Senior Prize Winners of the Menuhin Competition Oslo 2010 (limit: age 22 and under): 1st Prize: Xiang Yu (China) 2nd Prize: Nigel Armstrong (USA) 3rd prize: Suyeon Kang (Australia) 4th Prize: Ji Won Song (Korea) 5th Prize: A. Timothy Chooi (Canada) Bach Violin Sonata No.2 – Andante, Xiang Yu (1st Prize) at Menuhin Competition 2010 [...]
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Winners of Montreal International Musical Competition 2010
FIRST PRIZE ($30,000): Benjamin BEILMAN, United States SECOND PRIZE ($15,000): Korbinian ALTENBERGER, Germany THIRD PRIZE ($10,000): Nikita BORISOGLEBSKY, Russia See the official website: www.concoursmontreal.ca Montreal International Musical Competition (2010) – Benjamin Beilman Montreal International Musical Competition (2010) – Korbinian Altenberger Montreal International Musical Competition (2010) – Nikita Borisoblebsky
Lost Symphony
Does the Lost Symphony represent the a revival of classical music or the bitter end? From: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lost_Symphony The Lost Symphony is a symphonic work for orchestra composed by Michael Giacchino which incorporates passages and themes from the musical score of Lost. Unlike the scaled-down orchestra that is used on the show, the symphony is arranged [...]
Tina Guo plays Apres Un Reve
Classical Music videos are sooo in! More and more I’m seeing the medium of soloists and video directors/producers/artists collaborate toward projects like the one below. Watch out MTV! Music video for cellist Tina Guo’s arrangement of Apres Un Reve by Gabriel Fauré The Cello scenes were shot thru a camera obsucura then combined with intimate [...]
Pat Metheny Interview – Orchestrion
Pat Metheny talks about his new album Orchestrion. This is pretty brilliant, the instruments react to his midi control on his guitar making the experience interactive with the mechanized instruments. This kind of interaction and relationship with the otherwise lifeless controlled sounds really changes the concept and possibilities of playing with electronics. Neat stuff, gotta [...]
Alex Ross – Listen To This
Alex Ross, popular writer of the bestseller “The Rest is Noise” has a new publication coming out. He states, “I’m happy to present the cover for my next book, Listen To This, which Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish on September 28th.” Check out the table of contents and more at his blog: www.therestisnoise.com/2010/02/listen-cover.html
