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Aldo Clementi obituary

5301 days ago
Guardian MusicItalian composer with a quiet approach to problems of creationAldo Clementi, who has died aged 85, was the last survivor of the great generation of Italian postwar musical avant-gardists. He was also its quietest and most self-effacing member, both p... more info

Grateful Dead tribute album planned by the National

5301 days ago
Guardian MusicBassist Scott Devendorf hopes Fleet Foxes, Steve Reich and Crystal Castles will contribute to charity album of cover versionsThe National are planning a tribute album to the Grateful Dead – and Fleet Foxes, Steve Reich and Crystal Castles may contr... more info

Steve Reich turning 75, making appearances, having his work performed, subject of a documentary

5302 days ago
Brooklyn VeganSteve Reich will celebrate his 75th birthday with a weekend of events in his honor. The festivities start on April 30th at Carnegie Hall, as Steve Reich will host NYC premieres of three new works, WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet,... more info

Proms 2011 lineup revealed

5307 days ago
Guardian MusicSpaghetti Western Orchestra to use rubber gloves and coat hangers to perform extracts from Sergio Leone film soundtracksA motley collection of cereal packets, asthma inhalers, rubber gloves, coat hangers and nail clippers will make its debut at the v... more info

Colin Currie on playing Steve Reich's Drumming - video

5312 days ago
Guardian MusicDuring rehearsals for his next performance, Colin Currie discusses Reich's innovative approach to harmony and rhythmLaurence Topham more info

Stravinsky our contemporary

5315 days ago
Guardian MusicForty years after his death, celebrate the extraordinary brilliance of Stravinsky by exploring beyond the Rite of SpringIgor Stravinsky died 40 years ago today. I find this astonishing – partly because Stravinsky seems to belong to another era: a c... more info

50 great moments in jazz: Pat Metheny

5315 days ago
Guardian MusicMore than any other jazz guitarist, Metheny has given the instrument as prominent a place as a trumpet or saxophonePat Metheny, the guitar star from Missouri, is one of the most commercially successful instrumentalists in jazz. But while such an achi... more info

The best world music for spring 2011

5316 days ago
Guardian MusicOur critic's pick of the best jazz, world and folk gigs coming up in May and JuneMarry Waterson and Oliver KnightThis is a busy time for the Waterson/Carthy clan, with Martin Carthy celebrating his 70th birthday at London's South Bank on 14 May, and ... more info

The Unthanks – review

5323 days ago
Guardian MusicHoward Assembly Room, LeedsThe Unthanks' startling folk has all the eerie power of their native Northumbria's coast. Backed by trumpet, drums and a female string section reminiscent of Robert Kirby's work with Nick Drake, Adrian McNally's ghostly pia... more info

Tenney: Spectrum Pieces – review

5328 days ago
Guardian MusicBarton Workshop(New World, two CDs)The Huddersfield festival has started to make an occasional feature out of James Tenney's music in recent years, but otherwise the work of this intriguing American composer and theorist, who died in 2006 at the age ... more info

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