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Vilhelm Eugene Stenhammar
7 February 1871—20 November 1927
Perhaps Sweden’s most significant composer. Studied in Sweden and in Berlin. Virtuoso pianist who appeared in recitals, with orchestra and in chamber music. ... [→read more]
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- Gershwin Prize awarded to McCartney
(20 November 2009)The U.S. Library of Congress has announced that this year's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
will be awarded to Sir Paul McCartney.Both musicians are famous for the popular music they composed, but both also are known for their classical compositions. McCartney won the Classical Brit Award two years ago.
[Source: www.upi.com]
[→ Go to George (Jacob) Gershwin | Gershovitz’s page][→ Go to Sir Paul McCartney’s page] - Brazilian composer signs new contract in California
(17 November 2009)One of the most prestigious publishers specialized in music scores for voices – Cantus Quercus Press – hosted in the Califórnia, U.S.A. -, signed the second contract with the composer ANDERSEN VIANA for diffusion of part of the vocal work of the Brazilian master-composer.
The works for voices: “Voices of Earth” about the homonymous poem of the Canadian poet Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) and “At Sunrise”, based about the homonymous poem of the journalist and Canadian poet Bliss Carman (1861-1929), were printed by the company and already are being diffused in many countries of Europe, North and South America. The pieces sent impressed the direction of the company due to its high technical and artistic quality.
Andersen composed and produced music for the following films: The Fortuneteller (2001), Scraps of the Taquaril (Claudio Coast Val), Near to Evil (2007), Playing for Tomorrow, The Next Step, Gun' s Speech, Ghost Train, 3:00:AM (Sérgio Gomes), Burnning Hearts (2001) Director: Ray Evans, Adam’s Sons (2001) Director: Afonso Nunes, Lost in Abbey Road (2003) Director: Denis Curi, A Living Soul (2002) Director: Rubens Camara, Manuelzão and Bananeira (1989) Director: Geraldo Elísio, Ofélia (Fernanda Marçola), Opposite (Eduardo Rennó), Portuguese Mines (2006) Director: Paulo Augusto Gomes, The Man of the Cardboard Head (2007) Director: Carlos Canela, Convict (2008) Director: Carlos Magno and Carlos Canela, Human Being (2009) Director: Fernando Pinheiro, An Any Night (2009) Director: André Rocha.
Recently, Andersen has produced and directed the spectacle sonorovisual experimental interdisciplinary titled by Paisagem Lunar: Moonscape, already available in CD and DVD.
Related sites:
- http://www.cantusquercus.com/vianacat.htm
- http://www.andersen.mus.br
- http://blogdacl.wordpress.com/page/2/
[→ Go to Andersen Viana’s page] - Lifchitz given a Lifetime Achievement Award
(13 November 2009)Max Lifchitz has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Zethus Fund for Contemporary Music. Composer and Zethus Fund Executive Director Robert Martin announced the $10,000 award for Lifchitz, whose involvement in new music encompasses a broad range of activities—conductor, composer, pianist, and the founder/director of the North/South Consonance performing group, concert series, and recording label.
Lifchitz, who was born in Mexico City in 1948 and has been based in the United States since 1966, is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Harvard University. He has served on the faculties of Columbia University and the State University of New York at Albany where he has been a mentor to generations of younger composers and musicians.
As a composer, Lifchitz has composed works in numerous media spanning solo works to pieces for full symphony orchestra. And as a pianist and conductor he has championed the music of composers encompassing a broad range of styles.
For the past 30 years, North/South Consonance has presented a series of concerts devoted to new music by composers from the United States and Latin America and to date has released over 50 CD recordings of new music.
To learn more about the activities of North/South Consonance please visit http://www.northsouthmusic.org.
(—Condensed from the press release)
Published: 11/10/2009 at http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=6185
[→ Go to Max Lifchitz’s page] - Walter Carsen Prize for Robert Aitken
(21 October 2009)The Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts, which has been awarded since 2001, will this year been presented to composer and flutist Robert Aitken.
The prize, worth CAN$50,000, is handed out by the Canada Council for the Arts. It recognizes lifetime achievement by Canadian artists who have spent the majority of their careers working in theatre, dance or music in the country.
The jury of the awards explains the award as follows: "As a flutist, composer, interpreter and teacher, he is a distinguished innovator and continues to exert a strong influence on upcoming generations."
[Source: www.google.com, Canadian Press ]
[→ Go to Robert Aitken’s page]