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10/07/2011
The Bochum Symphony Orchestra brings a diverse flair to their season with a performance of Frank Zappa’s absurdist work for voices and orchestra, The Adventures of Greggery Peccary , under the direction of Steven Sloane. The performance, on October 20, is part of the NOW! AMERICA festival presented ...
06/27/2011
Work of the Week - Mark-Anthony Turnage: Blood on the Floor
A new ballet by choreographer Wayne McGregor on Mark-Anthony Turnage’s classic work Blood on the Floor opens for 12 performances at the Opéra Bastille in Paris on 29th June. Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by Peter Rundel, will be joined by soloists Peter Erskine (percussion), Martin ...
06/01/2011
Conlon Nancarrow: As Fast as Possible - Music for Player Piano and Orchestra - The composer Conlon Nancarrow, who died in 1997 at the age of 84, is regarded as an exceptional figure in the field of contemporary music. It is especially his compositions for player piano that made ...
05/04/2011
World Première: SCHILLER: energische Schönheit by Peter Eötvös in Witten
Peter Eötvös SCHILLER: energische Schönheit for 8 voices, 8 winds, 2 percussionists and accordion (2010) Texts from Friedrich Schiller: Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man (Ger.) Commissioned by the WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln), supported by the Freunde des Ensemble Modern ...
11/03/2010
Frank Zappa’s 70th Birthday Celebrated at the Roundhouse in London
The Roundhouse, one of London’s premiere performing arts venues and cultural landmarks, celebrates the 70th birthday of Frank Zappa with a weekend of concerts and events from November 5 to November 7. Included in the weekend festival are three concerts, a film screening, and several artist talks, ...
10/28/2010
Musical dialogue between Robert Schumann and Jörg Widmann
CD-Release at WERGO: Fleurs du mal Robert Schumann and Jörg Widmann – a musical dialogue between a modern and a Romantic composer. WERGO juxtaposes four piano works of the two composers and takes a look at Schumann on his 200 th birthday from a somewhat different ...
06/22/2010
Ojai Music Festival Features Music of Frank Zappa Performed by Ensemble Modern
On June 11 the Ojai Music Festival presents a full day of the music of Frank Zappa, including both an afternoon symposium session and an evening-length concert of his music. The Ensemble Modern, conducted by Brad Lubman, will perform over a dozen Zappa compositions, with selections from Zappa's ...
12/17/2009
On the 16th January 2010 The Barbican Centre, London and the BBC will be celebrating the life and music of Hans Werner Henze with a day long event, Total Immersion: Hans Werner Henze . Films, talks and concerts featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen and Ensemble Modern conducted ...
09/07/2009
Work of the Week - Paul Hindemith: Im Kampf mit dem Berge
At the transart2009 festival in Bolzano, Italy and the Festival Klangspuren in Schwaz, Austria; the International Ensemble Modern Academy conducted by Franck Ollu will be performing Paul Hindemith’s film score Im Kampf mit dem Berge alongside Arnold Fanck’s alpine epic of the same name which ...
05/25/2009
Work of the Week - Jörg Widmann: Dubairische Tänze
Dubairische Tänze was composed as part of the project "into …" initiated by the Ensemble Modern, the Siemens Arts Program and the Goethe Institute. Connected to this project, for which several composers visited citys like Dubai, Istanbul or Johannesburg for one month, researching cultural ...
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