Tag: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
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Link Round Up: January 25, 2022
Here’s some news for this week! Juilliard Focus Festival 2022, The Making of an American Music, 1899-1948 is taking place this week with much of it streaming. The January 28 concluding orchestral concert will be conducted by Mei Ann Chen, and features Melissa White as soloist in Florence Price’s Violin Concerto n. 1! . Musicologist…
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Monday Link Round Up: January 25, 2021
News and music to start your week! Celebrations are underway (to the extent possible given the pandemic) for the centennial birthday of pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams, pictured above. She is featured in a story on NPR by reporter Lara Pellegrinelli. Read the text or listen in to the six minute story here. Pellegrinelli…
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Monday Link Round Up: July 24, 2017
News to start your week! BBC Radio 4’s “Behind the Scenes” looks at Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s work during her first year as Music Director of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Listen online here. Conductor Amy Andersson is organizing a new ensemble, Orchestra Moderne NYC. The inaugural concert will happen in October at Carnegie Hall. The…
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Monday Link Round Up: November 21, 2016
News to start your week! Meredith Monk is celebrating her 74th birthday! Sequenza 21 has a birthday tribute, and review of her newest recording, here. Last week we shared an article about cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason who is working for more diverse representation in classical music. This week The Guardian has another interview with Kanneh-Mason before the…