The proto-modernist Frederik van Rossum died this week leaving a body of mostly piano works and a bevy of publishers whom he sacked.
His In memoriam Glenn Gould for piano, opus 43 of 1984 deserves more attention.
He was professor in Brussels and Liege and director of the the music academy in Watermael-Boitsfort.
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Good result from a fairly uneventful summer fest: The Salzburg Festival Directorate – Kristina Hammer, Markus Hinterhäuser and Lukas Crepaz – is pleased to announce a 98.4% percentage of occupied seats. 256.600 guests from 88 […]
The 2025 Birgit Nilsson Prize – worth 1 million US dollars – was awarded today to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, whose director Pierre Audi died tragically two weeks ago. The citation says: ‘With its forward-looking and […]
Hundreds protested today outside the Royal Opera House in London against the engagement of Russian soprano Anna Netrebko. She goes on stage on September 11. The post Anti Netrebko demo outside Covent Garden appeared first […]
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