Tag: Clara Schumann
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Monday Link Round Up: February 3, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Jennifer Higdon, pictured, for winning the Grammy for Best contemporary classical compositions for her Harp Concerto. Caroline Shaw also won the Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance for her piece, Orange, performed by Attacca Quartet. See the full list of Classical Winners here. NewMusicBox rasies the…
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Monday Link Round Up: November 4, 2019
News and music to start your week! In sad, but perhaps not surprising news, The Guardian reports that according to the Musicians Union, half of its members have received harassment at work, and a significant percentage of those who chose to leave their careers in music do so because of the abuse and sexism. Soprano…
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Monday Link Round Up: September 30, 2019
News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced that they have discovered letters from Clara Schumann in their archives! This is just after Clara’s 200th birthday celebration in which many world-famous ensembles spoke about her achievements, but no top-tier U.S. orchestra programmed any of her works. Read more at the Philadelphia…
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Monday Link Round Up: September 16, 2019
News and music to start the week! There was a lot of coverage of Clara Schumann’s 200th Birthday on Friday! Read more through the Library of Congress blog, from Isata Kanneh-Mason (who recently recorded Clara’s works for piano) at The Guardian, find a thorough synopsis of her life and works at Deutsche Welle, and listen…