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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: 14 March 1949 — New Jersey — USA

Died:

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz has composed music for sound sculptures, soloists, tape & electronics, stage shows, orchestras, dancers, interactive multimedia, acoustic installations, and performance events. He has directed Il Gruppo Nuke Jitters, and has been commissioned by more than 60 ensembles and performers.

He led the chamber opera resurgence with "Plasm over ocean" at the World Trade Center in 1977; "Echo" for solo performer, handmade instruments, and computers was performed in Vermont in 1985; "In Bocca al Lupo" for quasi-intelligent systems was installed in Montana’s Yellowstone Art Center in 1986; in 1999, he became the first American composer commissioned for Prague’s legendary Mánes Museum, conducting "Zonule Glaes II" for string quartet & electronic playback; he has been featured in concerts across the U.S. and Europe.

Dennis is working on the vampire opera "Erzsébet," and several commissions. Recent creations include "Spammung" for extended voice and playback; "Shahmat" for solo flute; "LiquidBirds" for three Theremins and video; "NorthSea Balletic Spicebush" for solo contrabass; and "Bales, Barrels & Cones" for drumkit and playback. "Detritus of Mating" is on the Malted/Media label; "zéyu," "quânh" and "sweeh" are on Frog Peak; "iskajtbrz" is on UnLimit; and "Snare:Wilding is on illegal art."

His radio show "Kalvos & Damian’s New Music Bazaar," co-hosted with composer David Gunn, won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Internet Award in.

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz was born the year that Silly Putty was invented.

Dennis speaks and writes about music and composition; is Senior Editor for The Transitive Empire; is co-founder of OrbitAccess, evaluating website usability; and is Executive Director of the Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores. Dennis

• http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/
• http://kalvos.org/
• http://bathory.org/
• http://equestrianmusic.com/

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