RIP Steven Stucky
Eminent composer, college professor, and Lutoslawski scholar Steven Stucky has died, aged 66. The cause was brain cancer. Below, listen to one of his beguiling works, the Notturno movement from Serenade for Wind Quintet.
RIP Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez, one of the great composers and conductors of our time, has passed away.
RIP Paul Bley
The extraordinary pianist and composer Paul Bley, has passed away.
RIP Gunther Schuller (1925-2015)
Saddening news. Gunther Schuller has died at the age of 89. A musical polymath, Schuller was active as a composer, conductor, arranger, historian, educator, arts administrator and, earlier in his…