Alternative future sonic worlds: Ultima Oslo

Ultima Oslo opens with Fathom at Oslo Town Hall

Dubmorphology (Trevor Mathison and Gary Stewart) perform at Henie Onstad Art Centre

Sanskriti Shrestha and ensemble perform Levitate

Oslo Sinfonietta perform at Ultima Oslo

Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson perform in Raven Chacon’s Tremble Staves

By Lawrence Dunn, 19 September 2024

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“a model for radical open-mindedness”

Bachtrack, 27th October

Soloist Carolin Widmann was due to perform Clara Iannotta’s new violin concerto later this week – until Essen Philharmonic took a vote to effectively cancel the performance

Deadly playful: eight new works from women composers in 2024

Lawrence Dunn, 8th March

Kaleidoscopic, surreal, uncanny, crystalline, playful and deadly – we survey eight women composers with new works to be premiered in 2024.

Loneliness and togetherness: Chamber Choir Ireland in Dundalk

Lawrence Dunn, 19th June

Chamber Choir Ireland opens Louth Contemporary Music Society’s summer festival, with two major new works from Cassandra Miller and Linda Catlin Smith.

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Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and beyond

Lawrence Dunn, 10th March

We profile one of the most advanced and best-sounding concert halls in the UK, and take a look further afield at arts and culture across Manchester.

The world over: Bachtrack’s Classical Music Statistics 2025

Bachtrack, 28th January

How is the classical music world changing? Looking back on a dizzying year, we pay particular attention to performers’ international connectedness. Documenting more than 30,000 events, Bachtrack’s statistics provide valuable insight into an unstable world.

The magical world of composers’ handwriting

Lawrence Dunn, 17th December

From Buxtehude, Bach and Handel, to contemporary composer Liza Lim, we take a tour of the myriad forms of composers’ handwriting and calligraphy – and how music makes itself on the page.

Lawrence Dunn

Lawrence is commissioning editor at Bachtrack. He is a composer, improviser, pianist and writer. He has taught at Cambridge, Huddersfield and Sheffield universities. He has written music for, among others the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Slagwerk Den Haag, Philip Thomas, Juliet Fraser, Ilya Gringolts, Plus-Minus, Exaudi, Apartment House and Explore Ensemble.

Alternative future sonic worlds: Ultima Oslo 2024