Martinů revisited. A composer in all his diversity

The Martinů Foundation and Martinů Institute are planning a major series of activities for 2009 and 2010 in honour of the Czech composer. This will be an excellent opportunity to engage with both well-known works and unknown works worth discovering.

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Portraits

Constantly surprising. Music by Bohuslav Martinů at the Bard Music Festival

“Uncalculatedly beautiful”: Cassandra Miller

On the 100th anniversary of Giselher Klebe’s birth

Surface tension. Introducing Lisa Lillean

A visionary view. Beat Furrer’s 70th birthday

“The everyday strange, the strange everyday”. The composer Oliver Leith

Form, sound, material. The composer Yann Robin

All at once! And plenty of it! Philipp Maintz and the organ

Infectious enthusiasm. In Memoriam: Carl Davis CBE

Ut Orpheus, now distributed by Alkor

“My music is fundamentally political in expression” - Paul Dessau’s operatic output

Between north and south. On 22 October Manfred Trojahn celebrates his 70th birthday

Calculation and inspiration. Manfred Trojahn talks about his song output

Schubert as the benchmark. An interview with Christoph Prégardien

What is Urtext? Questions to Jonathan Del Mar