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Passion and precision: Aimard plays Schoenberg and Ives

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Passion and precision: Aimard plays Schoenberg and Ives in Berlin

Von David Grundy, 02 September 2024

Revolutionary music, a century on: Pierre-Laurent Aimard excels in Schoenberg and Ives.

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Violence, trauma and polyphony: Saariaho’s Innocence comes to Amsterdam

Von David Grundy, 07 September 2023

Dramatising the aftermath of a mass shooting in Finland, Innocence explores violence, trauma and collective responsibility. Co-librettist Aleksi Barrière speaks about one of Kaija Saariaho’s last major works.

Trauma and polyphony: Saariaho’s Innocence comes to Amsterdam

07 Sep 2023

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The weight of memory: the music of Krzysztof Penderecki

Von David Grundy, 28 Juli 2023

With an output ranging from dense sound clusters to romantic oratorios, Penderecki’s music is remarkably diverse – and throughout is redolent with the trauma and memory of the 20th century.

The weight of memory: the music of Krzysztof Penderecki

28 Jul 2023

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Music boxes, walkie-talkies and the plantation machine: Hannah Kendall

Von David Grundy, 06 März 2023

Inspired by grime, Jean Michel Basquiat, and the legacies of colonialism, composer Hannah Kendall talks about how music is always about more than just music.

Music boxes, walkie-talkies and the plantation machine: Hannah Kendall

06 Mär 2023

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“It should belong to all of us”: Detlev Glanert’s Prague Symphony

Von David Grundy, 16 November 2022

The German composer discusses the long awaited world premiere of his new work Prague Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic, which sets fragments of Franz Kafka for two singers and orchestra.

“It should belong to all of us”: Detlev Glanert’s Prague Symphony

16 Nov 2022