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Dienstag, März 23, 2010 - 14:10

Last Sunday, Wolfgang Wagner, grandson of Richard Wagner, has died. He was leader of the Bayreuth opera festival for more than half a century, until 2008.

Sir John Stainer
Freitag, März 12, 2010 - 14:02

The descendants of british composer Sir John Stainer have donated his hymns, scores, paintings, letters and conductors batons to Durham University.

Montag, Februar 22, 2010 - 11:04

Ariel Ramírez, composer and pianist, died last Thursday in Buenos Aires, 88 years old. He had been suffering from neurological problems.

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Donnerstag, Februar 11, 2010 - 14:53

Last Tuesday, Canadian composer Jacques Hétu died in Montreal, 71 years old. He lost his battle with long cancer.

Dienstag, Februar 9, 2010 - 17:57

In Copenhagen it was announced that Kaija Saariaho is the 11th composer who is awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize.

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Dienstag, Februar 9, 2010 - 17:39

Hot off the trails of a Music Residency at Instituto Sacatar in Bahia Brazil (a UNSECO Aschberg Bursary), composer and Artistic Director of the Sunwrae Ensemble, Rae Howell, heads to Sweden in Marc

Sonntag, Januar 24, 2010 - 16:04

American pianist and composer Earld Wild died last Saturday in his home in Palm Spring, California, USA. Wild was a pianist in the great Romantic tradition.

Donnerstag, Januar 14, 2010 - 17:06

On 10 January the Croatian composer Ivo Josipović was elected president of his country. Apart from music he has also studied law.

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Dienstag, Dezember 22, 2009 - 15:06

The University of Missouri-Columbia has invited Anthony Glise http://www.AnthonyGlise.com) to build their first classical guitar program beginning Fall 201

José Antonio Abreu
Samstag, Dezember 19, 2009 - 16:51

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation, located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2010 to Jose Antonio Abreu. The prize money is a sum of €150,000.–.

Image for Musheng Chen
Montag, Dezember 7, 2009 - 16:56

The thirteenth year of the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition, organized by the Orchestra of Colours in collaboration with the Athens Concert Hall, was completed with the prizewinners’

Montag, Dezember 7, 2009 - 14:52

The British Composers' Award for this year in the category of Instrumental Solo or Duo is awarded Thomas Simaku.

Image for Franz Joseph Haydn
Mittwoch, Dezember 2, 2009 - 14:55

The famous American musicologist and Haydn biographer, H.C. Robbins Landon, died last Friday in France. He was 83 years old.

Dienstag, Dezember 1, 2009 - 10:56

German composer York Höller has been awarded the 2010 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Image for Erkki Sven Tüür
Dienstag, Dezember 1, 2009 - 10:19

Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür was elected Citizen of the Year the year 2009. This was announced by the Estonian Culture Minister Laine Jänes last Thursday.

Dienstag, November 24, 2009 - 09:08

The Australian composer, conductor, pianist, lecturer, and broadcaster Richard Meale MBE AM passed away in Sydney on 23 November.

Image for George <small>(Jacob)</small> Gershwin
Freitag, November 20, 2009 - 15:17

The U.S. Library of Congress has announced that this year's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will be awarded to Sir Paul McCartney.

Image for Andersen Viana
Dienstag, November 17, 2009 - 14:01

Freitag, November 13, 2009 - 10:16

Max Lifchitz has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Zethus Fund for Contemporary Music.

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