Pierre Boulez - Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. He was born in Montbrison, France. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire under Olivier Messiaen and Andrée Vaurabourg (Arthur Honegger's wife). He went on to write atonal music in a post-Webernian serial style greatly influenced by Messiaen, serialising not only the pitches of notes, but also the durations, dynamics, accents, and so on. He became one of the philosophical leaders of the post-war movement in the arts towards greater abstraction and experimentation. His works include a number of instrumental and vocal works including Le marteau sans maître for ensemble and voice, Pli selon pli for orchestra and voice and Rituel: In Memoriam Bruno Maderna for orchestra divided into eight.
Krzysztof Penderecki - took up a teaching post there himself, teaching Iannis Xenakis amongst others. Penderecki's early works show the influence of Anton Webern and Pierre Boulez (he has also been influenced by Igor Stravinsky). The piece which brought him international fame was Threnody For the Victims of Hiroshima (originally called 8' 37", perhaps in a nod to John Cage), written for 52 string instruments. In it, Penderecki makes used of extended instrumental techniques (for example, playing on the wrong side of the bridge, bowing on the tailpiece), and creates novel textures. He makes great use of tone clusters (notes close together played at the same time) to evoke the effects and aftermath of a nuclear bomb explosion. The St. Luke Passion (1963-66) brought Penderecki popular acclaim. Various different styles can be seen at.
Jean Barraqué - as his earliest surviving work. It is a large piece, lasting almost an hour, and is divided into two conncted sections, roughly equal in length. The texture of the work is often compared to Pierre Boulez, though the overall structure is quite different to anything Boulez has written, and more closely resembles the late sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven (because of its sheer size and difficulty, it is sometimes compared to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29, the Hammerklavier). The sonata was premiered by Yvonne Loriod. Barraqué then produced his only electronic piece, the Etude (1954), made at Pierre Schaeffer's studio. He then planned a large scale piece, or rather collection of pieces, based on Hermann Broch's novel The Death of Virgil, a book which Barraqué's friend and lover Michel Foucault recommended.
John Cage - to the duration of sections. He saw a precedent in this in the music of Anton Webern to some extent, but especially in the music of Erik Satie, one of his favourite composers. In the late 1930s, he went to the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. There he found work as an accompanist for dancers. He was asked to write some music to accompany a dance by Syvilla Fort called Bacchanale. He wanted to write a percussion piece, but there was no pit at the performance venue for a percussion ensemble and he had to write for a piano. While working on the piece, Cage experimented by placing a metal plate on top of the strings of the instrument. He liked the sound this produced, and this eventually.
IRCAM - Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, was founded in the 1970s by Pierre Boulez. This Parisien institute is one of the most important European institutes for both science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical art music. It is situated next to and organizationally linked with the Centre Pompidou. In 1970 president Georges Pompidou asked Boulez to found an institution for the research of music. In 1973 the part underneath place Igor Stravinsky was finished. Georgina Born wrote her PhD thesis in anthropology about the IRCAM, which was later published under the title Rationalizing Culture: IRCAM, Boulez, and the Institutionalization of the Musical Avant-Garde. In 1992 Boulez, who then became honarary director, was succeded by Laurent Bayle. In 2002 the philosopher Bernard Stiegler became the new head of the institute. Research and.
Henryk Górecki - the government's refusal to allow Pope John Paul II to visit the city. Górecki's music covers a variety of styles, but tends to be harmonically relatively simple. His first works were in the same avant garde style as that of Pierre Boulez or other serialists, but his later music is more often compared to minimalism, often being labelled as "holy minimalism". Like Arvo Pärt, with whom he is also compared, his works often reflect his Catholic religious beliefs. Górecki's best known piece by far is his third symphony, subtitled Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. It is written in three movements for orchestra and soprano solo. The words of the first movement are from a 15th century lament, the second movement has words found written on the wall of a Gestapo prison cell.
Grammy Awards of 2002 - Children Ed Mitchell (producer), Jimmy Hoyson & Ric Wilson (engineers) for Elmo & the Orchestra performed by the Sesame Street cast Best Spoken Word Album for Children Arnold Cardillo (producer), Rory Young (engineer) & Tom Chapin for Mama Don't Allow Classical Best Orchestral Performance Helmut Burk & Karl-August Naegler (producers), Jobst Eberhardt, Stephan Flock (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Edgar Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation) Best Classical Vocal Performance Christopher Raeburn (producer), Jonathan Stokes (engineer), Bernhard Forck (conductor), Cecilia Bartoli & the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias (Tremo Gra' Fubbi Miei; Die Questa Cetra In Seno, etc.) Best Opera Recording James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter.
Grammy Awards of 1971 - Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel Best New Artist The Carpenters '\Children's' Best Recording for Children Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) for Sesame Street performed by The Muppets Classical Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Schubert: Lieder Best Opera Recording Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus & various artists for Berlioz: Les Troyens Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble for Ives: New Music of Charles Ives Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) George Szell (conductor), David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Cleveland.
Grammy Awards of 1976 - Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) for "Send In the Clowns" peformed by Judy Collins Best New Artist Natalie Cole Children's Best Recording for Children Richard Burton for The Little Prince Classical Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet) Best Classical Vocal Performance Janet Baker for Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Best Opera Recording Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Richard van Allan, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballe, Ileana Contrubas, Vladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) the Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for Orff: Carmina Burana Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Rafael.
Grammy Awards of 1979 - Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band Mel Lewis & Thad Jones for Live in Munich Latin Best Latin Recording Tito Puente for Homenaje a Beny More Musical Show Best Cast Show Album Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) for Ain't Misbehavin' performed by various artists Packaging and Notes Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography Johnny B. Lee & Tony Lane (art directors) for Boys in the Trees performed by Carly Simon Best Album Notes Michael Brooks (notes writer) for A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I & II Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Anne Murray for "You Needed Me" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Barry Manilow for "Copacabana (At the Copa)" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Bee Gees for Saturday Night Fever Best Pop.
Grammy Awards of 1974 - performed by Roberta Flack Best New Artist Bette Midler Children's Best Recording for Children Joe Raposo (producer) for Sesame Street Live performed by the Sesame Street cast Classical Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Edward Downes (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Puccini: Heroines Best Opera Recording Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken 7 the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Bizet: Carmen Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) Andre Previn conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzer's Feast Georg Solti (conductor), Vladimir Ashkenazy & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Concerti (5) for.
Grammy Awards of 1995 - Zimmer (producers) & various artists for The Lion King - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Best Spoken Word Album for Children Ted Kryczko, Randy Thornton (producers) & Robert Guillaume for The Lion King Read-Along Classical Best Orchestral Performance Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 Best Classical Vocal Performance Cecilia Bartoli for The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart Best Opera Recording Martin Sauer (producer), Kent Nagano (conductor), Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, & the Orchestre of Opera De Lyon & Chorus for Floyd: Susannah Best Choral Performance John Eliot Gardiner (choir director), the Monteverdi Choir & the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique for Berlioz: Messe Solennelle Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra) David Zinman (conductor),.
Grammy Awards of 1983 - & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Sym. No. 7 in E Min. (Song of the Night) Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Zubin Mehta (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi) Best Opera Recording Andrew Kazdin (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel, Heinz Zednik & the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra for Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra) Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor Best Classical.
Grammy Awards of 1998 - Blues Children's Best Musical Album for Children Roger Nichols, Kris O'Connor (producers) & John Denver (producer & artist) for All Aboard! Best Spoken Word Album for Children John McElroy (producer) & Charles Kuralt for Winnie-the-Pooh Classical Best Orchestral Performance Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia Best Classical Vocal Performance Cecilia Bartoli for An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) Best Opera Recording Michael Woolcock (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Alan Opie, Rene Pape, Iris Vermillion & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Best Choral Performance Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninov: The Bells Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma &.
Grammy Awards of 1985 - Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for Blues Explosion Children's Best Recording for Children Ron Haffkine (producer) & Shel Silverstein for Where the Sidewalk Ends Classical Best Classical Orchestral Recording Jay David Saks (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Best Classical Vocal Performance Pierre Boulez (conductor), Heather Harper, Jessye Norman & Jose Van Dam, the BBC Symphony Orchestra & the Ensemble Intercontemporain for Ravel: Songs of Maurice Ravel Best Opera Recording Michel Glotz (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Choeurs et Maitrise de Radio France & the Orchestre National de France for Bizet: Carmen (Original Soundtrack) Best Choral Performance (other than opera) James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Brahms: A German Requiem.
Grammy Awards of 1999 - Children's Best Musical Album for Children John Boylan (producer) for Elmopalooza! performed by the Sesame Street cast with various artists Best Spoken Word Album for Children Dan Musselman & Stefan Rudnicki (producers) for The Children's Shakespeare performed by various artists Classical Best Orchestral Performance Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Best Classical Vocal Performance Jeffrey Tate (conductor), Renee Fleming & the English Chamber Orchestra for The Beautiful Voice (Works of Charpentier, Gounod etc.) Best Opera Recording Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jessye Norman, Laszlo Polgar & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle Best Choral Performance Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Krzysztof Penderecki.
Grammy Awards of 1968 - Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka Suites Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor), Leontyne Price, & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Prima Donna, Volume 2 Best Opera Recording Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl & the Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Berg: Wozzeck Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand) Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Orff: Catulli Carmina Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Concert (Haydn,.
Grammy Awards of 1969 - I Get To Phoenix Song of the Year Bobby Russell (songwriter) for "Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller / O.C. Smith Best New Artist Jose Feliciano Classical Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux) Best Vocal Soloist Performance Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Montserrat Caballe & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Rossini: Rarities Best Opera Recording Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers.
Grammy Awards of 1970 - for "Games People Play" Best New Artist Crosby, Stills & Nash Children's Best Recording for Children Peter, Paul and Mary for Peter, Paul and Mommy Classical Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre" Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia for Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915 Best Opera Recording Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Wagner: Siegfried Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without.
Grammy Awards of 1981 - for Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Henry Lewis (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel to Britten Best Opera Recording Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for Berg: Lulu Best Choral Performance, Classical Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Mozart: Requiem Best Classical Performance- Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Bernard Haitink (conductor), Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Brahms: Violin and Cello Concerto in A Minor (Double Concerto) Seiji Ozawa (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto.
