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Newly Discovered Mozart-Salieri Composition Questions Composers' Rivalry
Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dies at 66 from Brain Tumor
The classical community has endured traumatic loss over the last few months, with the death of French-composer Pierre Boulez last month and then 93-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner, Leslie Basset, on Feb. 4. Now, the community is rocked further as Steven Stucky, 66, one of the most beloved classical figures in modern music, joins the ranks. Kaija Saariaho First Woman in a Century to Premiere Piece with Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera's 2016-17 season will prove to be a testament to the progress of women in the field. Finnish composer, Kaija Saariaho, and her heralded composition, "L'Amour de Loin," will be featured during the season, which marks a milestone victory as the piece is the first from a woman in over a century.
