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– Thu 4 Sep: Nassau oblige - 12 Widmungsmusiken (1813-2005) an die Herrscher der Dynastie Luxemburg-Nassau, for Woodwind-Quartet Wiesbaden, Germany
– Tue 16 Sep: Cycles - A feast of Orchestral Song Cadogan Hall, London, UK
– Thu 2 Oct: First performance of a work for orchestra Casa de la Musica, Quito, Ecuador
– Sun 5 Oct: Eisenhower Farewell Address Castro Valley Center for the Arts, Castro Valley, California, USA
– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland

– Musikpreis Salzburg 2009 awarded to Klaus Huber 11 Aug 2008
– Wagstaff's Piano Quintet released on CD 6 Aug 2008
– Statue unveiled to honour Séan Ó Riada 4 Aug 2008
– Norman Dello Joio dies at 95 29 Jul 2008

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– (2000) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Brørup Suite", in Brørup, Denmark.
– (1988) Krzysztof Penderecki: Premiere of Passacaglia, in Luzern, Switzerland.
– (1973) Carl Orff: Premiere of De Temporum Fine Comoedia, in Salzburg, Austria.

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– Eli Camargo Jr. (19 Aug)

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Born: 24 September 1951 — Ventura County, California — USA

Died:

Sometimes celtic inspired, sometimes neo-classical, always melodic with strong harmonies and interesting counterpoint.

S.K. Waller as been a professional composer and performing musician since the age of 12, having worked with the Ventura County Symphony in California as conductor’s assistant from 1986 to 1992 under maestro Frank A. Salazar who was Waller’s teacher and mentor. Waller’s music has been performed in California, Oklahoma, New York, England, Spain and Italy.

After a stay in Vienna in 1994, Waller began writing Night Music, The Memoirs of Wolfgang Amadè Mozart. Some of Waller’s other works include articles for numerous music journals and newsletters, including the American Composers Forum journal, The Sounding Board, Rick Brainard’s 18th Century History website, and articles for The Encyclopedia of 18th Century History.

Waller is currently being spotlighted in a documentary by Academy Award and Emmy winning Canadian filmmaker Larry Weinstein of Rhombus Media (The Red Violin, Making Overtures, Yo-Yo Ma - Inspired by Bach, The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin, September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, Ravel’s Brain, and Beethoven’s Hair) in a film to be released for the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth.

Waller’s current musical projects include a chamber opera, and a trio for piano, violin and ‘cello for the film.

• S.K. Waller’s web site

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