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  2. "Asian composers who write in Western classical musical forms, like symphonies and operas, tend to have a few things in common. Many learned European styles from an early age, and finished their studies at conservatories there or in the United States," writes Joshua Barone in Friday's (7/23) New York Times.. "And many later found themselves relegated to programming ghettos like Lunar ...
  3. The winning composer will receive a $1,000 cash award and an opportunity to visit Seattle for the world premiere. The winning score will be performed by Seattle Symphony and conductor Mei Ann Chen on February 24, 2012, in Benaroya Hall at the annual Celebrate Asia! concert." Posted June 3, 2011
  4. The winning score will be premiered by the Seattle Symphony on March 1, 2015 at the orchestra's annual Celebrate Asia concert at Benaroya Hall. The winning composer will receive $1,000 and the opportunity to travel to Seattle for the premiere. The winning composition will be announced by November 7, 2014.
  5. In Wednesday's (7/10) Straits Times (Singapore; subscription required), Akshita Nanda profiles pianist Chen Sa, whose "current focus is to bring Chinese composers into the Western symphony spotlight. To that end, she performs Chen Qigang's Er Huang with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on July 19 at the Esplanade Concert Hall, under the baton of Lan Shui.
  6. Oct 30, 2024In Tuesday's (10/29) Harvard Crimson (Boston, Massachusetts), Lara R. Tan writes, "On Oct. 19, the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented a concert featuring the works of Chinese-American composer Chen Yi, Robert Schumann, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The concert also featured Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang making her Symphony Hall debut and pianist Jonathan Biss.
  7. Jul 21, 2023Today's emerging composers are pursuing their own musical paths—from experimenting with sounds and textures to playing with the concerto's soloist-vs.-orchestra relationship to absorbing progressive metal as an influence. And they're getting out of their studios to connect with audiences and inspire schoolkids. Here are snapshots of four composers who are making their mark right now.
  8. Oct 25, 2024Some people spent the pandemic learning how to bake sourdough. RZA, founder of the seminal rap group the Wu-Tang Clan, wrote his first classical composition, A Ballet Through Mud.The Colorado Symphony conducted by Christopher Dragon premiered the work last year, with dancers from the California Institute of the Arts performing choreography by Yusha-Marie Sorzano; the performance was preceded ...
  9. Jan 4, 2024In Tuesday's (1/2) Early Music America, Curtis Pavey writes, "Cuban composer, priest, and pedagogue Esteban Salas y Castro left a vast output of music, including over a hundred liturgical pieces.'Stylistically, Salas' works employ a Baroque musical language which was typical in Latin America during the Colonial period,' summarizes the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion-focused New Muses ...
  10. Sixteen composers have won the American Academy of Arts and Letters' music awards for 2017, totaling $195,000. They are Lisa Bielawa, Yu-Hui Chang, Jan Krzywicki, Andrew Norman, Jake Landau, Eric Guinivan, Ryan Chase, Saad Haddad, Katherine Balch, William Healy, Andrew Hsu, Sky Macklay, Sid Richardson, Hilary Purrington, Carl Schimmel, and Dalit Warshaw.
  11. Kim, the violist at the San Francisco Symphony … says he believes change will not come until classical music … reckons with its legacy of intolerance." The article includes interviews with several Asian American classical musicians, conductors, and directors, as well as data from the League of American Orchestras.

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