Tag: Shulamit Ran

  • Happy Women’s History Month!

    Happy Women’s History Month!

    We are thrilled that many concerts are taking place to celebrate Women’s History Month – As our friend conductor Wilbur Lin says, “Elevating women artists should not be limited to a single month, but #WomenHistoryMonth is always a good time to review how we are doing!”  And, we add, to celebrate when celebration is called…

  • Monday Link Round Up: January 2, 2016

    News to start your week – and the New Year! Alex Ross discusses the Prototype Festival in The New Yorker, which will feature Missy Mazzoli’s opera Breaking the Waves, which was premiered by Opera Philadelphia in September.  Read on here. Elizabeth Bell, composer and co-founder of New York Women Composers passed away on December 19 at the age…

  • Celebrating 75 Years at Tanglewood

    The annual Tanglewood Festival hosts thousands of concert goers each year, drawn to the beautiful scenery and amazing music at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home.  Over the past 75 years, the Tanglewood Music Center has also drawn devotees annually – but as students and faculty, eager to learn, engage, and explore a range of established classics…

  • 2015 Summer Festivals

    Summer is official upon us – and so, too, is the summer festival season.  Here are some highlights of works by women that can be heard this year. The Aspen Music Festival will include works by Nina C. Young (winner of the 2014 Jacob Druckman Prize), Judith Shatin, Jennifer Higdon, Shulamit Ran, and Galina Ustvolskaya. Bard SummerScape…