Music the artform and artists
Evolution, revolution, smevolution: The future of classical music
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- Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Classical music may be the art of the sublime, liquid architecture and all the rest, but it has nonetheless always been a long-suffering kingdom of kvetching.
The woman who could "draw" music
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- Tuesday, 27 June 2017
One of electronica’s pioneers, Daphne Oram helped revolutionise music but remains surprisingly little known. A new play puts her offbeat life, and accomplishments, into the spotlight.
Maroc: Musique gharnatie, un patrimoine artistique ancestrale qui refuse de tomber dans l'Oubli
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- Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Malgré la rude concurrence et la multiplicité des formes musicales, la musique gharnatie garde une place de choix chez les Oujdis qui continuent à admirer cette musique, un patrimoine artistique ancestral sans âge qui refuse de tomber dans l'oubli.
The snake dance of Ethiopia
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
If you're ugly you must learn to dance. So says a Zimbabwean proverb that is used to encourage people in the community to dance.
Le vinyle qui a propulsé les Beatles
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Le 1er juin 1967, les Beatles sortaient leur trente-trois tours Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band au Royaume-Uni, et marquaient d’une pierre blanche l’histoire de la musique.
A Huge Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
If you've taken any introductory course or even read any introductory books on music, you'll almost certainly have heard it described as "organized sound." Fair enough, but then what do you call disorganized sound?
Results of the 64th International Rostrum of Composers
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Brut (2014) by Polish composer Artur Zagajewski (born 1978) and Reachings (2014) by young Finnish composer Sebastian Hilli (born 1990) are the works selected by radio music producers participating in the 64th International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) held in Palermo, from May 15 to 19, 2017.
EXIB Música, a music market with a conscience
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
An exhibition specialising in music from Latin America, Spain and Portugal that promotes the sharing of goods and services based on cooperation, diversity and identity.
A Portuguese Ballad Earns Country’s First Eurovision Victory
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- Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Salvador Sobral of Portugal broke one of Eurovision’s longest-running losing streaks on Saturday night, scooping up the country’s first-ever win with the uncharacteristically somber ballad, “Amar Pelos Dois.”
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