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In today’s news, the great American composer you’ve never heard of, Gramophone award winners are announced and how videogame soundtracks have come to be released on vinyl.
Guardian
George Walker: the great American composer you’ve never heard of
The first African American to win the Pulitzer for music is celebrated for overcoming cultural prejudice, but his work is so good this should only be a sideshow to the main event of his compositions
Digital composers of the 1990s pushed the console tech far beyond its natural limits to produce warped symphonies that are buried deep in the minds of millions. Now specialist labels are reissuing them on vinyl
Classical Music Magazine
Lise Davidsen wins Queen Sonja competition
Lise Davidsen took first place in this year’s Queen Sonja International Music Competition.
Gramophone award winners announced
The recordings which have won Gramophone Awards in each of the 12 main categories have been announced.
The Strad
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra appoints new violist Hyobi Sim
The Curtis Institute and Juilliard School graduate is an active chamber musician
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Daniel Barenboim will mit seiner Staatskapelle Berlin nach Teheran reisen, um dort zur Unterzeichnung des von Israel heftig kritisierten Atomabkommens mit Iran ein Konzert zu geben. In Israel ist man darüber empört.
Klassik.com
Kulturstaatsministerin Monika Grütters kritisiert geplante Theaterreform in Thüringen
Die Kulturstaatsministerin Monika Grütters hat im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk Stellung zu der von der Landesregierung geplanten Theaterreform in Thüringen Stellung genommen. Grütters zufolge werden in den Ländern Thüringen und auch Mecklenburg-Vorpommern die Bühnen zu stark für Sparmaßnahmen im Kulturbereich herangezogen.
Musik heute
Weltweit erfolgreich ohne Skandale – Zum Tod von Opernregisseur Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Noch im Mai hatte seine “Turandot”-Produktion zur Weltausstellung in Mailand an der Scala Premiere. Ob in Frankreich oder an der Metropolitan Opera in New York, in Zürich oder Amsterdam – Nikolaus Lehnhoff war einer der gefragtesten Regisseure.
San Francisco Classical Voice
Bernàcer Named S.F. Opera Resident Conductor
The role of resident conductor at the San Francisco Opera is to be assistant and second-in-command to Music Director Nicola Luisotti, helping with planning, rehearsals, and production and conducting both special events and several mainstage performances.
Christoph Lieben-Seutter on Building a Concert Hall for the Future
Germany is well known for its brass-knuckles approach to austerity programs, especially for its less well-heeled, profligate neighbors. But in the last several years the country has suffered an embarrassing series of infrastructure debacles that suggest the need to look in the mirror.
The Amati Magazine @AmatiMagazine: Together with a Gramophone Award, some devastating news from a distinguished cellist http://magazine.amati.com/152-news/news-gramophone-award-winner-stop-performing-medical-grounds.html …
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN @icareifulisten: Alright, female composers: step up this fall to @DetroitSymphony competition! Application details available soon! http://blog.dso.org/2015/07/britta-bystrom-named-8th-annual-winner-of-elaine-lebenbom-memorial-award-for-female-composers/ …
Classic FM @ClassicFM: A @realaled selfie to kick off the Ultimate Classic FM #HallOfFame! What will be number one?
American composer George Walker
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