In 1993, New York Philomusica commissioned Kurt Vonnegut to write a new libretto for L’Histoire du Soldat (“The Soldier’s Tale”), Stravinsky’s theatrical work about a violin-playing grunt’s deal with ...
Violinist Zvi Zeitlin passed away in 2012. He had started to write his memoirs and planned to include a chapter on his experiences with Igor Stravinsky. He never got to do this, so his widow, Marianne ...
In his fascinating new hour-long documentary, “Stravinsky in Hollywood,” made for European television and now released on DVD by C-Major, Marco Capalbo begins with the oft-quoted statistic that Igor ...
On the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s death, Dr Joseph Schultz explores the unique relationship between the composer and the BBC. 6 April 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Igor ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A hundred years ago this week, the premiere of Russian emigre composer Igor Stravinsky's pounding, pagan, pulsating "The Rite of Spring" caused a near riot in Paris and changed the ...
Stravinsky’s ballet sparked a riot at its Paris premiere in 1913. One hundred years on, Clemency Burton-Hill asks: why exactly were audiences so scandalised? “It’s terrifying!” whispered Claude ...
6 April 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Igor Stravinsky, probably the most important and influential composer of the twentieth century. Stravinsky was highly regarded for his ...
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