Helmut Lachenmann at SpoletoUSA
Helmut Lachemann, 80, this November, is one of the most important, original and influential living composers. To hundreds of younger composers whose ambition is to push the boundaries of music…
LSO Live Releases a Pair of 10s–Maxwell Davis and Panufnik
LSO Live is (are, if you’re English) releasing Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony No 10 and Panufnik Symphony No 10, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, performed by the London Symphony…
Jennifer Higdon’s ‘Cold Mountain’ Debuts Tonight in Santa Fe
(via Amanda Ameer) Jennifer Higdon’s first opera, Cold Mountain, premieres at The Santa Fe Opera on August 1, 2015 and runs until August 24. The August 24 performance was added due…
Spoleto Journal: And She’s Got to Get Herself Back to the Garden
It is a trusim that opera is a collaborative endeavor but it is also true that the lion’s share of the credit, or blame, for its success usually goes to the composer.…
Spoleto Journal: Mark Applebaum’s Obsessive Attention to Ridiculous Things
It felt kind of like a Kennedy -meets-Weird-Al Yankovich-day at the opening concert of the 2015 Wells Fargo Chamber Music series at Spoleto. Series director and onlinecasinozondercruks.bet consultant Geoff Nutall,…
Judah Adashi on the Matter of Freddie Gray
Dear Friends, On Sunday, April 19, my piece Rise was premiered in Washington, DC. A collaboration with the poet Tameka Cage Conley, the work bears witness to our country’s fraught…
NWS Launches Free Online John Cage Resource
The New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), has launched a free, online resource called Making the Right Choices: A John Cage Celebration, dedicated to the works of one of…
Cuba Libre! Minnesota Orchestra Off to Havana
The Minnesota Orchestra is off to Cuba. The historic May trip culminates with two performances in Havana, May 15 and 16 and will also include several musical exchanges between Orchestra musicians and students. …
Darcy Gets a Guggenheim
Delighted to see one of our favorites, Darcy James Argue, among the 2015 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship winners announced yesterday. The Guggenheim Foundation gives out annual fellowships in a range…
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! SpoletoUSA Unveils 2015 Chamber Music Schedule (and it’s a Doozey)
Geoff Nuttall, violinist for the St. Lawrence String Quartet and Director of Chamber Music for the SpoletoUSA Festival in Charleston SC, just announced details of the 11 programs for the…