Music the artform and artists
Le vrai ou faux de la musique contemporaine
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- Tuesday, 04 April 2017
La musique contemporaine souffre de nombreux clichés : musique élitiste, inaudible, rigide... Mais quelle est la part de vrai et de faux dans tout cela ?
IRCCreate: Matej Bonin’s world premiere
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
One year after his first visit, Matej Bonin, selected composer at the IRC 2015 in the Under-30 category, will be back in Piteå this week to assist the NEO Ensemble in the last rehearsals before the world premiere of the work he has composed in the framework of IRCCreate.
15 Asia-Pacific Artists You Should Be Listening To
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Korean pop and Japanese pop music have been creeping into the Western music industry for quite some time now.
Chuck Berry Performs at 1958 Newport Jazz Festival
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- Monday, 20 March 2017
The most stunning moment of the film is Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen." He begins his performance relatively reserved, playing a plodding version of the single with the house band. But soon, he loosens up, swinging his hips, hoisting his Gibson guitar up, duck-walking across the stage over a clarinet solo.
Time for changes
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- Monday, 20 March 2017
The concert-going experience is the same as it was over a century ago – it’s time to make some changes.
Historical female composers: a specialist's guide
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- Monday, 20 March 2017
As an industry we spend a lot of time talking about female composers of the past – about the difficulties they faced, the problem they represent, the challenging lives they led and the societal norms that account for their marginal place in the classical canon – but far less time actually listening to their music.
Les musiques sacrées au Sénégal
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- Monday, 20 March 2017
Dans un pays où la religion occupe une place trés importante, le chant religieux ainsi que la musique d’inspiration religieuse ont une place importante dans la vie sénégalaise. Mais comment sonnent-ils ?
Traditional music in Ghana
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- Tuesday, 07 March 2017
Since the colonial era, Christian churches have been purveyors of European culture which preaches against African cultural practices and poses a popular inimical treatment to traditional music while promoting western cultural values and usages.
Was the First Song a Lullaby?
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- Tuesday, 07 March 2017
Two Harvard University researchers put forward an intriguing hypothesis.
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