| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 9-Jun-2013 Southbank Centre: Purcell Room | The art of fear, or the fear of art? The Rest is Noise with Karim Said |
 This Sunday, pianist Karim Said returned to the Southbank Centre to put Arnold Schoenberg under the microscope for a third and last time. Performing as part of the International Piano Series 2012/13 and the cataclysmic Rest is Noise festival, Said’s concerts have focused on the genesis of the Second Viennese School. Each event included an introductory talk with Sara Mohr-Pietsch where the musical works were discussed in the context of Alex Ross’ award-winning book The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (2007).Read full review... | |
| 18-May-2013 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | Plenty of surprises: Three world premières in Amsterdam |
 It was a surprising afternoon of world premières at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw this weekend. With promises of young talent, such as the rising Dutch recorder player Erik Bosgraaf, and daring new compositions by Peter Adriaansz and Louis Andriessen, the event shed some light on the state of modern music today.
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| 13-Apr-2013 Barbican Centre: Hall | LSO Futures Week at the Barbican: Symphonic sound worlds |
.jpg) Following on from the Contemporary Chamber Works concert of the LSO Futures series, François-Xavier Roth was back less than an hour later with the Symphonic Sound Worlds programme. This formed the second part of his investigation into the nature of the orchestra, its traditional forms and generic makeup. The title “Symphonic Sound Worlds” hints not only at the expansion of orchestral sounds, but also at the effects of these sounds upon the more general “worlds” within which they are deployed.Read full review... | |
| 29-Jan-2013 Le Poisson Rouge | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra visits New York's West Village |
 No ordinary youth orchestra, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra causes quite a stir wherever it performs. Comprised of a mix of Arab, Israeli and Spanish musicians, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is committed to coexistence and a peaceful solution to the violent conflict in the Middle East. With such a volatile mission statement – and with Daniel Barenboim at the helm – the orchestra can hardly escape media headlines and political controversy. Still, the group continues to use music as a platform to build bridges between contrasting cultures and to promote peace.
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