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Musicatlas: Slovakia added
Slovakia has now been added to the MusicAtlas. The capital city of Bratislava of course has many places of interest to Classcial Music lovers, but also outside the capital there a sites worth a visit for the interested! Again organ lovers will find many interesting instruments in this country.
You can download the MusicAtlas information for Venice, Italy, for free. Go to the download page for more information. These geographical data about composers and classical music can be used, e.g., in your GPS, Google Earth, or other geographical application.
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© Terence Thomas, Published with permission
© Terence Thomas, Published with permission
© Terence Thomas, Published with permission
© Terence Thomas, Published with permission
© Terence Thomas, Published with permission
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This is one of the oldest web sites about classical music composers. It has been on the Internet since 1995, and wants to be the best starting point for all sorts of information about classical composers and their compositions. With your help, as a classical music lover, this site can become an even better source.
Latest composer news
- Hildegard now officially a saint
(14 May 2012)Although the mystic Hildegard von Bingen - who was a composer and had many other talents - had always been revered by many, she was never officially pronounced a Saint in the Catholic Church. On 10 May 2012, however, pope Benedict XVI inscribed her in the catalog of saints. Thus he extended the liturgical cult of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1089-1179) to the universal Church.
Her feast will be celebrated on 17 September, the day of her death, as is common with all saints. The mainn reason for her becoming is saint is that she has been, and still is, an exceptional example of faith.
[Source: religion.orf.at]
- Poland's highest honour for Wojciech Kilar
(4 May 2012)“In recognition of his distinguished services for Polish culture and outstanding creative achievements”. This was the reason for the Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski to honour Wojciech Kilar with Poland's highest honour: the White Eagle. The ceremony was held on Constitution Day, last Thursday.
Kilar hopes to celebrate his 80th birthday on 17 July,
[Source: www.thenews.pl]
- Kevin Puts wins 2012 Pullitzer Prize
(20 April 2012)Composer Kevin Puts has won the 2012 Pullitzer Prize for Music for his "Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts." The piece was commissioned and premiered by the Minnesota Opera in Minneapolis on November 12, 2011.
Puts now teaches composition at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. He studied composition and piano at the Eastman School of Music and Yale University. He wrote a Cello Concerto that was premiered by Yo-Yo Ma.
[Source: www.pulitzer.org]
- Korean prize for Unsuk Chin
(16 April 2012)Korean composer Unsuk Chin has won the 2012 Ho-Am Prize. The award, which is the most prestigious prize within the arts sector in Korea, amounts to €200,000. The presentation ceremony in will be held in Seoul on 1 June, in the presence of Unsuk Chin.
The Ho-Am prize recognises "those who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of Culture and The Arts through their creative efforts and accomplishments".
[Source: hoamprize.samsungfoundation.org]
- Liechtenstein composer wins Deutsche Oper Berlin prize
(10 April 2012)For the first time a Liechtenstein composer, Jürg Hanselmann, has won a composition prize from the Deutsche Oper Berlin (German Opera Berlin). The prize-winning composition is called "Ricercare", it is written for wind quintet, and will be perforned in Berlin on 2 May 2012.
[Source: www.presseportal.ch]
- Another Mozart composition discovered?
(29 March 2012)A 160-page notebook, dated 1780, was found in an attic of a private home in the Austrian city of Tyrol, The book contains compositions by Leopold Mozart as well a an "Allegro Molto" by Signore Giovane Wolfgango Mozart. Specialists believe it is a piece written by Wolfgang Mozart in 1767.
An excerpt of the piece can be heard here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17490070
[Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com]