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Upcoming 17 May 2012: NYC Andalus Ensemble Concert

2012 Composer’s Commission: Benet Casablancas

2012: The Foundation for Iberian Music proudly announces that Benet Casablancas has been chosen for the 2012 Composer’s Commission. In theme with the Tania León’s 2011 Composer’s Commission, his musical piece will celebrate the Centennial of Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2012), one of the most prominent figures in the Catalan music scene in the 20th century.

Vancouver New Music Festival 2011 Focuses on Xenakis

Oct 20-22, 2011: This year’s Vancouver New Music Festival will focus on Iannis Xenakis. The festival features three nights of concerts devoted to Xenakis, with performances by New York’s JACK Quartet, Montreal-based clarinetist and improviser Lori Freedman, Vancouver’s Fringe Percussion, and more. Sharon Kanach, director of the Xenakis Project of the Americas, and Xenakis scholar James [...]

Call for papers: “Xenakis’ Electroacoustic Music,” Université Paris 8

May 23-25, 2012: Xenakis’ electroacoustic works are relatively few in his whole production, but they are very important. Indeed, most of them – from Diamorphoses through to S.709: Concret PH, Bohor, Persepolis, Polytope de Cluny, La Légende d’Eer, Mycènes alpha, Voyage absolu des Unari vers Andromède, Gendy3… – punctuate the history of electroacoustic music as masterpieces [...]

Iannis Xenakis-In Memoriam International Conference

3-5 November 2012: The Director of the Xenakis Project of the Americas, Sharon Kanach, will be a keynote speaker at the Iannis Xenakis–In Memoriam International Conference.

The New York City Al-Andalus Ensemble

The Foundation of Iberian Music is sponsoring the NYC Andalus Ensemble that meets every Sunday at the CUNY Graduate Center for its musical workshop. Open to all levels of musical experience, this ensemble traverses a wide repertoire of Ala-Andalusit classical songs in Arabic and Hebrew.

Book Launch: Performing Xenakis, edited by Sharon Kanach

24 January 2011, 6:00 to 8:00 pm: The Xenakis Project of the Americas, Pendragon Press, the Electronic Music Foundation, and The Drawing Center are delighted to invite you to a book signing event with Sharon Kanach for her book Performing Xenakis. The event will take place at the Electronic Music Foundation, 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite [...]

The 400th Annivesary of Tomás Luis de Victoria

Spring 2011: The Foundation for Iberian Music celebrates the 400th anniversary of the eminent Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria with performances and events. The Spanish composer was born in 1548 and died 27 August 1611. The celebration will include a performance of his most famous Requiem and “Canticum Nativitatis Domini.”

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