2015 in classical music

none December 2020 2015 classical music 2015 Events January 14 – Opening night gala concert at the Philharmonie de ParisTom Service, "La Philharmonie de Paris: is this a new musical and social future for Paris?" The Guardian (Tom Service on classical music blog), January 15, 2015. January 15 – The Alabama Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Carlos Izcaray as its next music director, as of September 2015.http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/alabama_symphony_orchestra_cho.html Alabama Symphony Orchestra chooses Carlos Izcaray to succeed Justin Brown as music director Birmingham News Mary Colurso January 15, 2015 February 28, 2015 January 19 – The Basel Sinfonietta announces the appointment of Baldur Brönnimann as its first-ever principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.http://www.baselsinfonietta.ch/site/assets/files/1350/mm_basel_sinfonietta_principal_conductor201415.pdf Die Basel Sinfonietta ernennt gebürtigen Basler zum Principal Conductor und Schliesst erste Phase der Umstrukturierung AB Basel Sinfonietta January 19, 2015 October 24, 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095847/http://www.baselsinfonietta.ch/site/assets/files/1350/mm_basel_sinfonietta_principal_conductor201415.pdf dead January 23 The Konzert Theater Bern announces the appointment of Kevin John Edusei as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2015–2016 season.http://www.konzerttheaterbern.ch/fileadmin/content/pdf/MM_KTBern_Edusei_ab_15.16_Chefdirigent_der_Oper.pdf Welcome Kevin John Edusei, Chefdirigent des Musiktheaters mit der Saison 15/16 am Konzert Theater Bern Konzert Theater Bern January 23, 2015 October 14, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100915/http://www.konzerttheaterbern.ch/fileadmin/content/pdf/MM_KTBern_Edusei_ab_15.16_Chefdirigent_der_Oper.pdf March 4, 2016 usurped mdy-all The city of Brandenburg an der Havel announces the appointment of Peter Gülke as the next chief conductor of the Brandenburger Theater and of the Brandenburger Symphoniker, effective with the 2015–2016 season.https://www.stadt-brandenburg.de/presse/prof-peter-guelke-ab-01082015-neuer-chefdirigent-am-brandenburger-theater/ Prof. Peter Gülke ab 01.08.2015 neuer Chefdirigent am Brandenburger Theater Stadtverwaltung Brandenburg an der Havel January 23, 2015 April 30, 2017 May 27, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190527153105/https://www.stadt-brandenburg.de/presse/prof-peter-guelke-ab-01082015-neuer-chefdirigent-am-brandenburger-theater/ dead January 28 The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande announces the appointment of Jonathan Nott as its 10th music director and artistic director, effective January 2017.http://www.osr.ch/l-osr/actualites/welcome-to-jonathan-nott-new-music-and-artistic-director-of-the-osr Welcome to Jonathan Nott, New Music and Artistic Director of the OSR L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande January 28, 2015 January 31, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150312092240/http://www.osr.ch/l-osr/actualites/welcome-to-jonathan-nott-new-music-and-artistic-director-of-the-osr March 12, 2015 dead mdy-all The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces the appointment of Mason Bates as its first-ever composer-in-residence, effective with the 2015–2016 season, for a term of three years.https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kennedy-center-names-mason-bates-as-composer-in-residence/2015/01/28/3b02e70a-a72f-11e4-a2b2-776095f393b2_story.html Kennedy Center names Mason Bates as composer-in-residence The Washington Post Anne Midgette January 28, 2015 January 31, 2015 February 6 The Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra (Düsseldorfer Symphoniker) announces the appointment of Ádám Fischer as its next principal conductor.http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/bonn/kultur/die-heisse-phase-hat-begonnen-article1560313.html Die heiße Phase hat begonnen General Anzeiger Bonn Bernhard Hartmann February 12, 2015 October 28, 2015 The New York Philharmonic announces that Alan Gilbert is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director after the 2016–2017 season.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/arts/music/alan-gilbert-to-leave-new-york-philharmonic-in-2017.html Alan Gilbert to Leave New York Philharmonic in 2017 Michael Cooper The New York Times February 6, 2015 February 6, 2015 February 8 – First US performance of the Felix Mendelssohn edition (1841, Leipzig) of the JS Bach St Matthew Passionhttp://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/20150210_Review__A__St__Matthew_Passion__through_another_s_vision.html Review: A 'St. Matthew Passion' through another's vision David Patrick Stearns The Philadelphia Inquirer February 10, 2015 February 15, 2015 February 12 Arts Council England announces its intention to remove English National Opera from its national portfolio of regularly funded UK arts organisations, and to change its funding arrangement from a three-year plan to a two-year plan, with stipulations that ENO reform its current business model.https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/12/english-national-opera-told-to-put-its-house-in-order English National Opera told to put its house in order Mark Brown The Guardian February 12, 2015 February 15, 2015 The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announces that Edo de Waart is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director after the 2016–2017 season.http://www.mso.org/news_press/press_releases/release?article=20150212 Edo de Waart to become Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Conductor Laureate in 2017 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra February 12, 2015 February 20, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032811/https://www.mso.org/news_press/press_releases/release?article=20150212 March 4, 2016 dead February 18 – The National Symphony Orchestra and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announce that Christoph Eschenbach is to conclude his music directorship of both organisations after the 2016–2017 season.http://web.kennedy-center.org/~/media/Files/KC/Press%20Releases/February%202015%20Releases/ChristophEschenbachAnnouncement.pdf Christoph Eschenbach to become NSO Conductor Laureate with 2017–2018 Season National Symphony Orchestra February 18, 2015 February 20, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150220092548/http://web.kennedy-center.org/~/media/Files/KC/Press%20Releases/February%202015%20Releases/ChristophEschenbachAnnouncement.pdf February 20, 2015 dead mdy-all February 22 – The Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Linz Opera announce the appointment of Markus Poschner as their next chief conductor, effective in 2017.http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/kultur/Der-neue-Linzer-Opernchef-heisst-Markus-Poschner;art16,1657534 Der neue Linzer Opernchef heißt Markus Poschner Helmut Atteneder Nachrichten February 22, 2015 January 1, 2016 February 26 – The BBC Philharmonic announces the appointment of Mark Simpson as its next Composer-in-Association, effective September 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/mark-simpson-bbc-phil Mark Simpson named as BBC Philharmonic new composer BBC Media Centre February 26, 2015 February 28, 2015 February 27 The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra announces the appointment of Giordano Bellincampi as its next music director, effective in 2016, with an initial contract of three years."Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra announces new Music Director", February 27, 2015. The Memphis Symphony Orchestra announces the scheduled conclusion of the tenure of Mei-Ann Chen as its music director, after the end of the 2015–2016 season.http://www.memphissymphony.org/default.aspx?p=40728&naid=19528 Memphis Symphony Announces 2015–2016 Season To Be Mei-Ann Chen's Final Season as Music Director Memphis Symphony Orchestra February 27, 2015 October 24, 2015 November 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The Cincinnati May Festival announces that James Conlon is to stand down as its music director after the 2016 Festival, and subsequently to take the title of music director laureate.http://www.mayfestival.com/media/2511/022715conlonconcludestenureatmayfestival.pdf James Conlon to conclude extraordinary era as Music Director of the Cincinnati May Festival Cincinnati May Festival February 27, 2015 January 2, 2016 March 3 – The London Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Sir Simon Rattle as its next music director, effective September 2017, with an initial contract of five years.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/03/simon-rattle-appointed-music-director-london-symphony-orchestra Simon Rattle appointed music director of London Symphony Orchestra The Guardian Mark Brown March 3, 2015 March 8, 2015 March 4 – The New York Philharmonic announces that David Geffen is to donate $100M USD to the orchestra for the renovation of Avery Fisher Hall, with the proviso that the hall be renamed "David Geffen Hall" and bear the new name in perpetuity.Brian Wise, "Avery Fisher Hall to Be Renamed David Geffen Hall". WQXR blog, 4 March 2015 March 5 – The Oslo International Church Music Festival 2015 opens in Norway, continuing until March 15.http://www.kirkemusikkfestivalen.no/index.php?lang=en Oslo Internationale Kirkemusikkfestival Oslo International Church Music Festival 2015-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20130517105645/http://www.kirkemusikkfestivalen.no/index.php?lang=en 2013-05-17 dead March 6 – Palm Beach Opera announces the appointment of David Stern as its next music director, effective June 1, 2015.http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/local/pb-opera-hires-chief-conductor/nkQGn/ Palm Beach Opera hires chief conductor Palm Beach Daily News Jan Sjostrom March 6, 2015 January 9, 2016 March 9 English National Opera announces the appointment of Cressida Pollock, a management consultant, as its interim CEO.http://www.eno.org/press/cressida-pollock-appointed-as-eno-interim-chief-executive-officer Cressida Pollock appointed as ENO Interim Chief Executive Officer English National Opera March 9, 2015 March 15, 2015 The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia announces the appointments of Roberto Abbado and Fabio Biondi as its next joint music directors, and of Ramón Tebar as its next principal guest conductor.Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia, "Roberto Abbado y Fabio Biondi asumen la dirección musical del Palau de les Arts" (Spanish-language announcement) https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114724/http://www.lesarts.com/seccion%3D1237%26idioma%3Des_ES%26id%3D2015030918230001%26activo%3D7.do March 4, 2016 , March 9, 2015. March 11 The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Thomas Dausgaard as its 11th chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/thomas-dausgaard-sso BBC SSO new Chief Conductor announced at launch of orchestra's 2015/16 season BBC Media Centre March 11, 2015 March 15, 2015 Simon Halsey is announced as the recipient of the Queen's Medal for Music 2014.http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/simon-halsey-awarded-the-queens-medal-for-music Simon Halsey awarded the Queen's Medal for Music Gramophone March 11, 2015 March 15, 2015 March 16 – Alan Buribayev becomes principal conductor of the Astana Opera House, Kazakhstan.http://imgartists.com/news/alan_buribayev_named_principal_conductor_of_kazakhstans_astana_opera_house/ IMG Artists agency, "Alan Buribayev Named Principal Conductor of Kazakhstan's Astana Opera House". 17 March 2015 March 19, 2015 April 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141722/http://imgartists.com/news/alan_buribayev_named_principal_conductor_of_kazakhstans_astana_opera_house/ dead March 18 – The Birmingham Conservatoire announces the appointment of Julian Lloyd Webber as its next Principal, after the scheduled retirement of David Saint, the current Principal, in June 2015.http://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/about-us/news/julian-lloyd-webber-appointed-as-new-principal-of-birmingham-conservatoire Julian Lloyd Webber appointed as new Principal of Birmingham Conservatoire Birmingham Conservatoire March 18, 2015 April 3, 2015 March 19 – The Montreal Symphony Orchestra announces a new five-year recording contract with Decca Records.http://www.osm.ca/sites/default/files/salle-de-presse/cmq_osm_decca_fr.pdf L'OSM heureux d'annoncer un partenariat de cinq ans avec Decca Montreal Symphony Orchestra March 19, 2015 April 3, 2015 April 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150408181752/http://www.osm.ca/sites/default/files/salle-de-presse/cmq_osm_decca_fr.pdf dead http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-montreal-symphony-return-to-decca The Montreal Symphony return to Decca Gramophone March 25, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 3 The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Kazuki Yamada as its next principal conductor and artistic director, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of three years.Konzertdirektion Schmid agency notice on Kazuki Yamada appointment with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, 3 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150612020440/http://www.kdschmid.de/newsdetail/items/Kazuki_Yamada_monte-carlo.html June 12, 2015 The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces a new recording partnership with Deutsche Grammophon that focuses on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich.http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/uploads/press/DG-Shostakovich-release.pdf Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons Announce a New Partnership with Deutsche Grammophon Boston Symphony Orchestra April 3, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 9 – The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Nicholas Carter as its next chief conductor, with an initial contract of two years.http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/adelaide-symphony-orchestras-new-principal-conductor-nicholas-carter-still-calls-australia-home/news-story/4c510901a3c34166a107a376d3d8da0b Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's new principal conductor Nicholas Carter still calls Australia home The Advertiser Patrick McDonald April 9, 2015 February 6, 2016 April 14 – The Glenn Gould Foundation announces its selection of Philip Glass as the Eleventh Glenn Gould Prize Laureate.The Glenn Gould Foundation, "Eleventh Laureate Announced". 14 April 2015 April 20 – The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Pietari Inkinen as its next chief conductor, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of three seasons.http://imgartists.com/news/pietari_inkinen_named_chief_conductor_of_japan_philharmonic_orchestra/ Pietari Inkinen Named Chief Conductor of Japan Philharmonic Orchestra IMG Artists April 20, 2015 April 23, 2015 October 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151008220522/http://imgartists.com/news/pietari_inkinen_named_chief_conductor_of_japan_philharmonic_orchestra/ dead April 21 – Scottish Opera announces the appointment of Stuart Stratford as its next music director, effective June 1, 2015.http://www.scottishopera.org.uk/news#3362 Scottish Opera Welcomes Stuart Stratford as Music Director Scottish Opera April 21, 2015 May 2, 2015 April 24 – The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic announces the appointment of Sir Andrew Davis as its new conductor emeritus.http://www.liverpoolphil.com/16637/latest-press-releases/sir-andrew-davis-cbe-appointed-liverpool-philharmonic-conductor-emeritus.html Sir Andrew Davis CBE appointed Liverpool Philharmonic Conductor Emeritus Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra April 24, 2015 May 2, 2015 April 28 – The Zurich Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment of Daniel Hope as its next music director, effective in 2016.http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/daniel-hope-to-replace-sir-roger-norrington-in-zurich Daniel Hope to replace Sir Roger Norrington in Zurich Gramophone April 28, 2015 May 2, 2015 May 1 – The 2015 Malko Competition for conductors announces Tung-Chieh Chuang as this year's winner.http://www.dr.dk/Temaer/Malko/English/Articles/2015/0501214029.htm Tung-Chieh Chuang is the winner of the 2015 Malko Competition Danish Radio May 1, 2015 May 23, 2015 May 8 – Symphony Number One gives its debut concert at the Baltimore War Memorial.McCauley Mary Baltimore's War Memorial is home for a new concert series by mostly local artists The Baltimore Sun May 6, 2016 https://www.baltimoresun.com/2015/05/06/baltimores-war-memorial-is-home-for-a-new-concert-series-by-mostly-local-artists/Souza Gabriella Baltimore's Newest Chamber Orchestra Makes Debut Baltimore Magazine May 8, 2015 http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2015/5/8/baltimores-newest-chamber-orchestra-makes-debut May 12 – The BBC National Orchestra of Wales announces the appointment of Huw Watkins as its next Composer-in-Association, for the period 2015–2018.Schott Music, "Huw Watkins announced as BBC National Orchestra of Wales' Composer-in-Association", 12 May May 12, 2015. May 26 – The BBC announces the appointment of David Pickard as the next director of the BBC Proms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/david-pickard David Pickard named as Director, BBC Proms BBC May 26, 2015 June 2, 2015 June 3 – The Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur announces the appointment of Thomas Zehetmair as its next principal conductor, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of three seasons.http://www.musikkollegium.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Media/Medienmitteilung_MKW_Zehetmair_20150603.pdf Thomas Zehetmair wird neuer Chefdirigent des Musikkollegiums Winterthur Musikkollegium Winterthur June 3, 2015 June 7, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151106221335/http://www.musikkollegium.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Media/Medienmitteilung_MKW_Zehetmair_20150603.pdf November 6, 2015 June 9 – The RAI National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of James Conlon as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.Michael Cooper, 'Orchestra in Turin, Italy, Names James Conlon as Principal Conductor'. The New York Times, 'ArtsBeat' blog, 9 June June 9, 2015. June 10 – The Regina Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Gordon Gerrard as its next music director, effective with the 2016–2017 season.https://leaderpost.com/entertainment/gerrard-thrilled-to-join-forces-with-the-regina-symphony-orchestra-video Gerrard thrilled to join forces with the Regina Symphony Orchestra Regina Leader- Post Jeff DeDekker June 10, 2015 April 1, 2016 June 11 – The Orchestre de Paris announces the appointment of Daniel Harding as its 9th principal conductor, effective September 2016.http://api.orchestredeparis.soleilnoir.typhon.net/medias/pdfs/1.43401590803E+12.pdf Daniel Harding nouveau directeur musical de l'Orchestre de Paris et Thomas Hengelbrock chef associé à partir de la saison 2016–2017 Orchestre de Paris June 11, 2015 June 14, 2015 June 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150613172840/http://api.orchestredeparis.soleilnoir.typhon.net/medias/pdfs/1.43401590803E+12.pdf dead June 12 – Queen's Birthday Honours 2015Cabinet Office, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street; Queen's Birthday Honours List 2015 James MacMillan and Karl Jenkins are each made Knight Bachelor. Sir Neville Marriner is made a Companion of Honour. Simon Halsey and Mark-Anthony Turnage are each made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. June 17 – The Residentie Orchestra announces the appointment of Nicholas Collon as its co-principal conductor, effective August 1, 2016, for a minimum term of three years.Britse dirigent Nicholas Collon nieuwe vaste dirigent Residentie Orkest http://www.residentieorkest.nl/index.php?pageID=116&messageID=398 Residentie Orkest June 17, 2015 August 8, 2015 September 2026 InternetArchiveBot June 19 – Jongmin Park wins the Song Prize in the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World competition.http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/BBC-Cardiff-Singer-World-2015-Jongmin-Park-South/story-26742727-detail/story.html BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015: Jongmin Park from South Korea wins Song Prize South Wales Evening Post Mark Rees June 20, 2015 June 22, 2015 June 21 Nadine Koutcher wins the final, Main Prize of the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World competition.http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/BBC-Cardiff-Singer-World-2015-Nadine-Koutcher/story-26742615-detail/story.html BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015: Nadine Koutcher from Belarus wins final South Wales Evening Post Mark Rees June 22, 2015 June 22, 2015 Amartuvshin Enkhbat is the winner of the Audience Prize of the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World competition. June 22 – The Berlin Philharmonic announces its election of Kirill Petrenko as its next chief conductor.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/22/kirill-petrenko-to-be-named-successor-to-rattle-at-berlin-philharmonic Kirill Petrenko to succeed Simon Rattle at the Berlin Philharmonic The Guardian Ben Knight June 22, 2015 June 22, 2015 June 29 The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Edo de Waart as its next music director, effective in 2016.https://www.nzso.co.nz/news/post/2015/06/nzso-announces-new-music-director-edo-de-waart/ NZSO announces new Music Director Edo de Waart New Zealand Symphony Orchestra June 29, 2015 June 29, 2015 July 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701040951/https://www.nzso.co.nz/news/post/2015/06/nzso-announces-new-music-director-edo-de-waart/ dead The Bayreuth Festival announces the appointment of Christian Thielemann as its music director.http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/bayreuther-festspiele-christian-thielemann-wird-musikdirektor-in-bayreuth/11984234.html Christian Thielemann wird Musikdirektor in Bayreuth Der Tagesspiegel June 29, 2015 June 29, 2015 The European Union Youth Orchestra announces the appointments of Vasily Petrenko as its next chief conductor effective September 2015, and of Bernard Haitink as its conductor laureate with immediate effect.http://www.euyo.eu/discover/news/euyo-announces-new-conductors/ EUYO announces new conductors European Union Youth Orchestra June 29, 2015 June 29, 2015 January 4, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190104175839/http://www.euyo.eu/discover/news/euyo-announces-new-conductors/ dead June 30 – The Sinfonieorchester Basel announces the appointment of Ivor Bolton as its next chief conductor, as of the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of four years.http://derstandard.at/2000018313940/Ivor-Bolton-wird-neuer-Chefdirigent-des-Sinfonieorchesters-Basel Ivor Bolton wird Chefdirigent des Basler Sinfonieorchesters Der Standard June 30, 2015 July 7, 2015 July 2 – The Beethoven Orchester Bonn announces the appointment of Christof Perick as its interim Generalmusikdirektor for the 2016–2017 season.Bernhard Hartmann Christof Prick: Chefdirigent für eine Saison http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/bonn/kultur/Christof-Prick-Chefdirigent-fuer-eine-Saison-article1669602.html General-Anzeiger July 2, 2015 September 9, 2015 July 3 – The Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar announce the appointment of Kirill Karabits as its next Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) and chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of three years.http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Kirill-Karabits-wird-neuer-Generalmusikdirektor-und-Chefdirigent-in-Weimar-32688217 Kirill Karabits neuer Generalmusikdirektor und Chefdirigent in Weimar Thüringer Allegmeine July 3, 2015 July 21, 2015 December 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161210010012/http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Kirill-Karabits-wird-neuer-Generalmusikdirektor-und-Chefdirigent-in-Weimar-32688217 dead July 10 – English National Opera announces the departure of John Berry as artistic director.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/10/john-berry-steps-down-from-english-national-opera John Berry steps down from English National Opera The Guardian Imogen Tilden and Maev Kennedy July 10, 2015 July 12, 2015 August 6 – The Ames Stradivarius violin, stolen from Roman Totenberg in 1980, is returned to Totenberg's family in New York City.https://www.npr.org/2015/08/06/427718240/a-rarity-reclaimed-stolen-stradivarius-recovered-after-35-years A Rarity Reclaimed: Stolen Stradivarius Recovered After 35 Years National Public Radio Nina Totenberg August 6, 2015 August 8, 2015 August 7 – The Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Sarah Ioannides is to conclude her tenure with the orchestra after the 2016–2017 season.SPO Music Director and Conductor Sarah Ioannides Announces Departure in 2017 http://www.spartanburgphilharmonic.org/files/files/SPO-SI-AnnouncementPressReleaseAug7.pdf Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra August 7, 2015 January 2, 2016 August 13 The Lucerne Festival announces the appointment of Riccardo Chailly as the next music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, effective with the 2016 Lucerne Festival, with an initial contract of five years.http://www.lucernefestival.ch/documents/150813_MM_LucerneFestivalOrchestra_d.pdf Riccardo Chailly zum Chefdirigenten des Lucerne Festival Orchestra ernannt Lucerne Festival August 13, 2015 August 25, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150911232935/http://www.lucernefestival.ch/documents/150813_MM_LucerneFestivalOrchestra_d.pdf September 11, 2015 The Metropolitan Opera announces that Mary Jo Heath is to be the new radio host for the Metropolitan Opera Saturday radio broadcasts, effective in September 2015.http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/metropolitan-opera-promote-mary-jo-heath-new-radio-host/ Metropolitan Opera Promotes Mary Jo Heath to New Radio Host WQXR (Operavore blog) Brian Wise September 13, 2015 September 1, 2015 August 17 – The Lahti Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Dima Slobodeniouk as its next principal conductor, effective in the autumn of 2016, with an initial contract of three seasons.http://www.sinfonialahti.fi/ajankohtaista/uutiset2015/en_GB/1439817634341/ Dima Slobodeniouk has been appointed as Principal Conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, starting in autumn 2016 Sinfonia Lahti August 17, 2015 August 25, 2015 September 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102009/http://www.sinfonialahti.fi/ajankohtaista/uutiset2015/en_GB/1439817634341/ dead August 24 – The Theater Bonn announces the appointment of Jacques Lacombe as the new chief conductor of Bonn Opera, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of two years.http://www.theater-bonn.de/news/aktuell/aktuell/news/lacombe-wird-chefdirigent-an-der-oper-bonn/ Lacombe wird Chefdirigent an der Oper Bonn Theater Bonn August 24, 2015 September 1, 2015 September 2026 InternetArchiveBot September 2 – La Monnaie announces the appointment of Alain Altinoglu as its next music director, effective January 2016.http://dg0z1rj1uzap8.cloudfront.net/dbfiles/mfile/29200/29244/PERSDOSSIER_EN_09.01.pdf Alain Altinoglu – Music Director of La Monnaie Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie September 2, 2015 September 4, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085342/http://dg0z1rj1uzap8.cloudfront.net/dbfiles/mfile/29200/29244/PERSDOSSIER_EN_09.01.pdf March 4, 2016 September 3 – The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra announces that Riccardo Chailly is to conclude his tenure as Gewandhauskapellmeister in June 2016, four years ahead of their most recent contract agreement.http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/chailly-to-leave-the-leipzig-gewandhausorchester-four-years-earlier-than Chailly to Leave the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester – Four Years Earlier Than Planned Gramophone Martin Cullingford September 3, 2015 September 3, 2015 September 4 At a conference of the International Musicological Society in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Natalya Braginskaya announced the re-discovery of an early orchestral work of Igor Stravinsky, Pogrebal'naya Pesnya (Funeral Song), which had gone missing since its only performance in January 1909.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/06/igor-stravinsky-lost-work-emerges-after-100-years Key Igor Stravinsky work found after 100 years The Observer Stephen Walsh September 5, 2015 September 9, 2015 The Lucerne Festival announces the appointments of Wolfgang Rihm as the new director of the Lucerne Festival Academy, and of Matthias Pintscher as principal conductor of the Lucerne Festival Academy.http://www.lucernefestival.ch/documents/150904_MMLFA_und2016_e_web.pdf Wolfgang Rihm Is the Lucerne Festival Academy's New Artistic Director; Matthias Pintscher Named Principal Conductor Lucerne Festival September 4, 2015 September 7, 2015 September 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906025335/http://www.lucernefestival.ch/documents/150904_MMLFA_und2016_e_web.pdf dead September 7 – The Bamberg Symphony announces the appointment of Jakub Hrůša as its next chief conductor, as of the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of five seasons.Jakub Hrusa wird neuer Chef der Bamberger Symphoniker http://www.svz.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/kultur/jakub-hrusa-wird-neuer-chef-der-bamberger-symphoniker-id10650031.html Schweriner Volkszeitung September 7, 2015 September 9, 2015 December 24, 2015 https://archive.today/20151224014714/http://www.svz.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/kultur/jakub-hrusa-wird-neuer-chef-der-bamberger-symphoniker-id10650031.html dead September 9 – The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra announces the appointment of Andris Nelsons as its 21st Gewandhauskapellmeister, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of five seasons.Michael Cooper Andris Nelsons Named Music Director of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/music/andris-nelsons-named-music-director-of-leipzig-gewandhaus-orchestra.html The New York Times September 9, 2015 September 14, 2015 September 11 Arvo Pärt's 80th birthday is celebrated worldwide."Arvo Pärt at 80: listen to five of his least, and best, known works", The Guardian, September 11, 2015]. Accessed September 28, 2015 The Zuger Sinfonietta announces the appointment of Daniel Huppert as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.http://zugersinfonietta.ch/orchester/designierter-chefdirigent/ Zuger Sinfonietta page on Daniel Huppert October 24, 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080724/http://zugersinfonietta.ch/orchester/designierter-chefdirigent/ dead September 13 – The Chineke! Orchestra, the first black and minority ethnic orchestra in Europe, gives its ensemble debut concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.George Hall Chineke! Orchestra/Marshall review – the beginning of something culturally inspiring https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/14/chineke-orchestra-marshall-review-chi-chi-nwanoku The Guardian September 14, 2015 September 14, 2015 September 15 The Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Stefan Sanderling as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.Sanderling neuer SOL-Chefdirigent http://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/kultur/Sanderling-neuer-SOL-Chefdirigent;art175,154523 Liechtensteiner Vaterland September 15, 2015 October 24, 2015 The Colorado Symphony Orchestra announces that Andrew Litton is to stand down from his post as the orchestra's music director after the 2015–2016 season, and to become the orchestra's artistic advisor and principal guest conductor through the 2017–2018 season.https://www.coloradosymphony.org/Press-Releases/ID/313/Andrew-Litton-Becomes-Colorado-Symphony-Artistic-Advisor-and-Principal-Guest-Conductor Andrew Litton To Become Colorado Symphony Artistic Advisor and Principal Guest Conductor Colorado Symphony Orchestra September 15, 2015 January 2, 2016 September 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231532/https://coloradosymphony.org/Press-Releases/ID/313/Andrew-Litton-Becomes-Colorado-Symphony-Artistic-Advisor-and-Principal-Guest-Conductor dead September 16 – The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music announces that Marin Alsop is to conclude her tenure as its director in August 2016.http://cabrillomusic.org/marin-alsop-to-step-down-from-cabrillo-festival-post-following-2016-season/ Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Announces that Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop will step down after her 25th Season, August 2016 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music September 16, 2015 January 2, 2016 September 18 – The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Vladimir Jurowski as its next chief conductor.http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/rundfunksinfonieorchester-berlin-vladimir-jurowski-wird-rsb-chefdirigent,10809150,31848968.html Vladimir Jurowski wird RSB-Chefdirigent Berliner Zeitung Peter Uehling September 18, 2015 September 22, 2015 September 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923031726/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/rundfunksinfonieorchester-berlin-vladimir-jurowski-wird-rsb-chefdirigent,10809150,31848968.html dead September 21 English National Opera formalises the full appointments of Harry Brünjes as chairman, with immediate effect, and of Cressida Pollock as chief executive officer, for an additional three years.Imogen Tilden Brünjes and Pollock continue to steer the ENO ship https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/21/brunjes-pollock-steer-english-national-opera The Guardian September 21, 2015 September 23, 2015 The Munich Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment of Clemens Schuldt as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of three years.http://www.musik-heute.de/11363/clemens-schuldt-uebernimmt-muenchner-kammerorchester/ Clemens Schuldt übernimmt Münchner Kammerorchester Musik Heute September 21, 2015 September 23, 2015 The Dalasinfoniettan announces the appointment of Daniel Blendulf as its next chief conductor, with immediate effect, with an initial contract of three years.http://www.musikidalarna.se/dalasinfoniettans-nye-chefdirigent-daniel-blendulf/ Dalasinfoniettans nye chefdirigent Daniel Blendulf Dalasinfoniettan September 21, 2015 October 3, 2015 September 22 – San Francisco Opera announces the appointment of Matthew Shivlock as its 7th general director, effective July 2016.http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/9/News/Matthew_Shilvock_SFO_General_Director.html Sleep Matthew Shilvock Named as San Francisco Opera's Next General Director, Succeeding David Gockley at Company's Helm Opera News September 22, 2015 October 10, 2015 September 23 – Welsh National Opera announces the appointments of Tomáš Hanus as its next music director as of the 2016–2017 season, and of Carlo Rizzi as its conductor laureate with immediate effect.http://www.wno.org.uk/news/wno-announces-new-music-director-and-new-conductor-laureate WNO announces new Music Director and new Conductor Laureate Welsh National Opera September 23, 2015 April 1, 2016 March 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305202842/https://www.wno.org.uk/news/wno-announces-new-music-director-and-new-conductor-laureate dead September 27 – The world premiere of the eight-hour version of Sleep, composed by Max Richter in collaboration with David Eagleman, occurred at the Wellcome Collection and was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, the single longest musical composition ever broadcast live in the history of the BBC.https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/27/sleep-the-the-lullaby-for-our-frenetic-world Sleep – the eight-hour live-broadcast lullaby for a frenetic world The Guardian Hannah Ellis-Petersen September 27, 2015 October 3, 2015 October 1 Gotham Chamber Opera announces immediate cessation of operations, because of a fiscal deficit that the company judged itself unable to redeem.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/arts/music/gotham-chamber-opera-announces-that-it-will-close.html Gotham Chamber Opera Announces That It Will Close The New York Times Michael Cooper October 1, 2015 October 3, 2015 The Memphis Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Moody as its new principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of two years.http://www.memphissymphony.org/default.aspx?p=40728&naid=20772/ Memphis Symphony Orchestra Names Robert Moody Principal Conductor Memphis Symphony Orchestra October 1, 2015 October 24, 2015 PIAS officially takes full control of the music assets of harmonia mundi.http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/pias-officially-acquires-classical-and-jazz-house-harmonia-mundi/ [PIAS] officially acquires classical and jazz house harmonia mundi Music Business Worldwide Tim Ingham September 28, 2015 November 16, 2015 October 5 – Camerata Notturna announces the appointment of Gemma New as its next principal conductor.http://camerata-notturna.org/news/gemma_new_music_director Gemma New Appointed Principal Conductor of Camerata Notturna Camerata Notturna October 5, 2015 October 24, 2015 October 6 – The Iceland Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Yan Pascal Tortelier as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of three years.http://www.sinfonia.is/en/news/nr/3001/ Yan Pascal Tortelier Named Chief Conductor Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Sinfóníuhljómsveitar Íslands) October 6, 2015 October 10, 2015 November 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151122072426/http://www.sinfonia.is/en/news/nr/3001/ dead October 8 – The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin announces the appointment of Robin Ticciati as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of five years.http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/robin-ticciati-named-music-director-of-the-deutsches-symphonie-orchester-berlin Robin Ticciati named Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Gramophone October 8, 2014 October 10, 2015 October 13 – The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Kirill Petrenko is formally to begin his tenure as its new chief conductor with the 2019–2020 season.http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/news/detail/kirill-petrenko/ Kirill Petrenko will take up office as chief conductor and artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2019/2020 season Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra October 13, 2015 October 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192714/http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/news/detail/kirill-petrenko/ March 4, 2016 dead October 14 – Opera Lyra Ottawa announces immediate cessation of operations, citing insufficient revenue and funding.https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/opera-lyra-ceases-operations Cash crisis causes Opera Lyra to cease operations Ottawa Citizen Peter Robb October 14, 2015 October 17, 2015 October 23 – The Queensland Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Alondra de la Parra as its first-ever music director, effective in 2017, the first conductor ever to have the title of music director with an Australian orchestra, and the orchestra's first female conductor in a leadership post.https://qso.com.au/sites/qso/files/attachments/media_release_-_qso_music_director_announcement.pdf/ Queensland Symphony Orchestra announces acclaimed Conductor Alondra de la Parra as Music Director Queensland Symphony Orchestra October 23, 2015 October 25, 2015June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes November 5 – The Royal Philharmonic Society announces Martha Argerich as the 101st recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal.http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/index.php/rps_today/news/argerich_awarded_rps_gold_medal Argerich Awarded RPS Gold Medal Royal Philharmonic Society November 5, 2015 November 16, 2015 November 9 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces that music director Stephen Lord is to stand down from the post after the 2017 season, and to take the title of music director emeritus.http://www.opera-stl.org/about/news-press/2015/11/09/famed-music-director-stephen-lord-will-take-on-new-role-after-25-seasons-as-music-director-at-opera-theatre-of-saint-louis/ Famed Music Director Stephen Lord Will Take on New Role After 25 Seasons as Music Director at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Opera Theatre of Saint Louis November 9, 2015 November 16, 2015 November 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031031/http://www.opera-stl.org/about/news-press/2015/11/09/famed-music-director-stephen-lord-will-take-on-new-role-after-25-seasons-as-music-director-at-opera-theatre-of-saint-louis/ dead November 11 – Orchestras Live announces the appointment of Sarah Derbyshire as its next chief executive.http://www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news-projects/sarah-derbyshire-ceo/ Sarah Derbyshire appointed Chief Executive of Orchestras Live Orchestras Live November 11, 2015 November 16, 2015 November 16 – The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Xian Zhang as its 14th music director, as of the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of four years.http://www.njsymphony.org/about-njso/next-music-director/press-release New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announces Xian Zhang as its 14th music director New Jersey Symphony Orchestra November 16, 2015 November 21, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151117013828/http://www.njsymphony.org/about-njso/next-music-director/press-release November 17, 2015 November 17 – Glyndebourne Festival Opera announces the appointment of Sebastian F. Schwarz as its next general director, effective in May 2016.http://www.glyndebourne.com/discover/news-and-blogs/2015/november/glyndebourne-appoints-new-general-director/ Glyndebourne Appoints New General Director Glyndebourne Festival Opera November 17, 2015 November 21, 2015 November 18 The Three Choirs Festival announces the appointment of Alexis Paterson as its new chief executive, effective in January 2016.http://www.3choirs.org/article/alexis-paterson-appointed-ceo-of-three-choirs-festival Alexis Paterson appointed ceo of Three Choirs Festival Three Choirs Festival Association November 18, 2015 November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151121053527/http://www.3choirs.org/article/alexis-paterson-appointed-ceo-of-three-choirs-festival dead The Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie announces the appointment of Garry Walker as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2017–018 season.http://www.ingpen.co.uk/_assets/Rheinische-Philharmonie-Chefdirigent-181115.pdf Garry Walker wird neuer Chefdirigent des Staatsorchesters Rheinische Philharmonie – Schotte ist Nachfolger von Daniel Raiskin Rheinland-Pfalz Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und Kultur November 18, 2015 January 9, 2016 November 24 – The Grawemeyer Foundation announces Hans Abrahamsen as the winner of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, for his song cycle let me tell you.http://grawemeyer.org/abrahamsen-wins-music-award-for-let-me-tell-you/ Abrahamsen wins music award for let me tell you Grawemeyer Foundation November 24, 2015 November 26, 2015 December 1 – The BBC National Orchestra of Wales announces the appointment of Xian Zhang as its next principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to a titled post with any BBC orchestra.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/bbc-now-appoints-xian-zhang BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales appoints Xian Zhang as Principal Guest Conductor BBC Media Centre December 1, 2015 December 1, 2015 December 2 – Birmingham Contemporary Music Group announces the appointment of Christoph Trestler as its new chair.http://bcmg.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/File/1502.pdf Christoph Trestler appointed Chair of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Birmingham Contemporary Music Group December 2, 2015 December 5, 2015 December 3 – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra announces that Leonard Slatkin is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director after the 2017–018 season, and subsequently to take the title of music director emeritus.http://www.dso.org/DSOnewsdetail.aspx?pid=4437 Leonard Slatkin, DSO Forge New Deal Detroit Symphony Orchestra December 3, 2015 December 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100842/http://www.dso.org/DSOnewsdetail.aspx?pid=4437 December 8, 2015 dead December 5 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt announces via his website that he is retiring from conducting, the day before his 86th birthday, wi–h a handwritten note scanned to his website. This note is reproduced in the concert programme of the Concentus Musicus Wien the next day at the Musikverein, Vienna, on the actual day of his 86th birthday.http://derstandard.at/2000027039538/Dirigent-Nikolaus-Harnoncourt-zieht-sich-vom-Pult-zurueck Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Abschiedsbrief eines Unersetzlichen Der Standard Daniel Ender December 6, 2015 December 12, 2015 December 8 – The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra announces Bethan Morgan-Williams as the winner of its first annual Christopher Brooks Composition Prize.http://www.liverpoolphil.com/18768/latest-press-releases/liverpool-philharmonic-announces-winner-of-inaugural-christopher-brooks-composition-prize-in-association-with-the-rushworth-foundation.html Liverpool Philharmonic announces winner of inaugural Christopher Brooks Composition Prize in association with the Rushworth Foundation Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra December 8, 2015 December 12, 2015 December 9 – The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden announces that Kasper Holten is to leave the post of director of music in March 2017.http://www.roh.org.uk/news/director-of-opera-kasper-holten-to-leave-the-royal-opera-in-march-2017 Director of Opera Kasper Holten to leave The Royal Opera in March 2017 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden December 9, 2015 December 12, 2015 December 16 – The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Rossen Gergov as its next chief conductor, effective January 2016.http://bnr.bg/aboutbnr/post/100638624/teodosii-spasov-e-noviat-direktor-na-muzikalna-kashta-bnr-rosen-gergov-e-glaven-dirigent-na-simfonichnia-orkestar?forceFullVersion=1 Теодосий Спасов е новият директор на "Музикална къща БНР", Росен Гергов е главен диригент на Симфоничния оркестър Bulgarian National Radio December 16, 2015 December 19, 2015 December 22 – Anonymous 4 gives their final live concert performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City before formally disbanding.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/arts/music/review-the-last-noel-anonymous-4s-farewell.html Review: 'The Last Noel,' Anonymous 4's Farewell The New York Times Zachary Woolfe Zachary Woolfe December 23, 2015 December 30, 2015 December 29 – Myung-whun Chung submits his resignation as music director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20151229001070 Maestro Chung Myung-whun announces departure from SPO The Korea Herald December 29, 2015 January 2, 2016 December 30 – Angela Hewitt is appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada.https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16283&lan=eng Order of Canada Appointments, December 30, 2015: Governor General Announces 69 New Appointments to the Order of Canada The Governor General of Canada December 30, 2015 January 9, 2016 December 31 New Year's Honours 2016Cabinet Office, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street; New Year's Honours list 2016 Radu Lupu is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Steuart Bedford, Leslie East, Malcolm Martineau and Helen Odell-Miller are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Catherine Arlidge, Alina Ibragimova, Michael McCarthy, and Michael Rafferty are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Finchcocks Musical Museum in Goudhurst closes permanently.http://www.courier.co.uk/Pair-s-musical-museum-set-close-doors/story-28205410-detail/story.html Finchcocks Musical Museum in Goudhurst set to close its doors Kent and Sussex Courier Amy-Clare Martin November 21, 2015 January 13, 2016 November 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151122172736/http://www.courier.co.uk/Pair-s-musical-museum-set-close-doors/story-28205410-detail/story.html dead New works March 2025 The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation. A Hans Abrahamsen – Left, aloneAbrahamsen Hans Hans Abrahamsen 2015 Left, alone G. Schirmer Inc. http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/1/54590 6 July 2016 January 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185631/http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/1/54590 dead John Adams Second QuartetStanfordLive calendar, 18 January 2015 Scheherazade.2 (symphony for violin and orchestra)https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/arts/music/review-john-adams-unveils-scheherazade2-an-answer-to-male-brutality.html Review: John Adams Unveils Scheherazade.2, an Answer to Male Brutality The New York Times Anthony Tommasini March 28, 2015 March 28, 2015 John Luther Adams – Across the DistanceTom Service, 'John Luther Adams: a force of nature'. The Guardian (music blog), 2 July 2015 Eleanor Alberga – Arise, Athena!Erica Jeal Last Night of the Proms review – Alsop controls the crowd with ease https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/13/prom-76-bbcso-alsop-kaufmann-grosvenor-alberga The Guardian September 13, 2015 September 14, 2015 Julian Anderson In lieblicher Bläue (Violin Concerto)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/11471532/London-Philharmonic-Orchestra-and-Carolin-Widmann-Royal-Festival-Hall-review-divine.html London Philharmonic Orchestra and Carolin Widmann, Royal Festival, Hall, review: 'divine' Telegraph Ivan Hewett March 15, 2015 March 15, 2015 Van Gogh Bluehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/08/arditti-quartet-nash-ensemble-wigmore-hall-london-review-julian-anderson [Arditti Quartet; Nash Ensemble reviews – New music from Jarrell, Birtwistle, Woolrich and Anderson The Guardian Andrew Clements November 8, 2015 November 16, 2015 B Tommy Andersson – Panhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/04/prom-64-bbc-now-sondergard-review-andersson-pan-nielsen-mahler BBCNOW/Søndergård review – the Albert Hall's great beast is unleashed The Guardian Erica Jeal September 4, 2015 September 7, 2015 Timo Andres – Strong Language (for string quartet)Takács Quartet https://web.archive.org/web/20151115101539/http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/11/19/0730/PM/Takacs-Quartet/ November 15, 2015 , November 19, 2015 Carnegie Hall programme. Cathy Applegate – Piano Concertantrum (composed 2012–2013; premiered March 2015)Australian Music Centre, entry on Piano Concertantrum Richard Ayres – No 48 (In the Night Studio)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/09/bbcso-volkov-review-barbican-london-richard-ayres BBCSO/Volkov review: charming, witty and disconcerting The Guardian Andrew Clements October 9, 2015 October 10, 2015 B David Balasanyan Six Microludes, for pianoProvide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 Monument, for piano and tapeProvide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 Guy Barker – The Lanterne of LightProm 69, BBC Proms/BBC Radio 3, 6 September 2015 Gerald Barry – The One-Armed Pianist'Objects at an Exhibition', Science Museum, London December 2, 2014 https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-at-an-exhibition-experience-the-science-museum-as-never-before/ May 26, 2020 Sally Beamish – "Be still" (Introit)BBC Radio 3, Choral Evensong, 4 March 2015 Luke Bedford Instabilityhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/03/bbc-philharmonic-mena-prom20-review BBC Philharmonic/Mena review – a palpable sense of commitment The Guardian George Hall August 3, 2015 August 3, 2015 Saxophone Quartethttp://www.ldsm.org.uk/international-festival/2015-08-04-apollo-saxophone-quartet Lake District Summer Music programme, 4 August 2015 October 10, 2015 November 28, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161128051055/http://www.ldsm.org.uk/international-festival/2015-08-04-apollo-saxophone-quartet dead Fiona Bennett – The New Lady Radnor's SuiteProvide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 Judith Bingham Ghostly GraceJudith Bingham, "How I wrote the music for the reinterment of King Richard III". Gramophone blog entry, March 18, 2015. ZodiackProvide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 Harrison Birtwistle The Curehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/14/the-corridorthe-cure-review-birtwistle-unveils-lyrical-sequel-to-orpheus-story The Corridor/The Cure review – Birtwistle unveils lyrical sequel to Orpheus story The Guardian Andrew Clements June 14, 2015 June 14, 2015 The Silk House Sequences Victoria Borisova-Ollas – ... and time is running past midnight ...Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra programme, 22/23 October 2015 Mark Bowden and Owen Sheers – A Violence of Giftshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/19/bbcnow-brabbins-bowden-sheers-a-violence-of-gifts-review BBCNOW/Brabbins/A Violence of Gifts review – particle physics complexity The Guardian Rian Evans April 19, 2015 May 23, 2015 Luc Brewaeys – Sonnets to Sundry NotesCollegium Vocale Gent https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085940/http://www.collegiumvocale.com/fr/saisons/738-sonnets-to-sundry-notes March 4, 2016 , October 8, 2015, programme note. C Gary Carpenter – Dadavillehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/17/proms-first-night-review-off-to-a-flying-start Proms First Night review: off to a flying start The Guardian Tim Ashley July 17, 2015 July 22, 2015 Elliott Carter – The American Sublimehttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/arts/music/review-elliott-carter-premiere-and-levine-withdrawal-with-met-chamber-ensemble.html Review: Elliott Carter Premiere and Levine Withdrawal With Met Chamber Ensemble The New York Times David Allen March 9, 2015 March 19, 2015 Friedrich Cerha – Piccola Commèdiahttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/12/friedrich-cerha-day-wigmore-hall-london-review Friedrich Cerha Day review – a fuller picture of the man who finished Lulu The Guardian Andrew Clements October 12, 2015 October 17, 2015 Unsuk Chin – Mannequin – Tableaux vivants for orchestrahttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/10/national-youth-orchestra-great-britain-ilan-volkov-pery-grainger-bela-bartok National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Volkov review – a musical bomb showering its listeners with shrapnel The Guardian Alfred Hickling April 10, 2015 April 12, 2015 Pete Churchill – Echoes: A Song of Polandhttp://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/threechoirsfestival/13423975.display/ Three Choirs Festival presents the following events for today Hereford Times August 1, 2015 August 3, 2015 James Clapperton – Northern Skyhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/26/red-notegriffyn-ensemble-review-kings-college-chapel-aberdeen Red Note/Griffyn Ensemble review – two premieres and performances worlds apart The Guardian Kate Molleson October 26, 2015 November 16, 2015 Anna Clyne – The SeamstressLawrence A Johnson, 'Clyne's Seamstress could use more stitchwork in mixed CSO premiere'. Chicago Classical Review, 29 May 2015 Edward Cowie – Three Spitfire Motets'BBC Singers at RAF Museum' programme, 18 September 2015 Paul Crabtree – O Icarus Laurence Crane – Chamber Symphony No 2 ("The Australian")http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/feldman-for-samuel-beckett London Sinfonietta programme, 10 October 2015 October 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150911221059/http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/feldman-for-samuel-beckett September 11, 2015 dead D Richard Danielpour – Of Love and Longinghttp://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/11/12/0730/PM/Isabel-Leonard-Sharon-Isbin/ Carnegie Hall programme, 12 November 2015 November 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117051719/http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/11/12/0730/PM/Isabel-Leonard-Sharon-Isbin/ November 17, 2015 dead Tansy Davies – Re-greeninghttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/07/national-youth-orchestra-mark-elder-maltings-concert-hall-snape NYO/Elder review – remarkable, electrifying Mahler and enchanting Tansy Davies The Guardian Andrew Clements August 7, 2015 August 8, 2015 Luis de Pablo - Pensieri (Rhapsody for Flute and Orchestra)http://www.euskadikoorkestra.es/en/actualidad_detalle.asp?id_noticia=581#detalle Basque National Orchestra to requiere [sic] "Pensieri, rhapsody for flute and orchestra" by Luis de Pablo Basque National Orchestr a October 28, 2015 January 13, 2016 Bryce Dessner – Quiltinghttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-phil-premieres-review-20150530-column.html L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall Los Angeles Times Mark Swed May 29, 2015 June 22, 2015 Zosha Di Castri – Dear Lifehttps://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/shelleys-naco-debut-haunting-vaguely-menacing-and-powerful Shelley's NACO debut haunting, vaguely menacing and powerful Ottawa Citizen Natasha Gautier September 17, 2015 September 23, 2015 Hugues Dufourt – Ombre portée Frédéric Durieux – Entscheiden Richard Dünser – Entreactehttp://neueoperwien.at/node/111/programm/theaterzettel/deutsch Neue Oper Wien programme, 21 April 2015 May 23, 2015 May 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150516042324/http://www.neueoperwien.at/node/111/programm/theaterzettel/deutsch dead Benjamin Dwyer - Nocturnal, after Benjamin BrittenProvide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 E Jason Eckardt - Practical Alchemyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/arts/music/review-jay-campbell-the-cellist-displays-strengths-at-weill-recital-hall.html Review: Jay Campbell, the Cellist, Displays Strengths at Weill Recital Hall The New York Times Anthony Tommasini December 7, 2015 December 12, 2015 Benjamin Ellin – Miyabi – Concerto for Violin and OrchestraPhilharmonia Orchestra, programme for 3 September 2015, Cadogan Hall Thierry Escaich – Concerto for Orchestra F Mohammed Fairouz – Locales (composed 2014;Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 premiered February 14, 2015)Ian Shafer, oboe; Voxare String Quartet https://web.archive.org/web/20150215205302/http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/2/14/0800/PM/Ian-Shafer-Oboe-Voxare-String-Quartet/ February 15, 2015 . Carnegie Hall programme, February 14, 2015. Ivan Fedele – Hommagesquisse David Fennessy – Hirta Roundshttp://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/vorbericht-musiker-jetzt-uebernehmt-ihr-1.2544203 Musiker, jetzt übernehmt ihr! Süddeutsche Zeitung Rita Argauer June 30, 2015 August 3, 2015 Lorenzo Ferrero Country Life, for saxophone and pianohttp://catsearch.umpgclassical.com/en/operas/country-life Casa Ricordi catalogue A Night in Nashville, for saxophone and pianohttp://catsearch.umpgclassical.com/en/operas/a-night-in-nashville Casa Ricordi catalogue October 13, 2016 October 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161013220723/http://catsearch.umpgclassical.com/en/operas/a-night-in-nashville dead Michael Finnissy – Jannehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/17/bbcsso-volkov-rachlin-prom-42-sibelius-review BBCSSO/Volkov review – Sibelius that didn't shake the soul as it should The Guardian Martin Kettle August 17, 2015 August 31, 2015 Alan Fletcher Concerto for Oboe and Orchestrahttps://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music-reviews/2015/06/13/Concert-review-Pittsburgh-Symphony-ends-season-on-a-bang/stories/201506130134 Concert review: Pittsburgh Symphony ends season on a bang Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Elizabeth Bloom June 13, 2015 September 18, 2015 On a winter's night a travelerhttp://www.aspentimes.com/news/17158306-113/alan-fletcher-and-bill-morrison-collaboration-to-premiere Alan Fletcher and Bill Morrison collaboration to premiere in Aspen The Aspen Times Andrew Travers July 10, 2015 August 31, 2015 August 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150806132619/http://www.aspentimes.com/news/17158306-113/alan-fletcher-and-bill-morrison-collaboration-to-premiere dead Cheryl Frances-Hoad – From the Beginning of the WorldBBC Proms 2015, 20 July 2015 programme, Cadogan Hall Peter Fribbins – Violin ConcertoSeen and Heard International Blog, "An Excellent New Violin Concerto Unveiled in London". 19 February 2015 Vivian Fung – Violin Concerto No 2 ('Of Snow and Ice')http://www.tso.ca/en-ca/Discover-the-music/Programme-Notes/Violin-Concerto-No-2-Of-Snow-and-Ice.aspx?eventID=15546 Toronto Symphony Orchestra programme note, 28 February 2015 March 8, 2015 https://archive.today/20150309202444/http://www.tso.ca/en-ca/Discover-the-music/Programme-Notes/Violin-Concerto-No-2-Of-Snow-and-Ice.aspx?eventID=15546 March 9, 2015 dead G Michael Gandolfi – Ascending LightBoston Symphony Orchestra programme note, 26–31 March 2015 Philip Glass – Concerto for Two Pianos Alexander Goehr Variations (Homage to Haydn), for solo pianohttp://www.abqjournal.com/611256/entertainment/a-huge-undertaking.html Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival features the largest ensemble the event ever organized Albuquerque Journal David Steinberg July 12, 2015 August 31, 2015 Seven Impromptus, Op. 96, for two pianos'Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Premieres Two New Works by Alexander Goehr'. Schott EAM page, 1 July 2015 Iain Grandage – Dances with Devils (percussion concerto)https://www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/music/percussionist-claire-edwardes-hits-the-right-notes-on-anything/news-story/24e694af9743fb9d1c4e6e44887e9820 Percussionist Claire Edwardes hits the right notes, on anything The Australian Leta Keens June 29, 2015 subscription September 18, 2015 Helen Grime – Concerto for clarinet and trumpethttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/08/halle-orchestra-markus-stenz-review-helen-grime-double-concerto Halle/Stenz review – Grime's double concerto is ambitious and formally satisfying The Guardian Alfred Hickling May 8, 2015 May 23, 2015 HK Gruber – into the open...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/21/prom-5-bbc-phil-currie-storgards-review Prom 5: BBC Phil/Currie/Storgårds review – compelling percussion playing The Guardian Erica Jeal July 21, 2015 July 22, 2015 Barry Guy – Mr Babbage is Coming to Dinner H Georg Friedrich Haas "I can't breathe" (In memoriam Eric Garner)Universal Edition page on "I can't breathe" Saxophone QuartetUniversal Edition page on Georg Friedrich Haas' Saxophone Quartet Chris Paul Harman – Lieder und ArienToronto Symphony Orchestra programme note https://archive.today/20150309202531/http://www.tso.ca/en-ca/Discover-the-music/Programme-Notes/Lieder-und-Arien.aspx?eventID=15554 March 9, 2015 , March 4, 2015. Jennifer Higdon Civil WordsWQXR, New York City, "Thomas Hampson Premieres Jennifer Higdon's Civil Words", 9 February 2015 Viola Concertohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/jennifer-higdons-viola-concerto-premieres-at-curtis-chamber-program/2015/03/08/5d1f040c-c5a4-11e4-bea5-b893e7ac3fb3_story.html Jennifer Higdon's Viola Concerto premieres at Curtis Chamber program The Washington Post Joan Reinthaler March 8, 2015 March 19, 2015 Robin Holloway Soldered SchumannProvide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 Silvered Schuberthttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/16/soldered-schumann-silvered-schubert-robin-holloway-review Soldered Schumann/Silvered Schubert review – idiomatic and radical reworkings The Guardian Andrew Clements February 16, 2015 February 28, 2015 Europa and the Bull (tuba concerto)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/09/royal-liverpool-philharmonic-manze-review-holloway-premiere Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Manze review – Holloway premiere lets tuba sing The Guardian Alfred Hickling October 9, 2015 October 17, 2015 James Horner – Collage: A Concerto for Four Horns and OrchestraEvocative Russian classics London Philharmonic Orchestra March 27, 2015 http://www.lpo.org.uk/whats-on-and-tickets/258-evocative-russian-classics.html April 3, 2015 January 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150112204029/http://www.lpo.org.uk/whats-on-and-tickets/258-evocative-russian-classics.html dead Emily Howard – AfferenceBBC Radio 3, Performing Miracles, 5 May 2015 James Newton Howard – Violin Concertohttp://www.ocregister.com/articles/clair-654130-howard-work.html Carl St.Clair, James Ehnes and the Pacific Symphony give premiere of violin concerto by James Newton Howard Orange Country Register Timothy Mangan March 13, 2015 March 28, 2015 Philippe Hurel – Inserts I Márton Illés – Re-akvarell (concerto for clarinet and orchestra)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/06/lucerne-summer-festival-2015-review-swr-symphony-orchestra-israel-philharmonic Lucerne summer festival 2015 review – reasons to be cheerful, and tearful The Observer Fiona Maddocks Fiona Maddocks September 6, 2015 September 18, 2015 J Marisol Jiménez - XLIII – MEMORIAM VIVIRE Betsy Jolas – Ravery Pour Pierre en ce jour K Darryl Kubian – O for a Muse of Firehttp://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/03/the_njso_plays_rachmaninoff_tchaikovsky_and_kubian.html The NJSO plays Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Kubian The Star-Ledger Ronni Reich March 24, 2015 March 28, 2015 György Kurtág – Petite musique solennelle en hommage à Pierre Boulez 90[Lucerne Festival Academy programme, August 23, 2015] L Libby Larsen – The Birth Song CycleSongfest programme note, 12 June June 12, 2015. James Ledger and Paul Kelly – War Musichttp://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/screaming-shore Screaming from the shore Limelight Magazine Maxim Boon April 21, 2015 September 18, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915104348/http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/screaming-shore September 15, 2015 dead Joanna Lee - Hammer of Solitudehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/27/birmingham-contemporary-music-group-franck-ollu-ulrich-heinen-boulez-usui-lee-jolas BCMG/Ollu review – consummate expertise with teeming, tangled Boulez The Guardian Andrew Clements July 27, 2015 July 29, 2015 Georges Lentz – Jerusalem (after Blake) (composed 2011–2014;Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 premiered January 16, 2015)Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra programme, 16 January 2015 Mica Levi – Greezyhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/01/london-sinfonietta-de-ridder-review-mica-levi London Sinfonietta/De Ridder review – one of their best performances in years The Guardian Guy Dammann March 1, 2015 March 8, 2015 Magnus Lindberg Accusedhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/lpo-jurowski-review-magnus-lindberg LPO/Jurowski review – all on the cool side The Guardian Andrew Clements January 29, 2015 February 20, 2015 Violin Concerto No. 2Lindberg Magnus Magnus Lindberg 2015 Violin Concerto No. 2 Boosey & Hawkes http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Violin-Concerto-No-2/100494 9 July 2016 M Tod Machover – Symphony in Dhttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/arts/music/detroit-symphony-tackles-an-adventurous-premiere.html Detroit Symphony Tackles an Adventurous Premiere The New York Times Zachary Woolfe Zachary Woolfe November 11, 2015 November 21, 2015 Steven Mackey – Mnemosyne's Pool James MacMillan A Little Masshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/30/rlpo-james-macmillan-review-liverpool RLPO/MacMillan review – an uncompromising tapestry of orchestral colour The Guardian Alfred Hickling March 30, 2015 April 4, 2015 Symphony No 4https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/04/bbcsso-runnicles-review-prom-24-macmillan-mahler BBCSSO/Runnicles review – MacMillan premiere and the raw power of Mahler The Guardian Tim Ashley August 4, 2015 August 8, 2015 Philippe Manoury – Chaconne Bruno Mantovani – B Colin Matthews and Michael Morpurgo – The Pied Piper of Hamelinhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/09/pied-piper-of-hamelin-colin-matthews-lpo-jurowski-review The Pied Piper of Hamelin review – Matthews's tale is beautifully judged The Guardian Erica Jeal February 9, 2015 February 10, 2015 David Matthews – Symphony No 8Faber Music page on David Matthews' Symphony No 8, 20 April 2015 Melinda Maxwell – Fractures: Monk Unpackedhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/birmingham-contemporary-music-group-review/ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, CBSO Centre, review: 'a lucky-dip programme' Telegraph John Allison November 16, 2015 December 5, 2015 Christopher Mayo – Supermarine Anna Meredith – Smatter Haulerhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/03/aurora-orchestra-collon-prom-22-review Aurora Orchestra/Collon review – memorable for all the right reasons The Guardian George Hall August 3, 2015 August 3, 2015 Claudia Molitor – 2TwoLO Marc Monnet – fr bourdonnement, bruissement, bruit, chuchotage, chuchoterie, chuchotis, frémissement, gazouillement, gazouillis, murmure, susurrement... Samy Moussa - Crimson Nico Muhly Viola ConcertoNews – Premiere of Nico Muhly's Viola Concerto Mixed Messageshttp://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20150514_Nzet-Sguin__Orchestra_deliver_smart_takes_on_Muhly__Rachmaninoff__Shostakovich.html Nézet-Séguin, Orchestra deliver smart takes on Muhly, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich The Philadelphia Inquirer David Patrick Stearns May 14, 2015 May 23, 2015 Sentenceshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/07/britten-sinfonia-davies-muhly-review-alan-turing Britten Sinfonia/Davies/Muhly review – Turing tribute celebratory yet sorrowful The Guardian Tim Ashley June 7, 2015 June 14, 2015 Dominic Muldowney – Smooth between Sea and Landhttp://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/bcmg-on-tour-2015-16/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 5 December 2015 programme December 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160809205856/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/bcmg-on-tour-2015-16/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/ August 9, 2016 dead Thea Musgrave – Power Play N Marc Neikrug: Acequias for Guitar and String QuartetMusic Sales Classical page on Acequias Canta-Concertohttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/03/arts/music/review-canta-concerto-by-marc-neikrug-by-the-new-york-philharmonic.html Review: 'Canta-Concerto' by Marc Neikrug by the New York Philharmonic The New York Times Anthony Tommasini October 2, 2015 October 3, 2015 Andrew Norman Frank's Househttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-gehry-music-20150201-story.html Composer Andrew Norman tries to evoke Gehry home in 'Frank's House' Los Angeles Times Mike Boehm January 31, 2015 December 12, 2015 Switch (percussion concerto)http://www.sltrib.com/home/3147385-155/review-utah-symphony-percussionist-colin-currie Review: Utah Symphony, percussionist Colin Currie flip the 'Switch' on an electrifying world premiere Salt Lake Tribune Catherine Reese Newton November 6, 2015 December 12, 2015 Split (piano concerto)New York Philharmonic programme note on Andrew Norman's Split, December 2015 O P Enno Poppe – Zwölf André Previn – NonetEdinburgh International Festival programme listing, 26 August 2015 Q R Torsten Rasch – A Welsh Night Wolfgang Rihm Violin Concerto No. 6 (Gedicht des Malers; composed in 2014,Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 premiered in 2015)http://www.wienersymphoniker.at/concert/pid/000000e9h5850001b9d7 Vienna Symphony Fridays@7 programme, 9 January 2015 February 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150215205733/http://www.wienersymphoniker.at/concert/pid/000000e9h5850001b9d7 February 15, 2015 dead Über die Linie VIIIStaatstheater Karlsruhe page on 8/9 March 2015 programme Con Piano? Certo!Badische Staatskapelle programme, 23 June 2015 Funde im Verscharrten'Die "LiederWerkstatt" des Kissinger Sommers ist immer für Überraschungen gut'. NMZ Online, 8 July 2015 Geste zu Vedova'Vedova and the musical avant-garde' programme Gruss-Moment S Kaija Saariaho – TransSaariaho Kaija Kaija Saariaho 2015 Trans Wise Music Group https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/56210/Trans--Kaija-Saariaho/ 4 June 2023 David Sawer – Coachman Chronos Albert Schnelzer – Tales from SuburbiaBBC Symphony Orchestra, 13 March 2015 Pascal Schumacher – Windfall Concerto (for vibraphone and orchestra) Elliott Sharp – Wannsee NoirNew Juilliard Ensemble, 17 November 2015 programme Sean Shepherd: Concerto for EnsembleBoosey & Hawkes, "Sean Shepherd: Concerto for Ensemble premiere in Paris", June 2015. String Quartet No. 2http://www.abqjournal.com/621815/entertainment/concise-movements.html FLUX Quartet premieres composer's second string quartet Albuquerque Journal David Steinberg August 2, 2015 August 31, 2015 Mark Simpson Israfelhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/03/bbc-scottish-symphony-orchestra-andrew-litton-glasgow-city-halls-review BBCSSO/Litton review – exhilarating, until it became exhausting The Guardian Kate Molleson April 3, 2015 April 4, 2015 The Immortal (text by Melanie Challenger)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/05/the-immortalsimpson-review-blazingly-original-oratorio The Immortal/Mark Simpson review – a blazingly original oratorio The Guardian Alfred Hickling July 5, 2015 July 7, 2015 Howard Skempton – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Derrick Spiva – Prisms, Cycles, Leapshttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-laco-season-opener-review-20150920-story.html Rhythmically complex world premiere leads off LACO's new season Los Angeles Times Richard S Ginell September 20, 2015 September 23, 2015 Johannes Maria Staud Moment, Leute, Moment!Universal Edition page on Moment, Leute, Moment! Segue II für Pierre BoulezPhilharmonie de Paris, 22 March 2015 programme Auf die Stimme der weißen Kreide (Specter I-III)[Musica2015 Ensemble Modern programme, September 19, 2015] Wasserzeichen (Auf die Stimme der weißen Kreide II)[Kölner Philharmonie programme, September 20, 2015] T Tan Dun – The Wolf (concerto for double bass and orchestra; composed in 2014,Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 premiered in 2015)http://www.volkskrant.nl/muziek/tan-dun-en-spanjaard-overrompelen-opnieuw~a3842724/ Tan Dun en Spanjaard overrompelen opnieuw Guido van Oorschot De Volksrant February 2, 2015 February 6, 2015 Conrad Tao – An Adjustmenthttp://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/20150922_Review__A__screen_test__for_Chamber_Orchestra.html Review: A 'screen test' for Chamber Orchestra Peter Dobrin The Philadelphia Inquirer September 22, 2015 September 23, 2015 Augusta Read Thomas – Of Being Is a Birdhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/09/aurora-orchestracollon-booth-review Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Booth review – Julian Anderson curates an illuminating and unexpected programme The Guardian Andrew Clements July 9, 2015 July 12, 2015 U Shiori Usui: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l. V W Errollyn Wallen – Rebuttal Blues No 1Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance March 2025 Bertram Wee – DithyrambsBBC Proms, Proms Chamber Music 4, 10 August 2015, Cadogan Hall Judith Weir – Good Morning, Midnighthttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/08/aurora-orchestra-collon-connolly-good-morning-midnight-wigmore-hall-review Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Connolly review – Weir's song cycle is sweet but never saccharine The Guardian Erica Jeal June 8, 2015 June 14, 2015 Lotta Wennäkoski – Päärme, for piano triohttp://www.kimitomusicfestival.fi/kantaesitykset.html Kimito Island Music Festival, 7.7.2015 programme, Kimito Church January 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160105153345/http://www.kimitomusicfestival.fi/kantaesitykset.html January 5, 2016 dead Jörg Widmann – Viola ConcertoClements Andrew LSO/Harding/Tamestit review – vivid adventures and a fierce encounter with a tuba the Guardian 1 November 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/01/lso-harding-tamestit-review-barbican-london 29 July 2023 29 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221129022836/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/01/lso-harding-tamestit-review-barbican-london live Michael F. Williams – Letters from the Fronthttps://www.nzso.co.nz/enotesmichaelw/ New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 'Letters from the Front' September 18, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006133659/https://www.nzso.co.nz/enotesmichaelw/ October 6, 2015 dead Michael Wolters – Requiem to LetBirmingham Weekender, Requiem to Let Hugh Wood – Epithalamionhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/23/prom-7-bbc-symphony-orchestra-davis-simpson-review Prom 7: BBCSO/Davis/Simpson review – Hugh Wood draws inspiration from Donne The Guardian Andrew Clements July 23, 2015 August 3, 2015 X Y Raymond Yiu – Symphonyhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/26/prom-54-bbcsogardner-review-poetic-rendering-of-loss-and-remembering BBCSO/Gardner review – poetic rendering of loss and remembering The Guardian Andrew Clements August 26, 2015 September 4, 2015 Nina C. Young – Agnosco VeterisAspen Music Festival, concert of July 15, 2015, listing. Z Opera Listed by composer surname. A Mark Adamo – Becoming Santa Claushttp://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/12/Reviews/DALLAS__Becoming_Santa_Claus.html Becoming Santa Claus Opera News Scott Cantrell December 4, 2015 December 19, 2015 Matthew Aucoin – Crossinghttp://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/6/Reviews/BOSTON__Crossing.html Crossing (BOSTON, American Repertory Theater) Opera News Fred Cohn May 27, 2015 June 22, 2015 B Jeremy Howard Beck and Stephanie Fleischmann – The Long WalkJoseph Dalton, "Review: “The Long Walk” @ Opera Saratoga 7/10/15". Albany Times-Union (blog post), 11 July 2015 Per Bloland and Paul Schick – Pedr Solishttps://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/05/17/guerilla-premieres-pedr-solis-opera/yBr5U1wASrfn77T81TxxuK/story.html Guerilla's 'Pedr Solis' full of energy and drama The Boston Globe Matthew Guerrieri May 17, 2015 June 22, 2015 Charlotte Bray and Amy Rosenthal – Entanglementhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/07/entanglement-that-man-stephen-ward-review Entanglement/That Man Stephen Ward review – notorious deaths retold The Guardian Rian Evans July 7, 2015 July 7, 2015 C D Tansy Davies and Nick Drake – Between Worldshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/12/english-national-opera-barbican-between-worlds-tansy-davies-review Between Worlds review – nothing like as affecting as it ought to be The Guardian Andrew Clements April 12, 2015 April 12, 2015 Johanna Doderer – Fatima, oder von den mutigen KindernVienna State Opera page on Fatima, oder von den mutigen Kindern. Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh – The Last Hotelhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/11/the-last-hotel-review-edinburgh-festival-walsh-dennehy-searingly-powerful The Last Hotel review – a searingly powerful new chamber opera The Guardian Kate Molleson August 11, 2015 September 1, 2015 E F G Hans Gefors and Kerstin Perski – Notorioushttp://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ab10381e-6047-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html Notorious, Gothenburg Opera, Sweden – review Financial Times Guy Dammann September 21, 2015 October 3, 2015 Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton – Appomattox (revised version)https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/arts/music/review-appomattox-at-the-kennedy-center.html Review: 'Appomattox' at the Kennedy Center The New York Times Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim November 15, 2015 November 16, 2015 Ricky Ian Gordon and William M. Hoffman – Morning Starhttp://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/arts/2015/06/28/morning-star-opera/29423571/ Composer connects with his life in 'Morning Star' opera The Cincinnati Enquirer Janelle Gelfand June 28, 2015 June 29, 2015 H Georg Friedrich Haas and Jon Fosse – Morgen und Abendhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/morgen-und-abend-georg-friedrich-haas-royal-opera-house-london-review Morgen und Abend review – birth, death and the longueurs in between The Guardian Tim Ashley November 15, 2015 November 16, 2015 Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally – Great Scotthttp://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Heggie-s-Great-Scott-an-unsatisfying-6602726.php Heggie's Great Scott fumbles effort to team up opera, football San Francisco Chronicle Joshua Kosman October 31, 2015 December 12, 2015 Jennifer Higdon and Gene Scheer – Cold Mountainhttp://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/cold-mountain-opera-review-long-lost-love-among-the-ruins/article_0a701696-2671-5d57-bb71-121d8e05864b.html 'Cold Mountain' opera review: Long-lost love among the ruins Santa Fe New Mexican James M Keller August 2, 2015 August 3, 2015 I J K L Jimmy López and Nilo Cruz – Bel Cantohttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/arts/music/lyric-opera-seeks-to-reassure-patrons-over-a-work-that-mirrors-the-terror-out-there.html Lyric Opera Seeks to Reassure Patrons Over a Work that Mirrors the Terror Out There The New York Times Michael Cooper December 4, 2015 December 6, 2015 Gilda Lyons and Tammy Ryan – A New Kind of Fallouthttp://triblive.com/aande/music/8737351-74/alice-opera-act#axzz3gfRVzD7S Review: Compelling new opera, 'Fallout,' revisits 1960s, dangers of pesticides Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Mark Kanny July 19, 2015 July 22, 2015 M Ben Moore and Nahma Sandrow – Enemies, a Love Storyhttp://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/entertainment/palm-beach-operas-enemies-debut-a-compelling-theat/nkGLx/ Palm Beach Opera's 'Enemies, a Love Story' debut a compelling theatrical experience Palm Beach Daily News Robert Croan February 21, 2015 June 22, 2015 N O P Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell – The Manchurian Candidatehttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/arts/music/review-the-manchurian-candidate-eagerly-awaited-has-premiere-in-st-paul.html The Manchurian Candidate, Eagerly Awaited, Has Premiere in St. Paul The New York Times Anthony Tommasini Anthony Tommasini March 9, 2015 March 15, 2015 Q R Matt Rogers and Sally O'Reilly – The Virtues of Thingshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/03/the-virtues-of-things-review The Virtues of Things review – clear-sighted tale of a family facing the future The Guardian George Hall May 3, 2015 May 23, 2015 S Daniel Schnyder and Bridgette A. Wimberly – Charlie Parker's Yardbirdhttp://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/Review_Charlie_Parkers_Yardbird_soars_.html Review: 'Charlie Parker's Yardbird' soars The Philadelphia Inquirer Peter Dobrin June 6, 2015 June 20, 2015 Mauricio Soleto and Andrés Ibáñez – El PúblicoTeatro Real page on El Público https://web.archive.org/web/20150226193052/http://www.teatro-real.com/en/espectaculos/1838 February 26, 2015 Gregory Spears and Royce Vavrek – O Columbiahttps://www.wsj.com/articles/o-columbia-and-sweeney-todd-reviews-1443477827 'O Columbia' and 'Sweeney Todd' Reviews The Wall Street Journal Heidi Waleson September 28, 2015 October 3, 2015 T Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer – Everesthttp://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/columnists/scott-cantrell/20150131-opera-trouble-on-the-operatic-mountains.ece Opera: Trouble on the operatic mountains The Dallas Morning News Scott Cantrell January 31, 2015 February 10, 2015 Marco Tutino and Fabio Ceresa – La Ciociara (Two Women)http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/6/Reviews/SAN_FRANCISCO__Two_Women.html Two Women (La Ciociara) Opera News Georgia Rowe June 13, 2015 June 20, 2015 U V W Derrick Wang – Scalia/Ginsburghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/comic-supreme-court-opera-an-affectionate-look-at-justices/2015/07/12/b2cc9c9a-28ad-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html 'Scalia/Ginsburg': An affectionate comic opera look at the high court The Washington Post Philip Kennicott July 12, 2015 August 8, 2015 X Y Z Albums Havergal Brian – The Tigers (first commercially issued recording, from 1983 BBC performance)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/14/havergal-brian-the-tigers-review-bbcso-lionel-friend Havergal Brian: The Tigers CD review – 1983 recording is vivid rather than refined The Guardian Andrew Clements January 14, 2015 January 21, 2015 Kaija Saariaho – Émilie Suite; Quatre Instants; Terra Memoriahttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/15/kaija-saariaho-emilie-suite-quatre-instants-terra-memoria-cd-review Kaija Saariaho: Émilie Suite; Quatre Instants; Terra Memoria CD review – in a pastel mood The Guardian Andrew Clements January 15, 2015 January 21, 2015 Ēriks Ešenvalds – "Northern Lights" (Hyperion)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/25/eriks-esenvalds-northern-lights-review-relentless-rapture Eriks Esenvalds: Northern Lights CD review – relentless rapture The Observer Stephen Pritchard January 25, 2015 February 10, 2015 Rebecca Saunders, Fletch; Benedict Mason, Second String Quartet; Luke Bedford, Wonderful Four-Headed Nightingale; John Zorn, Pandora's Box – Arditti Quartet, Sarah Maria Sun (Col Legno)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/arditty-quartet-rebecca-saunders-benedict-mason-luke-bedford-john-zorn-cd-review Saunders: Fletch; Mason: String Quartet No 2 etc CD review – naggingly memorable The Guardian Andrew Clements January 29, 2015 January 31, 2015 Johann Adolph Hasse – Siroe (first complete recording)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/johan-adolf-hasse-siroe-re-di-persia-cd-review Hasse: Siroe, re di Persia CD review – more bravura than refinement The Guardian Andrew Clements January 29, 2015 February 6, 2015 Liza Lim – The Compass; Pearl, Ochre, Hair String; The Guesthttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/05/lim-compass-pearl-ochre-hair-string-guest-review Lim: The Compass; Pearl, Ochre, Hair String; The Guest CD review – ambitious, eruptive orchestral works The Guardian Andrew Clements January 29, 2015 February 6, 2015 Kevin Volans – Trio Concerto; Piano Concerto; Symphony "Daar kom die Alibama"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/05/volans-trio-concerto-daar-kom-die-alibama-review Volans: Trio Concerto; Symphony: Daar kom die Alibama etc CD review – exhilarating and dramatic The Guardian Andrew Clements February 5, 2015 February 6, 2015 Mario Capuana, Bonaventura Rubino – Requiem Masses (Namur Chamber Choir)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/08/capuano-rubino-requiem-cd-review-sicilian-requiems Capuano, Rubino: Requiem CD review – a tale of two Sicilian requiems The Observer Stephen Pritchard February 8, 2015 February 10, 2015 Agostino Steffani – Niobe, regina di Tebehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/12/steffani-niobe-regina-di-tebe-cd-review Steffani: Niobe, Regina di Tebe CD review – awkwardness and elegance in an early music curio The Guardian Tim Ashley February 12, 2015 February 15, 2015 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Violin Concerto No 2 (I Profeti), Concerto Italianohttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/12/castelnuovo-tedesco-violin-concerto-tianwa-yang-cd-review Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concerto No 2 I Profeti; Concerto Italiano CD review – Tianwa Yang shows prowess The Guardian Tim Ashley February 12, 2015 February 15, 2015 Nikolai Medtner – Piano Sonatas, 'Ein Idyll'https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/12/medtner-piano-sonatas-ein-idyll-alessandro-taverna-review Medtner: Piano Sonatas; Ein Idyll CD review – Alessandro Taverna goes from strength to strength The Guardian Tim Ashley February 12, 2015 February 15, 2015 Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Thomas Hoppe (piano) – Romance oubliée (Myrios Classics)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/15/romance-oubliee-cd-review-tabea-zimmermann-thomas-hoppe Romance oubliée CD review – miniatures as rich as stories The Guardian Fiona Maddocks Fiona Maddocks February 12, 2015 February 15, 2015 Donnacha Dennehy – Crane; O; The Vandal; Hivehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/19/dennehy-crane-o-the-vandal-hive-cd-review Dennehy: Crane; O; The Vandal; Hive CD review – impressive range from the Irish composer The Guardian Andrew Clements February 19, 2015 February 20, 2015 Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek – 27Sarah Bryan Miller, "Opera Theatre of St. Louis has a release party for '27' CD". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Culture Club" blog, 19 February 2015 Marc Andre – ...auf...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/26/andre-auf-review-swr-symphony-orchestra-cambreling Andre: ...auf... CD review – alienated textures The Guardian Andrew Clements February 26, 2015 February 28, 2015 Félicien David – Le Déserthttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/26/david-le-desert-review-dubois-equilbey-chambre-de-paris David: Le Desert CD review – coherent and compact The Guardian Andrew Clements February 26, 2015 February 28, 2015 Michael Gordon – Dystopia; Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphonyhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/04/michael-gordon-dystopia-rewriting-beethovens-seventh-review Gordon: Dystopia; Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony CD review – moments of striking beauty The Guardian Andrew Clements March 4, 2015 March 8, 2015 Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 (world premiere recording of 1879 version) / Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Myrios Classics)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/15/tchaikovsky-piano-concerto-no-1-1879-version-kirill-gerstein-cd-review-world-premiere-observer Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 (1879 version) CD review – refinement, strength and commitment The Observer Fiona Maddocks Fiona Maddocks March 15, 2015 March 15, 2015 Hans Abrahamsen – Zählen und Erzählenhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/18/hans-abrahamsen-zahlen-und-erzahlen-cd-review-four-pieces-tamara-stefanovich Abrahamsen: Four Pieces for Orchestra; Piano Concerto etc CD review – surprising and satisfying reworkings The Guardian Andrew Clements March 18, 2015 March 19, 2015 Missy Mazzoli – Vespers for a New Dark Agehttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/arts/music/review-missy-mazzolis-unsettling-vespers-for-a-new-dark-age.html Review: Missy Mazzoli's Unsettling 'Vespers for a New Dark Age' The New York Times Nate Chinen March 30, 2015 April 4, 2015 Théodore Dubois – Musique Sacrée et Symphoniquehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/09/theodore-dubois-musique-sacree-symphonique-musique-de-chamber-cd-review Dubois: Musique Sacrée et Symphonique CD review – top-class performances but the music is only occasionally striking The Guardian Andrew Clements April 9, 2015 April 18, 2015 Wolfgang Rihm – Et Luxhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/09/wolfgang-rihm-et-lux-cd-review-single-movement-requiem Wolfgang Rihm: Et Lux CD review – broad, generous textures The Guardian Kate Molleson April 9, 2015 April 12, 2015 Judith Weir – Stormhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/30/storm-judith-weir-cd-review-bbc-singers Storm: Judith Weir CD review – the BBC singers are invigorating and vibrant The Guardian Erica Jeal April 30, 2015 May 2, 2015 Krzysztof Penderecki – Magnificat, Kadiszhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/07/penderecki-magnificat-warsaw-philharmonic-cd-review Penderecki: Magnificat CD review – a peculiar and gripping mix played at full throttle The Guardian Kate Molleson May 7, 2015 May 23, 2015 Harrison Birtwistle – Angel Fighter, In Broken Images, Virelaishttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/14/birtwistle-angel-fighter-in-broken-images-review Birtwistle: Angel Fighter; In Broken Images; Virelais CD review – spare and strikingly original The Guardian Andrew Clements May 14, 2015 May 23, 2015 Lotta Wennäkoski – Soie, Hava, Amor Omnia Suitehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/lotta-wennakowski-soie-kersten-mccall-dima-slobodeniouk-frso-cd-review Wennäkoski: Soie CD review – a major addition to the flute concerto repertoire The Guardian Erica Jeal June 11, 2015 June 14, 2015 Wartime Consolations : Shostakovich – Sonata for Violin and Piano (unfinished) / Mieczysław Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (orchestral version) / Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funebrehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/28/wartime-consolations-cd-review-fascinating-finds-gloomy-meditations Various: Wartime Consolations CD review – gloomy meditations and fascinating finds The Observer Nicholas Kenyon June 28, 2015 June 29, 2015 Roger Sacheverell Coke – Preludes and Variationshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/05/coke-preludes-variations-fevered-chromaticism-review-simon-callaghan-piano Coke: Preludes and Variations review – fevered chromaticism The Observer Stephen Pritchard July 5, 2015 July 7, 2015 Václav Tomášek – Songshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/09/renata-pokupic-songs-by-tomasek-cd-review-the-eloquent-mezzo-shines-a-light-on-an-eclipsed-composer Renata Pokupić: Songs by Tomášek CD review – the eloquent mezzo shines a light on an eclipsed composer The Guardian Erica Jeal July 9, 2015 July 12, 2015 Bob Chilcott – The Angry Planethttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/12/bob-chilcott-the-angry-planet-david-hill-bbc-singers-review Bob Chilcott: The Angry Planet review – touching innocence of young choirs The Observer Stephen Pritchard July 12, 2015 July 12, 2015 Jörg Widmann – String Quartetshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/16/jorg-widmann-string-quartets-cd-review-minguet-quartet-claron-mcfadden Widmann: String Quartets CD review – jaw-dropping beauty, haunting textures The Guardian Kate Molleson July 16, 2015 July 22, 2015 John Adams – Absolute Jest, Grand Pianola Musichttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/29/adams-absolute-jest-grand-pianola-music-cd-review-musically-serious-but-still-enormous-fun Adams: Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music CD review – musically serious but still enormous fun The Guardian Andrew Clements July 29, 2015 July 29, 2015 Grażyna Bacewicz – String Quartets, Vol 1https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/06/bacewicz-string-quartets-vol-1-cd-review-joyful-sonorities-and-dance-rhythms Bacewicz: String Quartets Vol 1 CD review – joyful sonorities and dance rhythms The Guardian Erica Jeal August 6, 2015 August 8, 2015 Christopher Simpson – Ayreshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/06/chelys-consort-of-viols-ayres-by-christopher-simpson-cd-review Chelys: Ayres by Christopher Simpson CD review – bringing the 17th-century viol to wonderfully supple life The Guardian Erica Jeal August 6, 2015 August 8, 2015 Sadie Harrison – 'Solos and Duos for Piano and Strings'https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/23/sadie-harrison-solos-and-duos-for-piano-and-strings-cd-review-glittering-intensity Sadie Harrison: Solos and Duos for Piano and Strings CD review – glittering intensity The Observer Fiona Maddocks Fiona Maddocks August 23, 2015 August 25, 2015 Boris Tischenko – Piano Sonatas Nos 7 and 8https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/27/tishchenko-piano-sonatas-7-8-cd-review-nicolas-stavy-jean-claude-gengembre Tishchenko: Piano Sonatas 7 & 8 CD review – fearless and penetrating playing The Guardian Kate Molleson August 27, 2015 August 31, 2015 Brett Dean – String Quartets Nos 1 & 2; Five Epitaphshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/30/brett-dean-epitaphs-eclipse-cd-review-doric-string-quartet-allison-bell Brett Dean: Epitaphs, Eclipse (String Quartet No 1) etc CD review – tense, tender and original The Observer Fiona Maddocks Fiona Maddocks August 30, 2015 August 31, 2015 David Lang, Luciano Berio, Betty Olivero – Song of Songshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/30/lang-berio-olivero-song-of-songs-cd-review-trio-mediaeval-full-of-surprises Lang, Berio, Olivero: Song of Songs CD review – full of surprises The Observer Fiona Maddocks Fiona Maddocks August 30, 2015 August 31, 2015 Paul Hindemith – The Long Christmas Dinnerhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/02/hindemith-the-long-christmas-dinner-cd-review-preserves-the-subtlety-of-his-last-opera Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner CD review – preserves the subtlety of his last opera The Guardian Andrew Clements September 2, 2015 September 4, 2015 Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Gordon Crosse, Piers Hellawell – Bach 2 the Future (Fenella Humphreys, violin)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/03/fenella-humphreys-bach-2-the-future-cd-review-companion-commissions-rise-to-the-challenge Fenella Humphreys: Bach 2 the Future CD review – companion commissions rise to the challenge The Guardian Erica Jeal September 3, 2015 September 4, 2015 Wim Henderickx – Triptychhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/01/henderickx-triptych-cd-review-beguiling-eastern-soundscapes Henderickx: Triptych CD review – beguiling Eastern soundscapes The Guardian Erica Jeal October 1, 2015 October 3, 2015 Morton Feldman – For Bunita Marcushttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/08/feldman-for-bunita-marcus-review Feldman: For Bunita Marcus review – fluidity and impatience from pianist Ivan Ilić The Guardian Andrew Clements October 8, 2015 October 17, 2015 Jonathan Rathbone – Under the Shadow of His Winghttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/18/jonathan-rathbone-under-the-shadow-of-his-wing-vasari-singers-cd-review Jonathan Rathbone: Under the Shadow of His Wing CD review – seductively lush The Observer Stephen Pritchard October 18, 2015 October 24, 2015 Heinz Holliger – Machaut Transcriptionshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/12/holliger-machaut-transcriptions-review-two-worlds-collide Holliger: Machaut Transcriptions review – two worlds collide The Guardian Andrew Clements November 12, 2015 November 16, 2015 John Luther Adams – Ilimaqhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/18/john-luther-adams-ilimaq-glenn-kotche-review Adams: Ilimaq review – work of great power and surprising stark beauty The Guardian Andrew Clements November 18, 2015 November 21, 2015 Charles Gounod – La Colombehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/25/gounod-la-colombe-opera-rara-mark-elder-cd-review-a-charming-rarity Gounod: La Colombe CD review: a charming rarity well served by Elder The Guardian Andrew Clements November 25, 2015 November 26, 2015 Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) – Take Two (including music by Jorge Sanchez-Chiong et al)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/26/patricia-kopatchinskaja-take-two-cd-review-beautifully-played Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Take Two CD review – beautifully played The Guardian Erica Jeal November 26, 2015 November 26, 2015 Toshio Hosokawa – Voyage VIII et al.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/03/hosokawa-voyage-viii-stunden-blumen-voyage-x-etc-review-airy-and-alert Hosokawa: Voyage VIII; Stunden-Blumen; Voyage X etc review – airy and alert The Guardian Kate Molleson December 3, 2015 December 17, 2015 Michael Nyman – War Workhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/09/nyman-war-work-review-an-elegy-to-a-lost-generation Nyman: War Work review – an elegy to a lost generation The Guardian Andrew Clements December 9, 2015 December 17, 2015 Robin de Raaff – Waiting for Miss Monroehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/16/de-raaff-waiting-for-miss-monroe-cd-review-songs-haunted-by-the-ghost-of-norma-jean De Raaff: Waiting for Miss Monroe CD review – songs haunted by the ghost of Norma Jean The Guardian Andrew Clements December 16, 2015 December 17, 2015 Jürg Frey – Third String Quartethttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/17/jurg-frey-third-string-quartet-bozzini-quartet-cd-review-jurg-frey Jürg Frey: Third String Quartet CD review – an audaciously fragile performance The Guardian Kate Molleson December 17, 2015 December 19, 2015 Joseph Kuridka – Beauty and Industryhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/17/kudirka-beauty-and-industry-cd-review-kudirka-apartment-house Kudirka: Beauty and Industry CD review – slow and starkly beautiful The Guardian Kate Molleson December 17, 2015 December 19, 2015 Deaths January 2 – Bob Gilmore, British musicologist, 53Bob Gilmore (1961–2015) January 6 – Lawrence Gushee, American musicologist, 83Lawrence Gushee January 9 – Colin Sauer, British violinist, 90https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11574211/Colin-Sauer-violinist-obituary.html Colin Sauer, violinist – obituary Telegraph April 30, 2015 May 2, 2015 January 10 – Countess Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Japanese-born Italian aristocrat and patroness of classical music, 82https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/arts/music/yoko-nagae-ceschina-countess-and-fairy-godmother-to-the-arts-dies-at-82.html Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 The New York Times Margalit Fox Margalit Fox January 18, 2015 January 21, 2015 January 12 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian operatic mezzo-soprano, 75http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/mezzo-elena-obraztsova-has-died Mezzo Elena Obraztsova has died Gramophone January 12, 2015 January 15, 2015 January 13 – Frank Glazer, American pianist, 99Bob Keyes http://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/13/maine-pianist-frank-glazer-dies-at-99/ Maine pianist, Bates artist-in-residence Frank Glazer dies at 99 Portland Press-Herald January 13, 2015 January 15, 2015 January 19 Vera Gornostayeva, Russian pianist and piano teacher, 85http://www.bachauer.com/bachauer-news/tribute-to-vera-gornostayeva.html Tribute to Vera Gornostayeva January 31, 2015 February 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150201062836/http://www.bachauer.com/bachauer-news/tribute-to-vera-gornostayeva.html dead Ward Swingle, American singer, 87https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/ward-swingle-musician-who-made-bach-swing-dies-at-87/2015/01/20/9bd5e780-a0bd-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html Ward Swingle, musician who made Bach swing, dies at 87 The Washington Post Adam Bernstein January 20, 2015 January 21, 2015 January 27 – Ebbe Grims-land, Swedish viola and mandolin player and composer, 99http://www.minnessidor.fonus.se/memorial_page_personal_info.php?memorial_page_id=433374&cat=Profile&sign=d37aa490035e02b50fdedac62c515edd Minnessida för Ebbe Grims-land Fonus https://web.archive.org/web/20150220093047/http://www.minnessidor.fonus.se/memorial_page_personal_info.php?memorial_page_id=433374&cat=Profile&sign=d37aa490035e02b50fdedac62c515edd 28 April 2025 20 February 2015 January 29 – Israel Yinon, Israeli conductor, 59http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/conductor-israel-yinon-has-died Conductor Israel Yinon has died Gramophone January 30, 2015 January 31, 2015 February 1 – Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist, 89Morto Aldo Ciccolini, Il Grande Pianista Che Amava Firenze. Aveva 90 Anni it February 3 – Andrew Patner, American music critic, 55http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/7/71/340586/music-critic-andrew-patner-dead-age-55 Arts critic Andrew Patner dies at 55; versatile Chicago writer, radio host Chicago Sun-Times Maureen O'Donnell and Miriam Di Nunzio February 3, 2015 February 6, 2015 February 9 – Marvin David Levy, American composer, 82https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/arts/music/marvin-david-levy-opera-composer-who-became-a-felon-is-dead-at-82.html Marvin David Levy, Opera Composer Who Became a Felon, Is Dead at 82 The New York Times Margalit Fox Margalit Fox February 15, 2015 February 15, 2015 February 13 – John McCabe, British composer and pianist, 75Composer and pianist John McCabe dies aged 75 BBC News February 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20230516211153/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31457464 May 16, 2023 live https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31457464 February 28 – Ezra Laderman, American composer, 90In memoriam: composer Ezra Laderman, 90 March 1 – Jennifer Ward Clarke, British cellist, 79https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11473331/Jennifer-Ward-Clarke-cellist-obituary.html Jennifer Ward Clarke, cellist – obituary Telegraph David Allen March 15, 2015 March 19, 2015 March 19 – Peter Katin, British pianist, 84Peter Katin, pianist – obituary March 22 – Norman Scribner, American choral conductor, 79Choral Arts' Norman Scribner: 1936–2015 March 24 (killed in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525):https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/25/germanwings-crash-opera-world-tribute-maria-radner-and-oleg-bryjak Opera world pays tribute to Germanwings crash victims Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak The Guardian Tim Ashley March 25, 2015 March 28, 2015 Oleg Bryjak, Kazakh-born German opera singer, 54 Maria Radner, German opera singer, 33 March 28 – Ronald Stevenson, British composer and pianist, 87http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-ronald-stevenson-composer-and-pianist-1-3733549 Obituary: Ronald Stevenson, composer and pianist The Scotsman Alasdair Steven March 31, 2015 April 4, 2015 March 29 – Ronald Knudsen, American orchestral violinist and conductor, 83http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/long-serving-boston-symphony-violinist-ronald-knudsen-dies-aged-83/ Long-serving Boston Symphony violinist Ronald Knudsen dies aged 83 The Strad April 2, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150406162323/http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/long-serving-boston-symphony-violinist-ronald-knudsen-dies-aged-83/ dead April 2 – Dennis Marks, British radio & television producer and opera administrator, 66https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/09/dennis-marks Dennis Marks obituary The Guardian John Abulafia and Humphrey Burton April 9, 2015 April 12, 2015 April 3 – Andrew Porter, British music critic, librettist, scholar and editor, 86http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/4/News/Andrew_Porter.html Andrew Porter, 86, Longtime New Yorker Critic Whose Prose and Musical Discoveries Changed Opera, Has Died Opera News William R Braun April 3, 2015 April 12, 2015 April 5 – Claudio Prieto, Spanish composer, 80Fallece a los 80 años el compositor palentino Claudio Prieto es April 17 – Brian Couzens, British record producer and founder of Chandos Records, 82http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/brian-couzens-founder-of-chandos-has-died Brian Couzens, founder of Chandos, has died Gramophone Martin Cullingford April 17, 2015 April 18, 2015 April 27 – Rolf Smedvig, American trumpeter, 62https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/arts/music/rolf-smedvig-trumpeter-in-the-empire-brass-dies-at-62.html Rolf Smedvig, Trumpeter in the Empire Brass, Dies at 62 The New York Times Margalit Fox Margalit Fox May 1, 2015 April 12, 2015 April 29 Ronald Senator, British-born composer resident in the USA, 89"Famed Composer, Wife Killed In Yonkers House Fire". CBS TV, Channel 2 (New York City, NY, USA), 30 April 2015 Miriam Brickman, American pianist, 81 May 2 – Clarice Carson, Canadian soprano, 85http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/clarice-carson-canadian-soprano-and-opera-great-dead-at-85-1.3059590 Clarice Carson, Canadian soprano and opera great, dead at 85 CBC May 3, 2015 May 23, 2015 May 3 – Margaret Garwood, American composer, 88http://articles.philly.com/2015-05-07/news/61869212_1_donald-chittum-now-defunct-pennsylvania-opera-theater-composer-margaret-garwood https://web.archive.org/web/20150516023931/http://articles.philly.com/2015-05-07/news/61869212_1_donald-chittum-now-defunct-pennsylvania-opera-theater-composer-margaret-garwood dead May 16, 2015 Composer Margaret Garwood dies at 88 The Philadelphia Inquirer David Patrick Stearns May 7, 2015 May 23, 2015 May 10 Jack Body, New Zealand composer, 70"Arts icon" Jack Body has died' Victor Salvi, American-born harpist and harp manufacturer, 95https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/arts/music/victor-salvi-who-played-harps-and-made-them-too-dies-at-95.html Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 The New York Times Margalit Fox May 23, 2015 May 23, 2015 May 28 – Steven Gerber, American composer, 66Steven Gerber Obituary May 29 – Peter Cropper, British violinist and leader of the Lindsay Quartet, 69https://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/jun/04/peter-cropper Peter Cropper obituary Tully Potter and John Caskem June 4, 2015 June 7, 2015 May 31 – Nico Castel, American tenor, comprimario and vocal coach, 83https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/arts/music/nico-castel-tenor-and-diction-coach-at-the-met-dies-at-83.html Nico Castel, Tenor and Diction Coach at the Met, Dies at 83 The New York Times Margalit Fox June 3, 2015 June 7, 2015 June 2 – Günther Schneider-Siemssen, German opera stage designer, 88https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/arts/music/gunther-schneider-siemssen-opera-stage-designer-dies-at-88.html Günther Schneider-Siemssen Dies at 88; Envisioned Elaborate Opera Stage Sets The New York Times Michael Cooper June 3, 2015 June 7, 2015 June 3 – Margaret Juntwait, American radio broadcaster and host of the Metropolitan Opera radio transmissions, 58https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/arts/music/margaret-juntwait-the-voice-of-the-met-on-radio-dies-at-58.html Margaret Juntwait, the Voice of the Met on Radio, Dies at 58 The New York Times James Barron June 4, 2015 June 7, 2015 June 12 – Ernest Tomlinson, British composer, 90http://www.classicalmusicmagazine.org/2015/06/ernest-tomlinson-1924-2015-has-died-at-90/ Ernest Tomlinson (1924–2015) has died at 90 Classical Music Magazine Katy Wright June 12, 2015 June 14, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150614071857/http://www.classicalmusicmagazine.org/2015/06/ernest-tomlinson-1924-2015-has-died-at-90/ June 14, 2015 June 13 – Ronald Wilford, American artist agency manager and executive, 87https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/arts/music/ronald-wilford-manager-of-legendary-maestros-dies-at-87.html Ronald Wilford, Manager of Legendary Maestros, Dies at 87 The New York Times Michael Cooper June 13, 2015 June 14, 2015 June 14 – Walter Weller, Austrian conductor and violinist, 75http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/walter-weller.129121936 Walter Weller The Herald Conrad Wilson June 17, 2015 June 20, 2015 June 17 – Neil Courtney, American orchestral double bass player, 82http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150619_Neil_Courtney__prominent_bassist__dead_at_82.html Neil Courtney, prominent bassist, dead at 82 The Philadelphia Inquirer Peter Dobrin June 19, 2015 June 20, 2015 June 21 – Gunther Schuller, American composer, conductor, teacher and author, 89https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/arts/music/gunther-schuller-composer-who-synthesized-classical-and-jazz-dies-at-89.html Gunther Schuller Dies at 89; Composer Synthesized Classical and Jazz The New York Times Allan Kozinn June 21, 2015 June 22, 2015 June 22 Joseph de Pasquale, American orchestral violist, 95http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/20150623_Noted_violist_Joseph_de_Pasquale_dies_at_95.html Noted violist Joseph de Pasquale dies at 95 The Philadelphia Inquirer Peter Dobrin June 23, 2015 June 29, 2015 John (Jack) McCaw, New Zealand-born British orchestral clarinetist, 96Jessica Duchen, 'Farewell to a wonderful clarinettist' (blog entry), 23 July 2015 July 1 – Edward Greenfield, British music critic, 86https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/02/edward-greenfield Edward Greenfield obituary The Guardian David McKie and Meirion Bowen July 2, 2015 July 7, 2015 July 7 – Friedemann Weigle, German violist and member of the Artemis Quartet, 52'Hommage à l'altiste du Quatuor Artemis', France Musique, 13 September 2015 July 10 – Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor, 88http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/7/News/Jon_Vickers_Tenor_Obituary.html Jon Vickers, 88, Heroic Canadian Tenor, Has Died Opera News William R Braun July 11, 2015 July 12, 2015 July 12, 2015 https://archive.today/20150712025158/http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/7/News/Jon_Vickers_Tenor_Obituary.html dead July 15 – Alan Curtis, American harpsichordist, conductor and scholar, 80Alan Curtis, scholar, harpsichordist and conductor, has died July 19 – David Roth, American opera administrator, 56http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2015/07/20/kentucky-operas-david-roth-found-dead-car/30412965/ Ky Opera's Roth recalled as artistic risk-taker Louisville Courier Journal Elizabeth Kramer July 20, 2015 September 1, 2015 July 21 Paul Freeman, American conductor and founder of Chicago Sinfonietta, 79Chicago Sinfonietta founder Maestro Paul Freeman dies Vera Stern, American arts administrator and arts ambassador, 88https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/nyregion/vera-stern-whose-efforts-helped-to-save-carnegie-hall-dies-at-88.html Vera Stern, Arts Advocate Who Helped Save Carnegie Hall, Dies at 88 The New York Times William Grimes July 22, 2015 December 30, 2015 July 26 – Vic Firth, American orchestral timpanist and percussionist, 85https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/28/vic-firth-noted-bso-timpanist-drumstick-maker-dies/Jm84RGELKSIIlDpeKIMIlO/story.html Vic Firth, 85; was celebrated BSO timpanist and drumstick maker The Boston Globe Jeremy Eichler July 29, 2015 July 29, 2015 July 27 – Ivan Moravec, Czech pianist, 84http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-ivan-moravec-has-died Pianist Ivan Moravec has died Gramophone James Jolly July 27, 2015 July 29, 2015 August 2 – J. Durward Morsch, American composer, 94http://gazette.com/deaths-for-august-5-2015/article/1556820 J. Durward Morsch August 8, 2015 September 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905075119/http://gazette.com/deaths-for-august-5-2015/article/1556820 dead August 12 – John Scott, British-born organist and choirmaster resident in the USA, 59https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/19/john-scott John Scott obituary The Guardian Malcolm Archer August 19, 2015 August 31, 2015 August 18 – Roger Smalley, British-born composer resident in Australia, 72https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/01/roger-smalley Roger Smalley obituary The Guardian Meirion Bowen September 1, 2015 September 1, 2015 August 22 Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Austrian opera director, 76https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11831314/Nikolaus-Lehnhoff-stage-director-obituary.html Nikolaus Lehnhoff, stage director – obituary Telegraph August 28, 2015 September 1, 2015 Francis Dillnutt, British classical recording engineer, 91http://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/a-tribute-to-francis-dillnutt-emi-recording-engineer A tribute to Francis Dillnutt, EMI recording engineer Gramophone Ken Townsend October 20, 2015 October 24, 2015 August 23 – Per Hjort Albertsen, Norwegian composer, 96http://www.nrk.no/trondelag/per-hjort-albertsen-er-dod-1.12498678 Per Hjort Albertsen er død no Helge Voll Hustad NRK 2015-08-13 2016-02-19 August 27 – George Cleve, Austrian-born American conductor, 79https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/arts/music/george-cleve-conductor-who-interpreted-mozart-dies-at-79.html George Cleve, Conductor Who Interpreted Mozart, Dies at 79 The New York Times Margalit Fox August 29, 2015 August 31, 2015 August 30 – Natalia Strelchenko (Strelle), Russian-born pianist, 38https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/31/concert-pianist-natalia-strelchenko-killed-in-her-manchester-home Concert pianist Natalia Strelchenko killed in her Manchester home The Guardian Jamie Grierson August 31, 2015 August 31, 2015 August 31 – Bruce Lawrence, American orchestral double bassist, 88http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/bruce-lawrence-first-black-member-of-seattle-symphony-dies/ Bruce Lawrence, former Seattle Symphony bassist, dies at 88 The Seattle Times Tricia Romano September 11, 2015 September 14, 2015 September 5 – Jacques Israelievitch, French-born Canadian orchestral violinist, 67'In Memoriam: Violinist Jacques Israelievitch (May 6 1948 – Sept. 5 2015)'. La Scena Musicale blog, 6 September 2015 September 7 Susan Allen, American harpist, 64 (brain cancer)Susan Allen, harpist, died at 64 Cor Edskes, Dutch organ builder and restorer, 90Cor Edskes overleden https://web.archive.org/web/20151003004926/http://www.orgelenkerkmuziek.nl/orgelenkerkmuziek/orgelnieuws/761-cor-edskes-overleden October 3, 2015 nl September 17 – Sir David Willcocks, British choirmaster, 95https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/17/david-willcocks Sir David Willcocks obituary The Guardian Robert Tear September 17, 2015 September 18, 2015 September 28 – Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor, 94Alexander Faris, composer – obituary October 1 – Dieter Kober, German conductor, 95http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/vonrhein/ct-dieter-kober-obit-ent-1008-20151007-column.html Dieter Kober, longtime conductor of Chicago Chamber Orchestra, dies at 95 Chicago Tribune John von Rhein October 7, 2015 October 10, 2015 October 5 – Reinhardt Elster, American opera orchestra harpist, 101Metropolitan Opera, 'Reinhardt Elster, 1914–2015'. October 2015 October 13 – Duncan Druce, British musicologist, 76https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11936649/Duncan-Druce-composer-obituary.html Duncan Druce, composer – obituary Telegraph October 16, 2015 October 17, 2015 November 2 – Richard Horowitz, American opera orchestra timpanist and crafter of conductor batons, 91https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/arts/music/richard-horowitz-renowned-timpanist-and-craftsman-of-conductors-batons-dies-at-91.html Richard Horowitz, Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors' Batons, Dies at 91 The New York Times Margalit Fox November 11, 2015 November 16, 2015 November 10 – Robert Craft, American classical music writer, conductor, and amanuensis to Igor Stravinsky, 92https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/arts/music/robert-craft-stravinsky-adviser-and-steward-dies-at-92.html Robert Craft, Stravinsky Adviser and Steward, Dies at 92 The New York Times Margalit Fox November 15, 2015 November 16, 2015 November 16 – Seymour Lipkin, American pianist and conductor, 88https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/arts/music/seymour-lipkin-pianist-and-conductor-dies-at-88.html Seymour Lipkin, Understated Pianist and Conductor, Dies at 88 The New York Times Margalit Fox November 19, 2015 November 21, 2015 November 21 – Joseph Silverstein, American orchestra leader (concertmaster) and conductor, 83https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2015/11/24/joseph-silverstein-renowned-violinist-and-bso-concertmaster-for-years-dies/akvXsKrere1lokotflC1GL/story.html Joseph Silverstein, 83; renowned violinist, BSO concertmaster The Boston Globe Jeremy Eichler November 24, 2015 November 26, 2015 November 23 – Jouni Kaipainen, Finnish composer, 58http://www.hs.fi/muistot/a1306004884819 Jouni Kaipainen Helsingin Sanomat Vesa Sirén November 24, 2015 November 26, 2015 November 28 – Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera stage director, 67https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/arts/music/luc-bondy-swiss-born-theater-and-opera-director-dies-at-67.html Luc Bondy, Swiss-Born Theater and Opera Director, Dies at 67 The New York Times Bruce Weber December 1, 2015 December 5, 2015 December 2 – John Eaton, US composer, 80Moog Music, 'In Memoriam: John Eaton (1935–2015)' December 4 – Rodney Milnes, British opera critic and translator, 79https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12037641/Rodney-Milnes-opera-critic-obituary.html Rodney Milnes, opera critic – obituary Telegraph December 7, 2015 December 17, 2015 December 8 – Mattiwilda Dobbs, American opera singer and recitalist, 90https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/arts/music/mattiwilda-dobbs-black-soprano-and-principal-at-met-dies-at-90.html Mattiwilda Dobbs, Soprano and Principal at Met, Dies at 90 The New York Times Margalit Fox December 10, 2015 December 12, 2015 December 15 – Stella Doufexis, German mezzo-soprano of Greek ancestry, 47http://klassiker.welt.de/2015/12/16/stella-doufexis-ist-tot-eine-meisterlich-vielseite-mezzosopranistin/ Manuel Brug, 'Stella Doufexis ist tot: eine meisterlich vielseite Mezzosopranistin'. Die Welt (Brugs Klassiker blog), 16 December 2015 December 17, 2015 December 19, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151219164833/http://klassiker.welt.de/2015/12/16/stella-doufexis-ist-tot-eine-meisterlich-vielseite-mezzosopranistin/ dead December 16 – Aafje Heynis, Dutch soprano, 91http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/24893816/__Aafje_Heynis__91__overleden__.html Zangeres Aafje Heynis overleden De Telegraaf Thiemo Wind December 18, 2015 December 30, 2015 December 18 – Luc Brewaeys, Belgian composer, 56http://www.flanderstoday.eu/arts/flemish-composer-luc-brewaeys-dies-aged-56 Flemish composer Luc Brewaeys dies aged 56 Flanders Today Alan Hope December 21, 2015 December 30, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160505115204/http://www.flanderstoday.eu/arts/flemish-composer-luc-brewaeys-dies-aged-56 May 5, 2016 December 19 – Kurt Masur, German conductor, 88Margalit Fox Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/arts/music/kurt-masur-new-york-philharmonic-conductor-dies.html The New York Times December 19, 2015 December 19, 2015 December 22 – John Duffy, American composer and music administrator, 89https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/arts/music/john-duffy-composer-who-aided-his-contemporaries-dies-at-89.html John Duffy, a Composer Who Gave His Peers a Platform, Dies at 89 The New York Times William Grimes December 28, 2015 December 30, 2015 Major awards 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music: Julia Wolfe – Anthracite FieldsThe 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners – Music 2015 Grawemeyer Award Winner in Music: Wolfgang Rihm – IN-SCHRIFT 2http://grawemeyer.org/rihm-wins-music-prize-for-piece-evoking-dark-colors/ The Grawemeyer Awards, 'Rihm wins music prize for piece evoking "dark colors"', 1 December 2014 November 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208073720/http://grawemeyer.org/rihm-wins-music-prize-for-piece-evoking-dark-colors/ December 8, 2015 dead Grammy Awards Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams – City Noir, Saxophone Concerto – St. Louis Symphony; David Robertson, conductor (Nonesuch) Best Opera Recording: Marc-Antoine Charpentier – La descente d'Orphée aux enfers; Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble and Vocal Ensemble; Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, conductors (CPO) Best Choral Performance: The Sacred Spirit of Russia – Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (harmonia mundi) Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores – Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe (Deutsche Grammophon) Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Play – Jason Vieaux (Azica Records) Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Douce France – Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg et al. (Naïve) Best Classical Compendium: Harry Partch – Plectra and Percussion Dances (Bridge Records) Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams – Become Ocean – Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Cantaloupe Music) Juno Awards Classical Albums of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble: Béla Bartók – Chamber Works for Violin, Volume 3; James Ehnes et al. (Chandos) Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos 22 & 24; Angela Hewitt, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Hyperion) Vocal or Choral Performance: Franz Schubert – Winterreise; Gerald Finley, Julius Drake (Hyperion) Classical Composition of the Year: Brian Current – Airline Icarus (Naxos) Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2015 Baroque Instrumental: JS Bach – Cello Suites; David Watkin, violoncello (Resonus) Baroque Vocal: Monteverdi – Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco; Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve) Chamber: Smetana – String Quartets Nos 1 & 2; Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon) Choral: Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius/Sea Pictures; Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos) Concerto: Beethoven – Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Maria João Pires, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (Onyx) Contemporary: Per Nørgård – Symphonies Nos 1 & 8; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (Dacapo) Early Music: 'The Spy's Choirbook'; Alamire, English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, David Skinner (Obsidian) Instrumental: JS Bach – English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5; Piotr Anderszewski (Warner Classics) Opera: Richard Strauss – Elektra; Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko, Tom Randle, Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen; Stage director – Patrice Chéreau; Video director – Stéphane Metge (Bel Air Classique) Orchestral: Bruckner – Symphony No 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon) Recital: 'A French Baroque Diva'; Carolyn Sampson, Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion) Solo Vocal: Schubert – 'Nachtviolen'; Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber (Sony Classical) Recording of the Year: Bruckner – Symphony No 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon) Young Artist of the Year: Joseph Moog Label of the Year: Channel Classics Artist of the Year: Paavo Järvi Lifetime Achievement Award: Bernard Haitink British Composer Awards Amateur or Young Performers: Kate Whitley – Alive Choral: James Dillon – Stabat Mater dolorosa Community or Educational Project: Stuart Hancock – Snapshot Songs Contemporary Jazz Composition: Trish Clowes – The Fox, The Parakeet & The Chestnut Large Chamber: Sinan Savaskan – Many stares (through semi-nocturnal Zeiss-Blink) – Module 30 Liturgical: Michael Finnissy – John the Baptist Orchestral: Harrison Birtwistle – Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless Small Chamber: Julian Anderson – String Quartet No. 2 Solo or Duo: Michael Finnissy – Beat Generation Ballads Sonic Art: Yann Seznec – Currents Stage Works: Julian Anderson – Thebans Wind Band or Brass Band: Rory Boyle – Muckle Flugga References 30em Classical Category:Classical music by year