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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: 16 October 1729 — Brussel — Belgium

Died: 1 November 1768 — Brussel — Belgium

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While little is known of the Flemish composer and violinist Pierre van Maldere’s early life, the documentary evidence indicates that, by the age of seventeen he had found employment as a violinist in his native Brussels with the famed and much admired chapelle royale, the court orchestra of the ruling Austrian government. Within three years Maldere had been promoted to concertmaster, a position he maintained until 1751 when he successfully petitioned for a leave of absence to travel. Two years in Dublin, during which time his renown as a virtuoso violinist was supplemented by a growing reputation as a gifted composer, was followed by a brief but highly successful relationship with the great Parisian concert-giving society, the Concert spirituel. Visits to Austria and Bohemia as part of the entourage of the Governor-General of the Netherlands gave Maldere the opportunity to present his first two operas, both in the French style. In 1762 the composer became director of the Brussels Grand Theatre, although the exhausting workload compounded by financial worries forced Maldere to resign in 1767, a year before his demise.

(Contribution by Raúl Izaguirre Avila <rizaguiyahoo.com>.)

• http://www.mco-ocm.qc.ca/bioproge5.htm

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