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This new instrument might be the weirdest-sounding thing we’ve ever heard
Musician Görkem Şen has invented a brand-new instrument called the Yaybahar and it makes some thoroughly bizarre and delightful noises.
International Arts Manager
Concours de Genève marks 75th anniversary
The 69th Concours de Genève will take place this month, celebrating the competition’s 75th anniversary.
The Guardian
From Fargo to Hannibal, this is a golden age for TV music
Whether sparse and tense, or lavish and operatic, TV shows now have scores as impressive as their cinematic counterparts. We talk to the composers behind some of the best
BBC Music Magazine
Does listening to sad music actually make you happier?
New research suggests that sad music actually makes people feel more positive
Zeit Online
Musikdozenten ziehen andere Saiten auf
An deutschen Musikhochschulen werden freie Lehrkräfte “unter aller Sau” behandelt.
Klassik.com
Kulturmanager Jens Cording mit Bundesverdienstmedaille geehrt
Langjähriges Engagement für die zeitgenössische Musik
Musik Heute
Bamberger Symphoniker kooperieren mit erster “Pilotschule Kultur”
Die Bamberger Symphoniker haben die Partnerschaft für die erste “Pilotschule Kultur der Stadt Bamberg” übernommen.
Le Monde
Jordi Savall fait crisser sa viole
C’est pour dénoncer « la grave incompétence » du gouvernement de Madrid en matière culturelle et son « manque d’intérêt pour défendre et promouvoir les arts » que Jordi Savall a renoncé, jeudi 30 octobre, au Prix national de la musique.
Classicalite
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Composer Harry Gregson-Williams Talks ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ Score
As much as the graphics and gameplay of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare help add up to one of the most anticipated video games of the year, the music behind the futuristic shooter plays a big part as well.
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The violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter
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