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Elena Kats-Chernin ‘Roses in a Box’: Mixed Messages

Elena Kats-Chernin: Roses in a Box Context Born in 1957, Elena Kats-Chernin is one of Australia’s leading composers. She was born in Uzbekistan and immigrated to Australia in the 1970s, where she graduated from the New South Wales Conservatory of Music in 1980. She was awarded the DAAD German exchange Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 days6 days ago
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Louise Farrenc ‘Nonet in Eb Major’: Nine is the Magic Number

Louise Farrenc: Nonet in Eb Major Context Born in May 1804, French composer, pedagogue and concert pianist Louise Farrenc enjoyed a fruitful reputation during her lifetime. She learned under some of the best including Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Ignaz Moscheles.She also received composition lessons from Anton Reicha – a professor Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 week1 week ago
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Tania León ‘Batá’: Exploring African Traditions

Tania León: Batá Context Born in Havana, Cuba in 1943, Tania León began learning the piano at the young age of four years old. Twenty years on, she had earned her bachelors and master degrees in music from the Carlos Alfredo Peyrellade Conservatory. After this, she made the move to New Read more…

By Alex Burns, 3 weeks3 weeks ago
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Alla Pavlova ‘Elegy for Piano and String Orchestra’: Russian Inspiration

Alla Pavlova: Elegy for Piano and String Orchestra Context Ukrainian composer Alla Pavlova has studied at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Music Institute and the Gnesin Academy of Music in Moscow. Pavlova has resided in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, and now the USA. She has composed a number of large-scale works for the orchestra Read more…

By Alex Burns, 4 weeks4 weeks ago
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Amy Beach ‘Gaelic Symphony’: Exploring European Traditions

Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony Context In 1896, Amy Beach premiered her First Symphony – Gaelic Symphony. This was a massive milestone in women’s music as Beach became the first American woman to compose and then further publish a symphony. In 1900 Beach was the soloist for the premiere of her Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 month1 month ago
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Vítĕzslava Kaprálová ‘Elegy’: A Forgotten Brno Gem

Vítĕzslava Kaprálová: Elegy Context Vítĕzslava Kaprálová (1915-1940) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, to musical parents. By age 9, Kaprálová was composing her own music after learning with her parents at home. In 1930, Kaprálová was offered a place to study at Brno Conservatory, where she studied composition, choral and orchestral Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 month1 month ago
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Joan Tower ‘Copperwave’: Latin Brass

Joan Tower: Copperwave Context Joan Tower was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1938. When Tower was nine, her family moved to Bolivia, which she describes as an integral part of her compositional style. Upon her father’s insistence, she learnt the piano and had consistent musical training. Her father Read more…

By Alex Burns, 2 months2 months ago
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Judith Weir ‘The Welcome Arrival of Rain’: Monsoon Season

Judith Weir: The Welcome Arrival of Rain Context Judith Weir was born in 1954 in Cambridge, and at a young age she began learning the oboe. Weir in her youth performed regularly with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. She studied composition whilst at school with none other than Read more…

By Alex Burns, 2 months2 months ago
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Ann Southam ‘Noisy River’: Heading Downstream

Ann Southam: Noisy River Context After years of writing electronic music, Canadian composer Ann Southam abandoned the tapes and tracks and focused on more classically-inclined pieces. Noisy River is a piece for solo piano that features on the album Pond Life. Much like her style throughout the years, Southam’s approach Read more…

By Alex Burns, 2 months ago
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Ursula Mamlok ‘Constellations’: Explore the Orchestra

Ursula Mamlok: Constellations Context Born on February 1st, 1923, Ursula Mamlok was born in Berlin, Germany into a primarily Jewish family. Her biological father, Hans Meyer, died when she was a baby, but her mother remarried fairly soon after. Mamlok composed and performed as a child in Berlin, however, due Read more…

By Alex Burns, 3 months ago

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