Music the artform and artists
Pierre Boulez à tout prix : La naissance de l'Ircam
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- Tuesday, 21 February 2017
En 1964, Pierre Boulez installé en Allemagne projette de revenir en France, il répond à une sollicitation du Ministère de la culture et fait une proposition de réforme de la direction de la musique...
Polar Music Prize
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
The Polar Music Prize celebrates the power and importance of music and is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions for international recognition of excellence in the world of music.
Happy 30th birthday, 'world music'
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
1987 was a big year for music. "World music," in particular, since that's when the global genre was first named as an industry category.
Philip Glass Celebrates His 80th Birthday With an 11th Symphony
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
“I’ve found that the symphonies’ appeal is that they each have a personality,” he said in a recent interview.
International choir competitions are increasingly popular. Why?
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
Unlike competitions for soloists, winners do not receive large sums of prize money or recording contracts. That doesn't seem to put participants off.
Does opera exclude you, or do you exclude opera?
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
The public need to take the lead in exploring opera.
La musique traditionnelle, source d’inspiration pour les compositeurs togolais
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
Les rythmes traditionnels constituent le socle des compositions togolaises actuelles. C’est ce qu’ont révélé plusieurs compositeurs Togolais.
Liberia: Documenting Hipco
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Hipco, which grew from the crumbling ghettos and slum communities of Monrovia and its environs, has defied the odds to remain the popular music genre in Liberia, and serving as the medium through which rappers speak against societal ills, including injustice and corruption.
The enigmatic 1970s Nigerian musician who was a hipster favorite from London to Brooklyn
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
“Better Change Your Mind” was this writer’s introduction to the enigmatic talent that was William Onyeabor, who died on Tuesday at the age of 70.
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