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'Birtwistle, Adès, Turnage...Oliver Knussen: Who Will Replace Sir Peter Maxwell Davies as Master of the Queen's Music?

Who is first in line for the high-profile job you can't apply for? The U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph has some ideas, as does Classicalite's James Inverne.
  • 'Sir Harrison Birtwistle Breaks Record at British Composer Awards

    Sir Harrison Birtwistle is no stranger to prizes. But being given the Instrumental solo gong at the British Composer Awards is a first even for him - it places him as the most honored composer in the history of those awards. He won the award for Gigue Machine, for solo piano, which now means that he has the most prizes and nominations ever allotted to one person by the BCA. He has previously won for Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in 2012 and Crowd in 2007, among his now-five BCA accolades
  • 'James MacMillan, Nicola Benedetti Launch Cumnock Tryst Festival in Scotland

    Another artist-led music festival has been announced, this one run by a composer and located in his native Scotland. And the composer is Scotland's finest, James MacMillan. Not only that, but Scotland's best known violin export, Nicola Benedetti, has agreed to come aboard as patron.
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