Pierre Boulez: modern master | Editorial

It's as a result of his efforts that so much 20th-century music is now established in the concert repertoryThis weekend the Southbank Centre in London pays tribute to one of the most influential musicians of our age. In the 1970s and 80s Pierre Boulez was a familiar figure in London's concert halls; now, aged 86, his visits are less frequent. Yet he is still composing and conducting. There are rumours he is working on his first opera, while the climax of the Southbank homage will be his great "p...

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