The violinist, vocalist and composer says that writing a piece like her prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices begins with “having a sound in your head that you really want to hear.” Music
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A Moment With Pulitzer-Winning Composer Caroline Shaw
By admin on Sunday, April 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
Is Steve Reich the greatest American composer?
By admin on Monday, March 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
3. It’s accessible. For all its complexity, his music has a way of focusing the listener. Music News
Read More...Composer Howard Blake (OBE) talks exclusively with C Music TV (HD)
By admin on Thursday, March 7th, 2013 | 26 Comments
C Music TV talks exclusively to acclaimed British composer, producer and conductor Howard Blake, best known for his scores for films, in particular the Oscar-nominated animated film ‘The Snowman’. We find out how his musical talents were discovered and nurtured, where his interest in films began and how he has become one of Britain’s most [...]
Read More...At 100, Composer Margaret Bonds Remains A Great Exception
By admin on Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 | Comments Off
Four decades after her death, Bonds — a gifted pianist and a friend and collaborator of Langston Hughes — is still one of few African-American woman composers to gain recognition in the United States. Music
Read More...Italian composer of Rome theme song dies at 95
By admin on Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 | Comments Off
Armando Trovajoli, an Italian who composed music for some 300 films and whose lush and playful serenade to Rome is a much-requested romantic standby for tourists, has died at age 95. Music News
Read More...Irish composer Raymond Deane talks Achill, Alma and ABBA too
By admin on Thursday, February 14th, 2013 | Comments Off
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish composer Raymond Deane chafes at what he sees as a lack of recognition in his homeland for classical composers in a country better known for traditional fiddling and rock supergroup U2 than for notes on staves. “Classical music means Mozart and Beethoven and when you say Irish classical music their eyes [...]
Read More...The Composer Who Tested Fighter Planes And Partied With Sinatra
By admin on Saturday, January 26th, 2013 | Comments Off
A cool ladies’ man with a shaved head, Jimmy Van Heusen was one of America’s greatest popular composers. He wrote “Darn That Dream,” “Swinging on a Star,” “All the Way,” “High Hopes,” “Here’s That Rainy Day,” “Come Fly With Me” and more. Music
Read More...Keys attends first Sundance as producer, composer
By admin on Saturday, January 19th, 2013 | Comments Off
Keys attends first Sundance as producer, composer Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 8:33 am, Saturday, January 19, 2013 The singer-songwriter is set to perform at three events during Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration on Monday. She’ll sing the National Anthem at the [...]
Read More...‘Zero Dark Thirty’: Composer Alexandre Desplat Talks Musical Suspense
By admin on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
Like the majority of critics groups around the country, we think “Zero Dark Thirty” is one of the best films of 2012. And as the movie continues to rack up the accolades (four Golden Globe nominations, ten Best Picture nods from assorted film critics groups thus far), audiences will soon have more opportunities to weigh-in, [...]
Read More...Legendary Indian sitarist, composer Ravi Shankar dead at 92
By admin on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 | Comments Off
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles, died in Southern California on Tuesday, his family said. He was 92. Shankar, a three-time Grammy winner with legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Festival and at Woodstock, had been in [...]
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