Paul Dessau (19 December 1894 – 28 June 1979) was a German-Jewish composer and conductor. He was born in Hamburg into a musical family. His grandfather, Moses Berend Dessau, was a cantor, his uncle, Professor Bernhard Dessau, concertmaster at the Royal Opera House, His cousin Max Winterfeld became generally known under the name Jean Gilbert as a composer … Continue reading Paul Dessau : Agitprop? No; Abstract music? Yes.
Month: October 2015
Lera Auerbach : composer; poet
Born 21 October 1973 in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia, Lera Auerbach became one of the last artists to defect from the Soviet Union during a concert tour in 1991 while still in her teens. She subsequently earned Bachelor and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied piano with Joseph Kalichstein … Continue reading Lera Auerbach : composer; poet
Scott Miller : high adventure avant garde music of the best sort
Scott Miller is a composer of electroacoustic, orchestral, chamber, choral and multimedia works described as ‘high adventure avant garde music of the best sort’ (Classical-Modern Music Review) and 'inspir[ing] real hope & optimism for the future of electroacoustic music.' (5against4.com). Known for his interactive electroacoustic chamber music and experimental performance pieces, Miller has twice been named a … Continue reading Scott Miller : high adventure avant garde music of the best sort
New music from New York: Loadbang’s “Lungpowered”
Loadbang, a unique New York based ensemble of bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, baritone voice, has been energetically expanding the repertoire for their instrumentation since their formation in 2008. Lungpowered features works by composers Alex Mincek, David Brynjar Franzson, Reiko Fueting, Alexandre Lunsqui, William Lang, and Scott Worthington that engage with breath, wind, and air as … Continue reading New music from New York: Loadbang’s “Lungpowered”
Rodolfo Halffter and Grupo de los Ocho
Rodolfo Halffter Escriche (October 20, 1900 – October 14, 1987) was a Spanish composer; he was the brother of Ernesto Halffter and uncle of Cristóbal Halffter, also composers. Hallfter was self-taught and in the 1930s took part in the intellectual environment of Madrid, particularly in the composers' society "Grupo de los Ocho". The Group of … Continue reading Rodolfo Halffter and Grupo de los Ocho
Mauricio Pauly : electroacoustic chamber music
Mauricio Pauly is a Costa Rican composer based in the United Kingdom since 2007. He specializes in writing music for chamber instrumental ensembles, which he often augments with performatory amplification and real-time electronic processing. His music is designed under the assumption that the listener can be primed to experience a sense of poetic structure; that … Continue reading Mauricio Pauly : electroacoustic chamber music
Alla Zagaykevych :composer; performance artist; musicologist
Alla Zahaikevych or Zagaykevych (December 17, 1966) is a Ukrainian composer of contemporary classical music, performance artist, organiser of electroacoustic music projects, musicologist. She graduated from Kiev State P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatory (now National Music Academy of Ukraine), the class of composition and orchestration of Professor Yu. Ischenko (1990). In 1993-1994 she made her postgraduate studies in … Continue reading Alla Zagaykevych :composer; performance artist; musicologist
Camillo Togni : the unknown dodecaphonist
Camillo Togni (18 October 1922 – 28 November 1993) was an Italian composer, teacher, and pianist. Coming from a family of independent means, he was able to pursue his art as he saw fit, regardless of changing fashions or economic pressure. Togni was born in Gussago, near Brescia. He began studying piano at the age … Continue reading Camillo Togni : the unknown dodecaphonist
Erkki-Sven Tüür : Questions …
Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 16 October 1959) is an Estonian composer. He started his musical activity in the second half of the seventies as a leader of a progressive rock band, influenced by the music of King Crimson, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Genesis, as well as Mike Oldfield and Frank Zappa. In the second half … Continue reading Erkki-Sven Tüür : Questions …
Missy Mazzoli : composer for a new dark age
Missy Mazzoli (born 1980) is an American composer and pianist living in Brooklyn, New York who has received critical acclaim for her chamber, orchestral and operatic work. One of her recent works, Vespers for a New Dark Age, is a 30-minute suite for singers, chamber ensemble and electronics, which inhabits the sometimes disturbing intersection between technology … Continue reading Missy Mazzoli : composer for a new dark age
Musica Kaleidoskopea 