The Austrian composer Peter Ablinger, long based in Berlin, died yesterday at the age of 66.
Ablinger founded and led the Ensemble Zwischentöne and was much concerned with turning speech into music.
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The board of Astral Artists, a Philadelphia agency, have ordered its closure after being unable to raise more funds. Astral, founded in 1992, pursued engagements for young artists without taking commission. Among its proteges were […]
The Concertgebouw management has responded swiftly to protests on slippedisc.com: Statement regarding Jerusalem Quartet concerts With disbelief and anger, many have reacted to our decision not to go ahead with the Jerusalem Quartet’s two concerts […]
Sara Davis Buechner has an entertaining new video on the classical piano credentials of young women entering beauty pageants such as Miss America. Enjoy. The post Concert pianist evaluates Miss America contestants appeared first on […]
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