Dallas Symphony Orchestra shines a light on new music with Dallas composer's Clarinet Concerto

Jon Cziner’s new piece, Clarinet Concerto, is the result of a multi-year collaboration between the composer and Principal ...

How ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Composer Used a Broken Harmonium to Create a Feeling of Dread

Writer and director Rian Johnson gave composer Nathan Johnson a direction for scoring the latest “Knives Out” film: “We’re ...
The New York Times

A Black Composer Was a Star, Then Faded. Is It Time to Shine Again?

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor devotees are working to revive his music and legacy coinciding with the 150th anniversary of his birth. By Eleanor Stanford ...
Indiatimes

Kantara Chapter 1' composer Ajaneesh Loknath opens up on working with Diljit Dosanjh: 'We just knew we had what we wanted'

Composer Ajaneesh Loknath describes collaborating with Diljit Dosanjh for the Hindi version of 'Kantara Chapter 1's' song 'Rebel' as an amazing experience. Dosanjh's humble and collaborative nature ...
Yardbarker

Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana is set to marry composer Palash Muchhal

Music composer and filmmaker Palash Muchhal has officially revealed that he is set to marry Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana. At a public event in Indore, the composer joyfully announced that Smriti ...
The Straits Times

Music composer jailed, caned for having over 1,200 photos and videos of child sex abuse

SINGAPORE – A freelance music composer, who was caught with over 1,200 photos and videos of child sexual abuse material, has been sentenced to 22 months’ jail and two strokes of the cane. Iliya Zaki ...
Indiatimes

'Meesaya Murukku 2': Is Deva playing the antagonist in Hiphop Aadhi's film? The composer answers

Music composer Deva, known as “Then Isai Thendral,” voluntarily rejected a don's role in Hiphop Aadhi's 'Meesaya Murukku 2,' despite liking the story. He cited extensive concert commitments and his ...
Dallas Observer

This is a Composer’s Brain on Drugs

Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique twists together strange percussive effects and a recurring, meandering melody to depict the story of a young artist’s opiate d ream. The music waltzes, marches ...
The New Yorker

Bohuslav Martinů Is One of Music’s Great Chameleons

How does a singular musical personality emerge from an agglomeration of pitches? The characteristic quirks of major composers are easily identified: Beethoven’s hammering three- or four-note motives, ...
Berkshire Eagle

For BSO composer Carlos Simon, “music is my pulpit and that’s where I preach”

LENOX — One of the season’s most significant world premieres will open the Boston Symphony’s final summer concert at Tanglewood on Sunday afternoon. Commissioned by the BSO, “Words and Prayers of My ...
NPR

Composer and pianist Jason Moran is latest departure from Kennedy Center

Composer and pianist Jason Moran is no longer the Kennedy Center's artistic director for jazz. Moran, an acclaimed pianist, composer, educator, bandleader, recording artist and MacArthur Fellow, ...