It is with great sadness that we share the news of Ursula Mamlok’s death. Born in Germany in 1923, Mamlok and her family fled the Nazis to Ecuador when she was only 17. She received a scholarship to study at the Mannes School of Music in New York City. Her...
News to start your week! Tim Rutherford-Johnson reviews Liza Lim’s new opera, Tree of Codes, in Limelight Magazine. His take: it should not be missed! Charlotte Higgins of The Guardian reviews the just published book, Songs and Sweet Airs by Anna...
Tomorrow, April 28, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, winner of a WPA Performance Grant, will be performing Joan Tower’s Second Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Known today to be on of the most prolific and performed living American composers, Tower’s...
News to start your week! Conductor JoAnn Falletta, who leads the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read the press release here. Estonian World has an in depth interview with...
Saturday, April 23 marks the 158th birthday of Dame Ethel Smyth. Known for going against norms (defying her father in receiving a music education, composed operas in Victorian England, fiercely advocated for women’s rights and women’s suffrage, and was not...
