«I Don’t Belong Anywhere»: György Ligeti at 100
edited by Wolfgang Marx, Turnhout, Brepols, 2022 (Contemporary Composers, 4).
2023 marks the centenary of Ligeti’s birth. This appears to be an appropriate moment to take stock of the relevance this composer has in the contemporary world, to assess where …
Read More →The Theatres of Sylvano Bussotti
edited by Daniela Tortora, Turnhout, Brepols, 2020 (Contemporary Composers, 3), pp. xxiv+604, ISBN: 978-2-503-58952-7.
The première of Sylvano Bussotti’s La Passion selon Sade occurred fifty years ago in Palermo during the fifth edition of “Settimane Internazionali Nuova Musica” (5 September …
Read More →Giacinto Scelsi: Music across the Borders
edited by Federico Celestini, Turnhout, Brepols, 2019 (Contemporary Composers, 2), pp. xxx+416, ISBN 978-2-503-58644-1.
The opening of the archive of the Isabella Scelsi Foundation in Rome in 2009 has facilitated new research perspectives on the work and the significance of …
Read More →John Williams. Music for Films, Television, and the Concert Stage
edited by Emilio Audissino, Turnhout, Brepols, 2018 (Contemporary Composers, 1), pp. xxiv+440, ISBN 978-2-503-58034-0.
Once mostly considered a commercial composer and a mere rewriter of previous composers’ styles, only recently – and quite belatedly – Williams’ music has begun to …
Read More →New Masterclass
