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2024-03-07 09:16:00
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music
[…] (it all finally ran to 45 minutes behind schedule). l Jasdeep Singh Degun – the first sitar player ever to win an RPS Award – was both winner of the Instrumentalist category and composer/leader in the final item: Veer, with Harkiret Bahra, tabla, and RNCM musicians Leda Mileto, Chris Karwacinski, Beth Willett and Clara Hope Simpson (aka the Aestus Quartet) and Joana Moura, double bass. l The Opera and Music Theatre award was won by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival’s presentation of Chornobyldorf, which brought the whole Ukrainian cast and company of the opera to Yorkshire for its UK premiere. Ukrainian composers Illia Razumeiko and Roman Grigoriv travelled from Kyiv to receive the award. l And the most eloquent acceptance speech was from Jack Capstaff, music director of Derwent Brass, the Derbyshire brass band which won the “Inspiration” category for non-professional ensembles – the only award decided by public vote (all […]
2023-12-06 10:00:00
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) is a significant part of the contemporary and new music scene in Britain. For over.. The post appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.
2023-11-28 11:12:04
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Music. There were times during my long weekend at this year’s HCMF when i had to keep reminding myself of this word. Performance art, and works incorporating dramatic and theatrical elements, are not just a staple of new music festivals, they’ve become in many cases tentpole… The post appeared first on 5:4. 5:4 is on Patreon! Please consider supporting the blog by becoming a Patron from just $2 a month: ici
2023-11-20 17:24:28
Premieres by Jennifer Walshe, Laura Bowler and Rebecca Saunders were variously full of energy and extraordinary moments at the opening weekend of this thriving festival of new musicNew music organisations have been just as harshly treated as opera by funding bodies over the past year. In the last week alone, following the confirmation that Manchester-based new-music group Psappha had been disbanded, news emerged that neither the