Endless spirals: Philippe Manoury remembers Pierre Boulez

Philippe Manoury

Pierre Boulez and Philippe Manoury at Ircam in 1992

Philippe Manoury

By Chloë Rouge, 27 March 2025

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“Contradiction interested him a lot”

Tim Rutherford-Johnson, 10th July

This year Chigiana International Festival presents Yann Robin’s new opera Medusa, inspired by Alessandro Scarlatti and Caravaggio – music poised between past and future.

Barbara Hannigan and Herbie Hancock honoured with Polar Music Prizes

Bachtrack, 18th March

Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan and US jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, together with British rock band Queen, join an illustrious list group of musicians to win the Swedish prizes.

Sensuality and modern music: Barbara Hannigan

Lawrence Dunn, 6th December

Barbara Hannigan talks about her relationship with Boulez, on singing Pli selon pli, and returning to the London Symphony Orchestra to conduct two programmes this season.

Kith and kin: Brett Dean and family prepare Of One Blood

Lawrence Dunn, 1st May

Brett Dean, Heather Betts and Lotte Betts-Dean sit down to discuss their work on Of One Blood, a new opera dramatising the lives of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots – affairs of the family all round.

Attuned to the times: Anastasia Kobekina in Prague

Charlotte Gardner, 30th April

Ahead of a return to Prague to perform with the Czech Philharmonic, Anastasia Kobekina talks about Bryce Dessner’s new cello concerto, Trembling Earth, her love for Dvořák, and exploring new instruments.

Rambert School, Juilliard School, McGregor: triple threat!

Deborah Weiss, 29th April

Amanda Britton, Artistic Director of Rambert School, talks about an exchange and collaboration between the Rambert School and Juilliard to create a new work by Wayne McGregor, a unique project.

Chloë Rouge

Après des études d’histoire de la musique au CRR de Paris et de musicologie à l’EHESS avec pour ce sujet de recherche les compositeurs-chefs d’orchestres, Chloë Rouge devient enseignante de formation musicale au conservatoire Maurice Ravel du 13^e arrondissement de Paris. Particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et la médiation de la musique, elle commence la critique musicale pour le journal Altamusica et rédige des notes de programme pour différentes institutions (Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, Radio France). Depuis 2024, elle fait partie de la commission musique contemporaine de l’Académie Charles Cros.