The brilliant Bossa Nova pioneer has died in Los Angeles, aged 83. The cause, say his family, was long Covid.
Mendes settled in the US in the 1960s amid political and military turbulence in Brazil that saw him briefly arrested. His theme song (below) became an everlasting earworm.
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The French musicologist and broadcaster Marcel Marnat has died at the age of 91. He was the author of the impressive 1985 Fayard biography of Maurice Ravel, and he was head of France Musique from […]
From the Busoni Piano Competition: It is with great regret that we receive the news of the passing of the great Alfred Brendel. Peter Paul Kainrath, artistic director, speaks for everyone at the Busoni-Mahler Foundation […]
Jean Cocteau’s 135th Birthday Click here to watch This week also marks the 135th birthday of Jean Cocteau, the celebrated French author, playwright, artist and director. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – […]
