The Philharmonic’s New Season: What We’re Excited to Hear
Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes Joshua Bell, Nathalie Joachim, Barbara Hannigan and more.
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Beyond chance and control: London Sinfonietta’s spectacular exploration of Cage and Boulez
Musical cross-pollination came to life in London Sinfonietta’s electrifying performance, in a seamless blend of theatre, ...
Boulez at 100: Re-imagined
Performing specially commissioned music - and music by Pierre Boulez - will be Caoutchouc and Plus-Minus Ensemble. Caoutchouc ...
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Aimard brings clarity, continuity to Boulez and his influences
The Boulez and Ravel showed Aimard can produce substantial volume, but for him it’s not simple muscularity. There was a ...
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Celebrating 100 years of composer Pierre Boulez, a provocative musical thinker
Pierre Boulez – conductor, composer and provocative musical thinker – will be celebrated during his centenary year with a host of events.
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Boulez at the BBC
The visionary conductor and composer Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) was associated with the BBC for nearly 60 years: from an appearance at the Concert Hall of Broadcasting House in 1957 for a ...
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Boulez, Benjamin & Brahms at the Barbican review: Simon Rattle brought new light to familiar works
This concert by the London Symphony Orchestra had the appearance of a dual celebratory function, marking as it did both the centenary of Pierre Boulez, one of the towering figures of music in the ...
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Pierre Boulez
Boulez studied with Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire and then with Andrée Vaurabourg (Honegger’s wife) and René Leibowitz. He developed an interest in 12-tone composition. Major early scores ...
Afterwords: Pierre Boulez at 100
The musician Pierre Boulez - one of the dominant composers of the 20th Century and a deeply respected conductor - is perhaps most widely known for his iconoclastic utterances, suggesting we 'blow the ...