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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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Born: 3 October 1932 — Uyo, Akwa Ibom — Nigeria

Died: 7 August 2000 — Uyo — Nigeria

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Samuel Ekpe Akpabot was born in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria on October 3, 1932. He went to Lagos at age 11 to attend King’s College. He received his basic musical training there, and sang in the choir for many years. As a young man, he played in bands. Akpabot studied organ and trumpet at the Royal College of Music in London, beginning in 1954. In 1959 he returned to Nigeria to work for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corp. He left in 1962 to join the music faculty of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Akpabot composed four works between 1962 and 1967. He combined African instruments with Western forms, and wrote almost exclusively for orchestra. Next, he went to the United States, where he earned a Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. in Musicology. Akpabot subsequently served as a Visiting Scholar at Michigan State University. He returned to Nigeria in the 1990s to teach music at the University of Uyo. By this time he had become an author on the subject of ethnomusicology. He died in 2000.

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