Peter Sculthorpe 1929–2014

THE AUSTRALIAN composer Peter Sculthorpe was born in Tasmania and started to compose after his first lesson in piano, despite the strong disapproval of his piano teacher. He won a scholarship to attend the University of Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music and then in 1958 was awarded the Lizette Bentwich Scholarship for doctoral studies at Wadham College, Oxford,…

Federico García Lorca book launch and recital in Madrid

On 15 January 1915, 100 years ago to this day, the Ateneo de Madrid paid tribute to the music Manuel de Falla and Joaquín Turina with a concert featuring the first performance of the Siete canciones populares españolas, songs which Manuel de Falla had composed during his last few months in Paris. Tonight, on 15 January…