Showing posts with label Classical Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classical Music. Show all posts

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Friday, September 1, 2017

Radetzky March

Johann Strauss Sr. Radetzky March, Op. 228, is a march composed by Johann Strauss Sr. and dedicated to Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. First performed on 31 August 1848 in Vienna, it soon became quite popular among regimented marching soldiers. It has been remarked that its tone is more celebratory than martial; Strauss was commissioned to write the piece to commemorate Radetzky's victory at the Battle of Custoza. Wikipedia

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Composer Gudnadottir nominated for the 2017 Harpa award

Photo Credit: www.digitalinberlin.de
Icelandic cellist and composer Hildur Gudnadottir has been nominated for the 2017 Harpa award with her score for Balthasar Kormakur’s feature film The Oath (Eidurinn). Other nominees for best score are Danish Sune Martin for his score to Martin Zandvliets drama “Land of Mine”, Norwegian Gaute Storaas for his score to Hannes Holms comedy “En mand der hedder Ove”, Swedish/Finish Marko Nyberg for his score to Ville Jankeris comedy, “Onnenonkija” and Swedish Sophia Ersson for her score to Alexandra-Therese Keinings drama “Pojkerne”. The award will be handed out at Cannes, May 2017 in connection with Directors Fortnight and in cooperation with ECSA. According to the nomination text her score for “The Oath” has been hailed as a major success, complementing every scene with a confident vision of the correct angles and moods, serving the film perfectly. Her very modern sense, combined with her classical background, makes for a rare outcome in this most outstanding score of the year in Icelandic filmmaking. At a reasonably young age she has, with her score to The Oath, created an identity, which is both original and stylish” Gudnadottir is a veteran in contemporary music despite her young age, she’s a classically trained cellist and has played and recorded with a wide range of bands such as Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle and Mum, as well as her solo project Lost in Hildurness. She has also toured with Animal Collective and drone metal band Sunn O))). Gudnadottir has released four critically acclaimed solo albums and composed music for theatre, dance performances and films. The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic National Theatre, Tate Modern, The British Film Institute, The Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and Gothenburg National Theatre are amongst the institutions that have commissioned new works by Gudnadottir. IceNews Photo

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Martha Argerich plays at Centro Cultural Kirchner

Internationally-renowned Argentine pianist Martha Argerich last night performed a history-making concert at the Ballena Azul hall of the recently inaugurated Centro Cultural Kirchner, built on the premises of the refurbished building that used to house the Central Post Office in downtown BA. With a capacity of 1,750 seats, tickets for the Argerich concert went for free online, with more than one million cyber surfers registering at the Kirchner Centre for access to the performance. As tickets quickly went out, though, music lovers were still able to enjoy the Argerich performance broadcast live on the Televisión Pública Channel 7, Radio Nacional Clásica FM 96.7, all INCAA movie theatres across Argentina and the Estaciones de Igualdad Cultural, most of them housed at cultural centres. Preceded by an introduction by journalist Víctor Hugo Morales, and accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra, Bacalov kicked off the evening’s proceedings with his own Porteña. The performance was conducted by Maestro Eduardo Hubert. Porteña, for two pianos and orchestra, was composed by the Oscar-winning Bacalov and is dedicated to Argerich, 74. Apart from last night’s concert, Argerich will on Sunday 26 appear with Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim at the Teatro Colón. In 2014, Argerich resumed her professional relationship with the Colón, which had been severed in 2005. In 2012, Argerich had already returned to Argentina on a tour that deliberately omitted a stopover in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires Herald