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2021-04-21 07:05:36
Spitalfields Music Festival 2021: from fifteen new works to Stravinsky's the Rite of Spring on pianola
Alicia Jane Turner, a place to call home The Spitalfields Music Festival is back with a bang this July with a programme which includes fifteen new works including pieces by Errollyn Wallen, Alicia Jane Turner, Lola De La Mata, Anna Pool, Chisara Agor, Howard Goodall, Charles Amirkhanian and Edmund Finnis. Running from 1 to 11 July 2021, the festival has been programmed by three guest curators, composers Errollyn Wallen and Edmund Finnis, and journalist and broadcaster Kate Molleson, alongside Spitalfields Music Chief Executive, Sarah Gee. The festival opens at Christchurch, Spitalfields with the premiere of Errollyn Wallen's After Winter and Howard Goodall's Never to Forget peformed by the London Symphony Chorus, conductor Simon Halsey. After Winter was due to be premiered at last year's festival, commissioned by Streetwise Opera as a companion piece to Schubert’s Winterreise, and it celebrates the kindness of strangers, a theme that has taken on […]
2020-05-31 15:54:46
Charles Amirkhanian has worn many hats over the course of his career. As music director of KPFA in Berkeley, California from 1969 until 1992, he brought a distinctly experimental and vibrant agenda to the station’s programming. In 1992 he co-founded the San Francisco-based Other Minds Festival, celebrated for its wide-ranging and innovative programs. His Other […]
2018-09-15 05:18:00
Classical Music News of the Week, September 15, 2018
[…] for solo violin and a piano quartet in the US; to a tour of Israel with the symphonic The Big Bang and Creation Of The Universe; to a piano quintet at the Schiermonnikoog International Chamber Music Festival (in the Netherlands); to a work for the Kugoni Trio in Belgium; to a Piano Etude in Japan. For complete information, visit http://www.borensteinarts.com/Nimrod_Borenstein_Performances.php --James Inverne Music ConsultancyOther Minds Announces 25th Anniversary Season Other Minds and Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian have announced the lineup for their 25th anniversary 2018-2019 season, including two unique programs and a three-concert festival. Now in its 25th year, Other Minds continues its dedication to shining a light on contemporary and experimental music with a season that includes an evening dedicated to the piano works of Terry Riley featuring Grammy Award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng and the composer; rare performances of Shostakovich arrangements for two pianos including the West Coast Premiere […]
2018-03-10 06:49:00
Classical Music News of the Week, March 10, 2018
[…] Epic and Intimate (Part 1) Shai Wosner, piano Sunday, April 29, 2018, 3:00 pm 92Y – Kaufmann Concert Hall, NYC Steven Isserlis, cello Richard Egarr, harpsichord (92Y debut) Tickets and information are available at www.92Y.org/Concerts or 212-415-5500. --Xi Wang, Kirshbaum AssociatesOther Minds Announces Festival 23 Lineup Other Minds today announced the lineup for its Festival 23 "Sound Poetry: The Wages of Syntax" April 9 through 14 in San Francisco, CA. Curated by Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian, the festival brings sound poet pioneers from across the United States and Europe for an exploration of text-sound compositions that utilize speech and verbalization as a medium. Highlighted works include World Premieres by Italian master sound poet Enzo Minarelli, leading American experimental writer Clark Coolidge in collaboration with Rome-based composer Alvin Curran, prominent American essayist Lawrence Weschler, Scandinavian jazz artists Sten Sandell and Tone Åse, and Bay Area composer Amy X Neuburg; the U.S. […]
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