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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

– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
– Wed 15 Oct: Opera For Piano Mannes College of Music, Manhattan, New York City, USA
– Thu 16 Oct: thingNY does Berio Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY (USA)
– Thu 16 Oct: Outsound and The Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
– Fri 17 Oct: 23rd Annual Concert of Sacred Choral Music Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana, USA

Birthdays:
– Alexander von Zemlinsky
– Ernest Pingoud
– La Monte Young
– Kaija Saariaho
– Claudio Alsuyet
Dying days:
– Pietro Antonio Cesti
– Domenico Alberti
– František (Franz) Xaver Brixi
– Johann Kaspar Mertz
– Rodolfo Halffter
Events:
– (1883) Antonín Dvořák: Premiere of violin concerto in a minor op. 53, in Prague, Czech Republic.
– (1924) Gustav Mahler: Premiere of Symphony no. 10 in F sharp major, in Vienna, Austria.
– (1924) Arnold Schoenberg: Premiere of Die Glückliche Hand, in Vienna, Austria.
– (1933) Alexander von Zemlinsky: Premiere of Der Kreidekreis, in Zürich, Switzerland.
– (1951) Pablo Casals: Premiere of La Sardana (for 123 cellos), in Zürich, Switzerland.

– Sergio Fidemraizer (10 Oct)
– Giovanni Giovenale Ancina (9 Oct)
– Jan Adams (Johann Adam) Reinken (8 Oct)
– Richard Englefield (8 Oct)
– John Arrigo-Nelson (8 Oct)
– Arthur Butterworth (8 Oct)
– George Butterworth (8 Oct)
– Luís Carvalho (8 Oct)
– Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (2 Oct)
– Josef Antonín Gurecký (2 Oct)

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Born: 12 July 1931 — Oplinter — Belgium

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Studied music at the Lemmens Institute in Malines and one the Lemmens-Tinel prize (for organ, counterpoint and fuge) in 1958. From 1953-1957 studied musicology and philosophy at the Louvain University. Participated in the ‘Cologne courses new music’ at Darmstadt. Won the Prix Italia with oratorio "La vita non é sogno" In 1986, "Das Shloß" (the castle), an opera based on Kafka’s novel, was premiered at the Monnaie Theater in Brussels. Since 1971, he has been president of the Belgian ISCM-section. A recording of "Das Schloß" is available under the "Koch Discover International" label, the catalogue number is DICD 920375-6. In 2003 he got the Visser-Neerlandia Prize for his complete oeuvre.

(contribution by James Stevenson <aquapiearthlink.net>)

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