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– Thu 10 Jul: A Musical and Visual Tour of Scotland Macphail Theatre, Ullapool, Scotland
– Thu 10 Jul: GUBAIDULINA'S PERCEPTION - IN PARIS,COMPOSER Present Salle Cortot, Paris, France
– Wed 16 Jul: Pops in Outer Space Columbus Park,Stamford, CT
– Thu 17 Jul: Five Centuries of Great Duets East Meadow, NY, USA
– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - 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:
– Zoran Bozanic
– David Diamond
– Ingolf Dahl
– Elisabeth Lutyens
– Robert Oboussier
Dying days:
– Randall Thompson
– Oscar van Hemel
– Alexander Gedike
– Giovanni Battista Bononcini
– Johann Rudolf Ahle
Events:
– (1989) Edison Denisov: Premiere of the clarinet concerto, in Lübeck, Germany.
– (1978) Aribert Reimann: Premiere of Lear, in Munich, Germany.
– (1962) Mauricio Kagel: Premiere of Heterophonie, in Darmstadt, Germany.
– (1957) Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Premiere of Simplicius Simplicissimus (new version), in Mannheim, Germany.

– Gabriel Erkoreka (17 Jun)
– Miguel Álvarez Fernández (17 Jun)
– Edward Gonçalves Pinto (17 Jun)
– George Frederic Pinto (17 Jun)
– André Miranda (17 Jun)
– Artur Santos (17 Jun)
– Martin Wesley-Smith (17 Jun)
– Arturo Márquez (17 Jun)
– Giorgos Kyriakakis (17 Jun)
– Thomas Brendan Wilson (17 Jun)

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Born: 21 November 1931 — Sydney — Australia

Died: 2 March 2003 — Cambridge — England

• 7 Symphonies
• Sinfonia concertante
• sinfonietta
• Symphony for voices
• 4 Piano concertos
• Our man in Havana - Opera
• The English Eccentrics - Opera
• Sun into Darkness - Ballet
• Piano sonatas
• Chamber Music
• Organ Pieces
• Film and TV Scores
• The Violins of Saint Jacques (opera)

Malcolm Williamson went to the Sydney Cons. at the age of 11 to study piano and composition with Eugène Goossens. In 1953 he went to London to study with Elisabeth Lutyens and Erwin Stein. He worked at this time as an organist in several churches in London to support himself. In 1963 he got the Arnold Bax Memorial Prize, and from that time was a performer of his own organ and piano concertos. He was deeply inspired by Benjamin Britten’s choral works (especially for children). His biggest influences are Olivier Messiaen, Benjamin Britten, and jazz and popular music, but his style is very individualistic, essentialy melodic, versatile in approach, and technically accomplished. He succeeded Arthur Bliss as master of the queen’s music in 1975. Since then he has continued to compose music in various styles.

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