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George Newson, avant-garde composer who worked with Delia Derbyshire and danced with John Cage –...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGeorge Newson, who has died aged 91, was once a leading light in the avant-garde; he composed an...
Wait, Who Has the Most Grammys of All-Time?
ONE37pm via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday, we take a dive into a prevalent question in the world of music: who has the most Grammys? Though we've covered the most decorated rappers from the...
Commentary: At 86, Zubin Mehta reflects on his career, Mahler and the 'Mehta Sound'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoZubin Mehta walks onstage to conduct Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at...
NJ native Grateful Dead pianist Tom Constanten plays on with Dose Hermanos
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe musical adventure of Tom Constanten continues. A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer thanks to his time...
What made Maurizio Pollini a piano god? Even his late recordings are a revelation
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPianist Maurizio Pollini performs at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2001. (Robert Mecea / Associated...
Appreciation: Composers are often revered but rarely beloved. Kaija Saariaho was both
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPolar Music Prize laureate composer Kaija Saariaho, of Finland, receives the Polar Music Prize 2013...
Classical music’s past is more radical than we think
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago“I wouldn’t want to hear recreations of my works’ first performances, as they were mostly dreadful.” So said the French conductor and composer Pierre...
Jaap van Zweden ending tenure as New York Philharmonic music director after 6 seasons
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoJaap van Zweden decided during the pandemic that he wanted to jettison the jet-setting life of a...
Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center at the Colburn School is under construction
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWork has begun on a new concert hall designed by architect Frank Gehry at the Colburn School of...
Italian pianist and conductor Maurizio Pollini dies aged 82
dpa international via Yahoo News· 3 months agoInternationally renowned Italian pianist and conductor Maurizio Pollini has died at the age of 82,...