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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.

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– Artur Santos (17 Jun)
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– Giorgos Kyriakakis (17 Jun)
– Thomas Brendan Wilson (17 Jun)

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Born: 26 December 1964 — Belfast — Northern Ireland

Died:

Ian Wilson has written over fifty works, including seven concertos, orchestral works, five string quartets, three piano trios and many other chamber pieces. Works have been performed and broadcast throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa by performers such as the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Ulster Orchestra, the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Vogler, Vanbrugh and Endellion Quartets, Barry Douglas, Hugh Tinney, Harry Sparnaay and Gerard McChrystal. His music is published by Universal Edition (London) Ltd. CDs have been released on the Black Box Music label (‘Towards the Far Country’ - string quartets 1-3,BBM 1031), Timbre (‘Seven Last Words’ - piano trios 2&3, DMHCD4) and Chandos (‘Contemporary String Quartets from Ireland’ - includes quartet no.1, CHAN 9295).

Born in Belfast, studied at the University of Ulster, gaining the first doctorate in composition from that institution. Lived in Belgrade for a while before moving to Republic of Ireland where he now lives with his family.

• http://www.ianwilson.org.uk
• http://www.universaledition.com (publishers)

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