Music the artform and artists
International Rostrum of Composers: Last Commission on Streaming
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- Friday, 27 February 2015
While his work "ABISMO EL ABISMO" was selected in the under 30 category of the IRC in 2011, the young Argentinean composers Juan Pablo Nicoletti won a commission by IMC in collaboration with Radio France.
How Björk broke the sound barrier
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- Friday, 27 February 2015
With an acclaimed new album, and a MoMA exhibition due next month, the Icelandic star is back. Award-winning music writer Alex Ross traces her musical journey from child prodigy to genre-defying queen of the avant garde.
Radio: How Formats Shaped, Splintered And Remade Pop Music
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- Friday, 27 February 2015
Music critics these days love to argue about "rockism," the unexamined prejudices we bring to our musical judgements, and "poptimism," an effort to celebrate commercial stuff that some think goes way too far.
You Are Guaranteed to Die During This Performance
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- Friday, 27 February 2015
Walk into centuries-old St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany, and you'll hear an organ playing. The performance comes with a guarantee: You'll be dead before it's over.
Mongolie: l’art de la diphonie
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- Friday, 27 February 2015
En Mongolie, la conception du son renvoie inévitablement à une conception du monde qui est double, duelle, diphonique...
In A Few Fateful Years, One Record Label Blew Open The Blues
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- Tuesday, 17 February 2015
The story of Paramount Records is a story of contradictions.
How Santería Seeped Into Latin Music
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- Tuesday, 17 February 2015
If you wanted to put it in extremely simple terms, you could call Santería a mashup of mythology from west and central Africa and Christianity.
India: Music routes to the spiritual
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- Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Hundreds had gathered at the Vasantapura Temple – musicians, students of music, connoisseurs – to pay their respects to one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music tradition, Tyagaraja.
Ice and fire: the classical music scene in Iceland
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- Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Iceland's composers and musicians are busy breaking down the barriers between classical and popular genres.