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On an Endless Road: Itō Noe and the Women Composers of Her Time
[…] (9/3/2024).Kubota's programme, On an Endless Road: Itō Noe and the Women Composers of Her Time premiered in Tokyo in December 2023 and the UK tour is being presented by Hera, an intersectional feminist opera company, in association with Illuminate Women’s Music.Kubota plays the satsuma biwa, a Japanese stringed instrument originally played by samurai and traditionally used to accompany songs chronicling the achievements of warriors in battle. At the concert Kubota will be joined by Midori Komachi (violin) and Yura Zaiki (piano). As well as Le Lohé's song cycle, the programme includes music for violin and piano by three of Noe’s contemporaries who broke new ground writing in the Western Classical tradition - Kōda Nobu (1870-1946), one of the very first Japanese composers to write in the European classical tradition, Toyama Michiko (1913-2006), who forged an international career and reputation, Yoshida Takako (1910- 1956), a feminist and pacifist, who refused to write militaristic music and […]
2022-06-03 14:13:12
American cellist Alexander Hersh joins a number of prominent past recipients, including KimKashkashian, Joseph Lin, and Yura Lee. At the Pro Musicis event, Hersh performed Debussy’s Cello Sonata, Sollima’s Lamentatio, and Paul Wiancko’s Microsuite — the latter of which was commissioned by Pro Musicis. As part of his prize, Hersh will receive a debut recital in […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2022-05-26 09:09:52
Soon to join the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), Yura Lee is a well-known soloist and chamber musician on the violin as well as the viola, and has played both instruments to a high level throughout her career. Lee first found success at the age of twelve, when she won the Debut Artist of the […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2022-04-23 05:01:00
Classical Music News of the Week, April 23, 2022
[…] giving three world premieres by the composer John Zorn at Roulette in Brooklyn. The three new works were written for and performed by select members of Zorn's inner circle, and include a concerto for cello and string quartet, a mini opera for 2 celli and 2 percussionists that draws on Zorn's life-long interest in Dada and Surrealism, as well as a major new work for six strings that sees the JACK Quartet joined by violist Yura Lee and cellist Michael Nicolas.For more information, visit https://roulette.org/event/john-zorn-three-premieres/--Erin Rose Elliott, Unison MediaExperiential Orchestra (EXO) Presents “A Dawson Celebration”On Friday, May 13, Experiential Orchestra will present an immersive performance of William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, increasingly being acknowledged as one of America's greatest symphonies. In EXO’s signature fashion, the audience will have the unique opportunity to experience this piece, musically as well as physically, sitting near or even inside the orchestra and exploring […]
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