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This article is taken from the March 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Get five issues for just £25 . I n the run-up to his 90th birthday, Zubin Mehta decided to se...
03.05.2026 Thecritic.co.uk
Born in Sheffield in the north of England on March 2, 1934, Rands first studied English literature and music in Wales, until he switched to composition in Germany. There, he studied with Pierre Boulez...
03.05.2026 Slippedisc.com and 1 sites
Whenever Anil Prasad mentions an album he enjoys on social media, I know I have to check it out, right away. One of those albums that completely caught me by surprise is Chicago-based trumpeter and vo...
03.04.2026 Echoesanddust.com
BENNINGTON — After 35 years as the conductor of Sage City Symphony, Michael Finckel will step down from the podium for the last time following the orchestra’s performance on Sunday, March 8, at 4 p. m...
03.04.2026 Reformer.com
Minimalism. . . a revolution in American classical music It’s shocking now to look back at my student days, doing a music degree at a respected British university, and recall that not once in three years did I hear either a fellow student or a tutor utter the word ‘minimalism’. Yet this was the 1970s. In California and later New York, a group of composers led by Steve Reich had already been writing pieces with pared-down structures and shockingly ‘basic’ chords for a decade. Why, on this side of...
03.05.2026 Classical-music.com
Had Robin Holloway published Music’s Odyssey —described by its author as “an invitation to the glorious long voyage of Western classical music”—30 years ago, he might well have got away with it. By da...
03.04.2026 Prospectmagazine.co.uk
Music loves a centennial as much as the next industry, maybe more. Last year, music marked two centennials (at least): that of Pierre Boulez, the French composer and conductor; and that of Dietrich Fi...
03.02.2026 Newcriterion.com
At 91, John Chowning D. M. A. ’66 still goes home and composes music after a long day. “I’m not a composer, ” he told The Daily. “I’m a musician who loves to compose using computers. ” On Feb. 1, the ...
03.03.2026 Stanforddaily.com
