The Cleveland composer H. Leslie Adams who wrote songs and pianio suites with African-American themes, has died in his home town, aged 91.
His largest work is a m usic drama, Blake, on the lives of enslaved people in the mid-19th century.
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The Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer is the biggest music prize in Canada, worth C$125,000. The latest winners are mezzo-Soprano Kristin Hoff, founder of the Montreal contemporary company Musique 3 Femmes and pianist Meagan Milatz, co-founder […]
The BBC Philharmonic in Manchester has appointed Catharina Feyen as second principal double-bass. A Guildhall graduate from Belgium, she has been freelancing at the Royal Opera House in London. photo: fb The post Belgian wins […]
Nat King Cole would have been 106 years old today. Born in Montgomery, Alabama on March 17, 1919, his mother was a church organist and taught him to play all kinds of music, “jazz, gospel, […]
