, November 19, Jonathan Nott leads The Cleveland Orchestra through the world premiere of Julian Anderson's Fantasias, a work commissioned by the orchestra with support from the Young Composers Endowment Fund established by Jan R. and Daniel R. Lewis.
Nov. 03, 2009New York City Opera Opens Season With American Voices Featuring Special Guest Rufus Wainwright
New York City Opera returns to the renovated David H. Koch Theater to open their season with American Voices. The program features performances by special guest Rufus Wainwright and stars from the operatic stage in selections from American opera and musical theater by Barber, Bernstein, Bolcom, Floyd, Gershwin, Golijov, and Stravinsky.
Nov. 03, 2009Leif Ove Andsnes Performs World Premiere of Thomas Larcher's What becomes on Pictures Reframed
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performs the world premiere of Thomas Larcher's What becomes in Andsnes' collaborative project with visual artist Robin Rhode entitled Pictures Reframed. The performances take place on November 13 and 14 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
Nov. 03, 2009Fantastic Mr. Fox and Where the Wild Things Are Premiere on the Silver Screen; They're Operas too!
Nov. 02, 2009This fall Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are see new life as major motion pictures. These two classic children's stories have already been made into operas by Tobias Picker and Oliver Knussen.
David Sawer's Rumpelstiltskin Ballet Begins Tour of UK
David Sawer's ballet Rumpelstiltskin opens its world premiere tour in the UK at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Center on November 14. The ballet is the result of collaboration between Sawer with director Richard Jones and designer Stewart Laing.
Oct. 30, 2009Ursula Oppens Performs World Premiere of Tobias Picker's Three Nocturnes for Ursula
Ursula Oppens performs the world premiere of Tobias Picker's Three Nocturnes for Ursula on November 11 at City University of New York's Elebash Recital Hall in New York City.
Oct. 30, 2009Lee Hoiby's Last Letter Home Sees World Premiere in New String Orchestra Version
Steven Townsend leads the Orchestra of St. James by the Sea through the world premiere of Lee Hoiby's Last Letter Home in its new version for string orchestra. The performance takes place in La Jolla, California on Sunday November 8.
Oct. 30, 2009