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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Rebecca Saunders composes music like a sculptor
Women composers invisible? Yes, they are still very much underrepresented in most concert series, though not in this season’s NTRZaterdagMatinee. Of the five compositions the German Ensemble Musikfabrik presents on 18 May, four were written by a woman. Among them … Continue reading
Posted in news, women composers
Tagged Carola Bauckholt, Helen Bledsoe, Musikfabrik, NTRZaterdagmatinee, Rebecca Saunders, Rozalie Hirs, Unsuk Chin
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Unsuk Chin: grinning teeth and false magic in Gougalōn
Unsuk Chin (1961) is one of the most successful composers of our time. She won the Gaudeamus Award in 1985, the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in 2004, and was recently honoured with the Bach Prize 2019 of the city of Hamburg. … Continue reading
Posted in music, news, women composers
Tagged Gougalōn, György Ligeti, Musikfabrik, Nieuw Ensemble, NTRZaterdagmatinee, Unsuk Chin
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Tannhäuser at DNO: no ‘director’s theatre’ but subtle view on hypocrisy around love
Recently, a petition was launched for the restoration of Olivier Keegel’s press accreditation by Dutch National Opera. They no longer provide press tickets because he fiercely attacked Pierre Audi’s programming on the Flemish blog Operagazet and in the Dutch newspaper … Continue reading
Kate Moore’s Space Junk opens Minimal Music Festival 2019
This year’s Minimal Music Festival in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ Amsterdam opens with Space Junk that Kate Moore composed for Asko|Schönberg. The piece addresses the huge amount of debris floating through space. Key concepts in the work of the Australian-Dutch … Continue reading
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Tagged Kate Moore, Minimal Music Festival, Pauline Oliveros, Sinta Wullur, Vanessa Lann, Vladimir Martynov
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Composer Vladimir Martynov: ‘The sweetest moment is when you get a bright idea’
In April the Noord Nederlands Orkest (North Netherlands Orchestra, NNO) will present the brand new piano concerto Pastiche, composed by Vladimir Martynov at the request of Ralph van Raat. On 2 April I will talk to the composer and the … Continue reading
