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The New Zealand composer and musicologist Martin Lodge has died, aged 70, of a brain tumour. He advanced the study of Maori music at the Conservatorium of Music at the University of Waikato.     […]

The thoughtful American composer Richard Wernick died yesterday at the age of 91. Many of his works are for chamber and vocal ensembles He won the Pulitzer in 1977 for Visions of Terror and Wonder […]

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has announced the death of Professor David Watkin, a leading cellist and conductor of baroque ensembles. Before taking up the professorship, Watkin was principal cellist of English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre […]