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Leif Segerstam, 1944- 9 Oct, 2024, Finnish Conductor, composer, violinist, pianist, teacher.
Larger than life, prodigious musician.
The Colonel handles his burger with Mac and cheese…….Something to cry about.
Mozart requiem.KFC 626.
Alexander Goehr, composer, 1932 -26 August,’24. In search of a new tonality.
Alexander, son of the conductor Walter Goehr, a former Schoenberg student, rejected atonality and created a modern tonality during his career, suitable for his generation.
April Cantelo. 1928 – 16th July 2024. versatile and very busy British soprano.
From Baroque to Britten, Arne to Williamson, Glyndebourne to Melbourne.
Wolfgang Rihm 1952 -22nd July 2024. influential German composer of over 500 works.
Known for his operas and for writing in a variety of styles.
Handle and Gropel
An opera by Trumperdink.
Sir Andrew Davis, 1944- 20th.April 2024. That rare breed, a kind Conductor.
A witty and affable man, a classics scholar, a composer and a conductor with a huge repertoire.
Peter Eotvos 1944 – 22nd March 2024. Hungarian composer, conductor, teacher.
His compositions are the assimilation of many cultures though Bartok, Stravinsky and the atonalists predominate.
Maurizio Pollini, 1942 – 23rd. March 2024.Italian conductor and acclaimed pianist of exceptional technique.
Noted for his cerebral interpretations of the classic piano repertoire and his championship of contemporary works.
Patrick Ireland 1923 – February 14th. 2024. original member of the Allegri string quartet.UK.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 