Today, The Cliburn Foundation (cliburn.org) announced the 30 competitors for the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition that will be held May 24 through June 9, 2013, at Fort Worth’s Bass Performance Hall.
In January and February, a five-person jury auditioned applicants in Hong Kong, Hannover (Germany), Moscow, Milan, New York and Fort Worth. From 132 auditions, 30 competitors were selected for the competition. The 2013 competitors range in age from 19 to 30 and hail from all over the world, representing 12 countries: the United States (8), Italy (6), Russia (4), China (3), Ukraine (2), Australia, Chile, France, Japan, South Korea, Poland, and Taiwan (see press release for list).
The 14th Competition will be dedicated to the memory of Mr. Van Cliburn who passed away on February 27 — “as a tribute to his devotion to young artists and his belief in the transformative powers of music.”
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5,Bernstein (by independent007)
Now that’s a Finale!
(Source: showthemwhat, via thepianoblog)
literally all you need to know about mahler in a single youtube thumbnail
(via soundartist)
11 Things About Music Education (long but awesome)
| 1: | Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies and more advanced reading skills than their peers who do not participate in music lessons. |
| 2: | Studying music primes the brain to comprehend speech in a noisy background. *Children with learning disabilities or dyslexia who tend to lose focus with more noise could benefit greatly from music lessons. |
| 3: | Research shows that music is to the brain as physical exercise is to the human body. Music tones the brain for auditory fitness and allows it to decipher between tone and pitch. |
| 4: | Children who study a musical instrument are more likely to excel in all of their studies, work better in teams, have enhanced critical thinking skills, stay in school, and pursue further education. |
| 5: | In the past, secondary students who participate in a musical group at school reported the lowest lifetime and current use of all substances (tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs). |
| 6: | Schools with music programs have an estimated 90.2 percent graduation rate and 93.9 percent attendance rate compared to schools without music education who average 72.9 percent graduation and 84.9 percent attendance. |
| 7: | Regardless of socioeconomic status or school district, students who participate in high-quality music programs score 22 percent better on English and 20 percent better on Math standardized exams. |
| 8: | Much like expert technical skills, mastery in arts and humanities is closely correlated to high earnings. |
| 9: | A study from Columbia University revealed that students who study arts are more cooperative with their teachers and peers, have higher levels of self-confidence, and are more equipped to express themselves and their ideas. |
| 10: | Elementary age children who are involved in music lessons show greater brain development and memory improvement within a year than children who receive no musical training. |
| 11: | Learning and mastering a musical instrument improves the way the brain breaks down and understands human language, making music students more apt to pick up a second language. |
I don’t remember when I found this .gif, or who made it (if you know, tell me so I can credit them), but it’s just the best thing.
Mostly in how the horn player is not only bracing his ear from the sound, but how the shock of the hammer makes his music bounce.
Not only the aforementioned, but the sheer look of displeasure on the bass clarinetist’s face.
I posit that this is absolutely the best moment in all of the known orchestral repertoire.
The person in red remains unfazed throughout the whole thing.
(via snowbirds)
Answer:
I would tend to agree with you in that it certainly does follow the definition of a composer for the most part, but the difference would then lie in the interpretive nature of the vast majority of every flavor of ‘garage band’ music, i.e. the song is slightly different in minutia every time it’s performed.
One could make the argument that this puts songwriters on equal standing with jazz composers.
Do you consider songwriters to be composers? Or is there a distinct difference?
I’m not a fan of Valentina Lisitsa.
She takes everything way too damn fast
I mean, she does about as much musically as anyone could do at the tempos she chooses
But sheesh. Calm down and let the music speak for itself.
I love The Books. Everything they do is pure brilliance. Just give this one a listen, preferably with headphones.You are something that the whole world is doing
Third time’s the charm, right?
Curtis took this recording off his YouTube channel, so this is presumably the only full recording of Balanced Voices Ave Maria on the internet. Enjoy!
