the set of the noteworthy arts documents
At the age of 28, he became internationally recognized when “The Firebird” debuted in Paris in 1910. Three years later, the unique and scandalous “Spring of the sacred” premiered there. Fame stuck to his name and never left. Rimsky-Korsakov, said Stravinsky, was like a second father to him. Stravinsky copied some of his mentor’s things…
Throughout his lengthy musical career, Williams composed some of the most famous film soundtracks and theme songs ever, including the first three “Harry Potter” films (2001, 2002, and 2004) and nine “Star Wars” films (1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2017, and 2019). On October 30, 2001, the music for “Harry Potter and the…
On this day 1906 Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1944-52: Baltimore Symphony, 1952-59) was born in Valdibure, in the countryside of Pistoia, to a family of wealthy landowners. He studied music first in St. Petersburg as a guest of his maternal grandfather and, from 1923, at the Conservatory of Florence. Massimo Filippo Antongiulio Maria…
In the world of academic music, gender inequality has historically existed. Despite persistent public calls to abandon age-old prejudices, women are largely ignored there, but there are many examples of their success.
“History of culture” has made a short list of names in academic conducting that have made or will soon make the whole world talk about them.
Simon Rattle meets Simon Rattle: “Conductors aren’t separate people! We don’t exist without our orchestras.” Attitude to Competition Victories (After the 1974 the John Player International Conducting Competition Victory) People do plan their lives, you know, and I had my life well planned, I had the money to do a fourth year at the Academy. I just…
The Harold Farberman’s (1929-2018) Double Concerto for Violin and Percussion was born of affection and admiration for Guillermo Figueroa. It was composed in 2005-2006. It is a work I wanted to create. We became close friends when Guillermo became interested in learning to conduct. A measure of his musical abilities is that while his skills…
Conductor and composer Lydia Tár becomes the first female conductor of the Berlin Orchestra. From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician. Director admitted that the script was created exactly for Blanchett. Bernstein’s personality never ceases to inspire directors. In addition to the new Netflix film dedicated to the biography of…