Shanghai lad, 19, wins Premio Busoni

The composer and pianist Jason Moran has resigned as the Kennedy Center’s artistic director for jazz. He posted: ‘Thank you to the composers, comedians, choreographers, performance artists, skateboarders, filmmakers, authors, illustrators, dancers, photographers, sculptors, scientists, […]

I once offended the great man by deprecating the jacket he wore to work at IRCAM. It was a rumpled tweedy garment, half-town, half-country. ‘What’s wrong with it?’ he cried. ‘It lacks style,’ I said, […]