Bruce Rankin News
British opera singer
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2022-10-08 02:25:57
by Wah Keung Chan and Bill Rankin Awards/Competitions Glenn Gould Prize: On Sept. 25, Venezuelan-born conductor, violinist and music education activist Gustavo Dudamel was named as the 14th Glenn Gould Prize Laureate. The jury included Bob Ezrin, Sir Andrew Davis, iskwē, Karen Kain, k.d. lang, William Leathers, Robert Lepage, Lü Jia, Loreena McKennitt, Hélène Mercier [...]
2022-07-30 06:07:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 30, 2022
[…] of Alvin Singleton, where Lewis discovered the existence of the Afrodiasporic classical composer when he first heard a Singleton orchestral work in 1970. Lewis and Singleton have remained friends ever since.“The musical material in Melodies for Miles,” said Lewis, “isn’t depictive of that era in our lives. Rather, each and every time the work is performed, its aim is to reconnect the three of us in the real time of listening.”For complete information, visit https://iceorg.org/--Leah Rankin, Morahan Arts and MediaExperiments in Opera Announces the First Made-for-TV Outsider Opera: Everything for DawnNew York's Experiments in Opera (EIO)—the mad scientists behind Video Operas, Radio Operas, Binge Operas, Podcast Operas—will offer critics the chance to preview EIO's new and free 10-episode video opera Everything for Dawn ahead of its October 7 broadcast and streaming premiere on ALL ARTS. The week before, a one-night-only ‘Opening Night’ screening of all ten episodes takes place at Anthology […]
2022-07-22 06:51:00
Glenarm Festival of Voice
Northern Ireland Opera returns to the village of Glenarm on the North coast of Northern Ireland for the first time since 2019 for the 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice which runs from 26 to 28 August 2022. Five opera singers have been selected as finalists from applications received from across the island of Ireland. They will compete for the Deborah Voigt Opera Prize, the Audience Prize and the Song Prize by performing arias, ensemble pieces and Irish art songs in front of an audience and a judging panel.This year's finalists are Hannah O’Brien (soprano), Heather Sammon (mezzo-soprano), Michael Bell (tenor), Owen Lucas (tenor), David Kennedy (baritone) and the Peter Rankin Piano Intern for 2022 is Doireann O’Carroll.The team who will coach the finalists includes Kathryn Harries, Dr Ingrid Surgenor and pianist Simon Lepper. They will work with the finalists on their competition repertoire across the weekend in the build-up to the finale on […]
2022-06-11 04:41:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 11, 2022
[…] Tyshawn Sorey.Alongside the Institute, Yarn/Wire has programmed a series of eight free concerts featuringrenowned musicians from a variety of musical practices. These artists were programmedbecause of past, present or future collaborations with Yarn/Wire. Concerts take place at StallerCenter for the Arts at Stony Brook University from June 11 to 18 and at the DiMennaCenter for Classical Music from June 21 to 24. Admission is free, but tickets must be reserved inadvance.For complete information, visit https://www.yarnwire.org/--Leah Rankin, Morahan Arts and MediaInna Faliks Live from the Wallis Annenberg CenterOn June 22nd at 7:30 PM at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills acclaimed pianist Inna Faliks will perform her album REIMAGINE, an homage to Beethoven and Ravel which manages to do the impossible: be breathtakingly innovative while remaining respectful to the source material.This will be the first full performance of Falik's June 2021 release REIMAGINE. Featuring contemporary composers […]
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