Esa-Pekka Salonen Wins $100,000 2014 Nemmers Composition prize
Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen named winner of Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.
'Revelation: From China to Spanish Harlem'
Broadway star Nellie McKay, two Grammy-winning groups -- the Turtle Island Quartet and Spanish Harlem Orchestra -- Ireland’s trail-blazing Dublin Guitar Quartet and Chinese pipa prodigy Wu Man are among the world-renowned artists who will perform this spring on Northwestern University’s Evanston
Pianist Murray Perahia To Perform In Recital
Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music will welcome world-renowned American concert pianist Murray Perahia, the 2012 winner of the school’s biennial Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance, to the Evanston campus.
Drew Edward Davies Publishes Scholarly Catalog of 18th-Century Mexican Church Music
Drew Edward Davies, associate professor of musicology at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, has published Catálogo de la Colección de Música del Archivo Histórico de la Arquidiócesis de Durango, a complete catalog of the sheet music collection of Mexico’s Durango Cathe
Pulitzer Prize Winner Joseph Schwantner to Appear at Four Events
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and alumnus Joseph Schwantner will return to Northwestern University’s Evanston campus in early February for a residency that will include four special public events with seven Northwestern ensembles and the world premiere of his “Chapel Music.”
David Lang’s ‘The Little Match Girl Passion’ to be Performed
A performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s “The Little Match Girl Passion,” the world premiere of Northwestern alumnus Joseph Schwantner’s “Chapel Music” and a collaboration with Germany’s Johann Sebastian Bach Music School Orchestra will brighten Northwestern University’s Evan
Established and Rising World Stars to Perform at Northwestern
Classical guitarists Zoran Dukic and Eliot Fisk, soprano Amanda Majeski, West African superstar Habib Koite, pianist Murray Perahia, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato are among the guest artists who will appear on Northwestern University stages this winter.
'Poppea' a Tale of Sex, Lies, Crime and Deception
A contemporary version of “L’incoronazione di Poppea” (“The Coronation of Poppea”) will be performed in Italian with English supertitles on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus this spring.
Galvin Foundation Makes $6 Million Gift to Northwestern
The Robert W. Galvin Foundation has made a $6 million gift in honor of Mary B. Galvin, a 1945 graduate of Northwestern University, in support of Northwestern’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music.
Musicology Professor Receives Inaugural Prize for Scholarly Article
Drew Edward Davies, associate professor of musicology at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music, is the recipient of the inaugural J.M. Thomson Prize for the best article by an early career scholar published in the journal Early Music in 2011.
Breaking Ground, Celebrating the Arts
Bracketed by trumpet fanfares, the groundbreaking ceremony for Northwestern University’s new Music and Communication Building took place today against a brilliant blue sky and aqua-colored lake with Chicago’s skyline beckoning in the distance.
Aaron Jay Kernis Awarded 2012 Nemmers Composition Prize
Aaron Jay Kernis has been named the 2012 winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.