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– Philip Glass gets commission from NYC Opera 30 Sep 2008
– Mauricio Kagel dies in Cologne at 76 19 Sep 2008
– New Mozart tune found in France 18 Sep 2008
– Nathan Currier wins International Sackler Award 18 Sep 2008

– Tue 7 Oct: Simon Mulligan performs an all-Chopin recital on Chopin's Pleyel piano Hatchlands House, Surrey, UK
– Fri 10 Oct: Italian Music Curtiss Hall in the Fine Arts Building, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
– Sun 12 Oct: Stern Showcase Recital Palace Theater 61 Atlantic Street, Stamford CT 06901
– Sun 12 Oct: Birthday Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti Ventura College Theater,Ventura, California, USA
– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland

Birthdays:
– Karol Szymanowski
– Udo Zimmermann
– Inal Bilsel
Dying days:
– Heinrich Albert
– Francesco Onofrio Manfredini
– Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini
– Jean-François Le Sueur
– Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen
Events:
– (1868) Jacques Offenbach: Premiere of La Périchole, in Paris, France.
– (1906) Andrey Schulz-Evler: Recording of the “Blue Danube Arabesque”, Welte-Mignon Piano Roll No.1305, with Josef Lhevinne at the piano.
– (1933) Karol Szymanowski: Premiere of violin concerto no. 2, in Warsaw, Poland.
– (1951) Pierre Boulez: Premiere of Polyphonie X, in Donaueschingen, Germany.
– (1977) Michael Tippett: Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Chicago, USA.

– Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (2 Oct)
– Josef Antonín Gurecký (2 Oct)
– Albert William Ketèlbey (2 Oct)
– Franz von Holstein (2 Oct)
– August Harder (2 Oct)
– Henri Hardouin (2 Oct)
– Henry Harington (2 Oct)
– George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (2 Oct)
– Václav Matyáš Gurecký (2 Oct)
– Guillaume IX d’Aquitaine (1 Oct)

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Born: 20 July 1962 — Worcester — England

Died:

• Piano Sonata (1982)
• Phantasy V, for clarinet (1984)
• Snapshots, for flute, sax, cello, bass, percussion (1988)
• Four Songs for tenor and piano (1989)
• Window Waiting, for tenor, choir, string quartet (1991)
• Fingers Pointing to the Moon, for piano (1992)
• Sonata for cello and piano (1993)
• Three Advent Carols, for choir and organ (1994)
• Deviation — Norm, for horn (1995)
• Passion games, for viola (1999)
• kalomnesis, for 12 cellos (1999)
• Haiku mass, for choir and 10 brass (2002)
• Waiting for the impure fool, for 4 horns (2002)
• Red land spring, for piano duet (2002)
• Three Meditations, for choir, violin, organ (2002)
• So Springs the Fair Earth, for tenor and piano (2002)
• Three Piano Pieces (2002)
• Bird singing, for soprano and piano (2003)
• Meditation 4, for choir, violin, organ (2003)
• Trio for flute, trumpet, viola (2004)
• Songs of Mary and Simeon, for choir and organ (2004)
• After the dissonance..., for string quartet (2005)
• Ten Bulls, for 2 clarinets, horn, cello and piano (2005)
• Les Vitraux de Saint-Séverin, for 14 players (2006)

• Educated at King’s School Worcester, St John’s College Cambridge, Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
• "Snapshots" won Young Composers’ Competition at Huddersfield Festival in 1985.
• Several works shortlisted by SPNM, 1984-1999.
• "red land spring" was prizewinner in Tong Piano Duet Composition Competition in 2002.
• "haiku mass" was nominated for British Composer Award in 2003.
• Steven Kings now lives in Bristol, U.K. Currently working on several commissions.

• http://www.stevenkings.co.uk
• http://www.severnsidecomposers.all.at

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