Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Igor Stravinsky
Born: June 17th, 1882
Died: April 6th, 1971
Country of origin: Russia
Upcoming:
L'Oiseau de feu
Conductor: Leonid Grin
May 26th, 2012 | Teatro Universidad - Santiago - Chile
L'Oiseau de feu
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
May 27th, 2012 | Opera and Ballet Theatre - Perm - Russia
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News
04/02/2012
Work of the Week - Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Paris is well established as one of the world ballet capitals and the ballet school of the Opéra de Paris is considered one of the most important elite training centres for future ballet stars. Between the 7th and 13th April, the ballet school of the Opéra de Paris will present Stravinsky’s ...
12/19/2011
Work of the Week - Igor Stravinsky: Scènes de Ballet
Inspiring choreography combined with Stravinsky’s beautiful music makes every performance of Scènes de Ballet an exciting event. On Thursday 22nd December 2011 the Nationaltheatre Munich will present the work as part of a programme titled 'Steps & Times' with the Bayerisches Staatsballett ...
09/10/2010
Entertaining, yet Demanding - Stravinsky for String Quartet
Igor Stravinsky: Tango - Sheet music for string quartet - Igor Stravinsky liked to use different stylistic devices or embed them into his personal musical language: Be it that he took a Gallop by Jacques Offenbach or composed Circus Polka for a Young Elephant or a ragtime. ...
08/23/2010
schott aktuell - the journal 5/2010 online
Dance! p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-9: World Premières: Tobias Picker: Awakenings · Benjamin Schweitzer: nach Hause · Toshio Hosokawa: Sternlose Nacht · Gustav Mahler / Yoel Gamzou: Symphonie Nr. 10 · Fazil Say: Trompetenkonzert · Howard Shore: Ruin and Memory ...
08/19/2009
The distinguished musicologist David Drew, has died aged 78. Alexander Goehr has written a moving tribute to his old friend in The Guardian, which we reproduce here. "No job description, whether musicologist, critic, cultural historian, publisher or editor quite fits David Drew, who has ...
08/14/2009
Giacomo Puccini: Piccolo Tango Sheet music for piano A tango written by Giacomo Puccini? Indeed! In 1942 'Piccolo Tango' by the Italian opera composer was published by an American music publisher. The question as to whether it was actually composed by Puccini has not been confirmed - ...
07/21/2009
100th Anniversary of Stravinsky's Firebird in 2010
June 2010 marks the 100th year following the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird , a piece made immortal by countless ballet companies, orchestras, and films throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. On June 25th, 1910, Stravinsky's Firebird ballet was premiered by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes ...
03/18/2008
Work of the Week - Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky's classic ballet The Firebird works its magic in the concert hall just as much as in a theatre (and there are five different versions adapted for both the stage and concert hall). This week is typical for Stravinsky's masterpiece with ballet performances from Wednesday to ...
02/22/2008
Dutilleux awarded prestigious RPS Gold Medal
Following on from the recent success of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Cardiff University School of Music’s Discovering Dutilleux Festival, Henri Dutilleux has been honoured with the Royal Philharmonic Society’s (RPS) highest honour, the Gold Medal. The recipient was decided at ...
12/19/2007
A Modern Classic - Obituary on Harald Genzmer
On 16.12.2007 the composer Harald Genzmer died in Munich at the age of 98. The musical world and the publishing house Schott Music mourn the loss of a composer who was regarded highly by the audience and performers alike, an outstanding teacher and a very kind and charming man. Genzmer was one ...
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