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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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– Thomas Brendan Wilson (17 Jun)

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Born: 7 June 1894 — Bamberg — Germany

Died: 2 July 1968 — Fuessen — Germany

Almost his complete oeuvres were destroyed towards the end of war, in 1944. The following works however were rediscovered by Karl Urlberger, Aschaffenburg in 1996: A Concerto in c sharp minor for piano and orchestra, one of the great late romantic piano concertos; Paraphrase for piano on the waltz "Wiener Blut" by Johann Strauss; Grand etude in e minor for piano "Springbrunnen"; four peasant dances for string orchestra op. 7; five franconian dances for four-handed piano.

• 1908-1912: Studied piano and composition at the Academy of Music, Wuerzburg
• 1912-1913: Piano teacher, Essen
• 1913-1914: Director of the conservatory, Elbing
• 1914-1924: Teacher for piano and organ, Aschaffenburg
• 1924-1945: Professor at the conservatory, Augsburg, piano soloist and accompanist, both nationally and internationally
• 1945-1968: Independent pianist and piano pedagogue

Hanns Wolf studied with Prof. Henry van Zeyl (one of the last students of Franz Liszt), with Max Meyer-Obersleben (composition), with Willy Rehberg and Alfred Hoehn (piano) and he played as a soloist under Willem Mengelberg, Otto Klemperer, Sir Henry Wood, G.L. Jochum, G.M.D. Friedrich (Berlin), GMD Jung (Saarbruecken), Eduard van Beinum (Hilversum) and GMD Hans Swarowski (Danzig). Made broadcasts with the following radio stations: Munich, Berlin, Hilversum and Saarbruecken.

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