Monthly Archives: March 2015

Daft Punk at the Paris Opera?

Benjamin Millepied, director of the Paris Opera, wishes to integrate electronic music into the opera’s programming to help modernize the organization. Therefore, he plans on collaborating with electro-disco-pop French band, […]

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Violincopter

Equipped with a drone, this ordinary violin becomes a violincopter.  In the background, we hear Bach’s partita no. 2. Together, the composer and his piece fly to the sky! A […]

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Orchestra at fashion show

On January 24th, the “Orchestre de Dior” played for a fashion show in Paris, according to the journalist Thomas Adamson. A collection of 30 musicians performed Koudlam’s composer electronic music. […]

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Five must-see concert halls

A tower made of glass will be the next home for the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg.  Journalist Amanda Anger describes the so-called Elbphilharmonie in this article. Beneath […]

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Music as political vector

Music groups from New York, Paris, and London have decided to play in honour of the twelve victims of the terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo. Hear 150 musicians from London […]

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When contemporary music rimes with accessibility

French composer Michaël Lévinas has written an opera based on Saint-Exupéry’s Le petit prince. His concern for accessibility was an important part of his concept for the piece, and he […]

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Where will classical music be in 20 years?

  Juliard Professor Greg Sandow is wondering about classical music. He asked his      students and the attendees of a Music Entrepreneurship & Career Center conference  where they think […]

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