The High Cost Of Underpaying Composers
Being a composer has never been an easy career. Judging from this feature in The Guardian, things are as difficult as they ever were for career composers.
Being a composer has never been an easy career. Judging from this feature in The Guardian, things are as difficult as they ever were for career composers.
“….the entire issue of music education is becoming an ever bigger issue all over Europe. Apart from the obvious cultural value, employers want people who can work in teams, think laterally and not in straight lines, all of which music gives you in spades. A free music education was one of the glories of the…
Two world premiere recordings of works by the brilliant composer Nico Muhly are at the heart of Unexpected News, a new release from Omega Ensemble, on ABC Classics. It is an album that explores the American modern tradition through four works by Muhly and the great Philip Glass. The album contains three works by Muhly…
London is the only city in the world which can offer its visitors the chance to simultaneously attend two of the world’s largest festivals that pair sport and music – the Olympics and the BBC Proms. The Proms opens on July 13th and runs till September 8th; the Olympic Games open on July 27th and…
The classical piano meets the silver screen in Love Story – Piano Themes From Cinema’s Golden Age – the recent album for Decca from Ukrainian born pianist Valentina Lisitsa. It’s a marked change in style for Lisitsa who started playing the piano aged 3 and used social media to launch her career. Signed to Decca in 2012,…
This week, Richard Tognetti along with ACO2 and guest artists have packed their surf gear and travelled the country presenting The Reef. which comes to Sydney on Monday July 23rd. Back in Sydney, three core members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra are performing Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with…
Pianist Alejandro Alberto Téllez Vargas has released a new disc on the Move label. Latin American Piano Music is a collection of
15 works by Mexican and Cuban composers like Ernesto Lecuona, Manuel M Ponce and Ricardo Castro.