News

14 Jun 2018

Luís Tinoco’s ‘The Blue Voice of the Water’ CD to be aired on radio Bartók

On July 2, 2018 at 10pm, Luís Tinoco’s new CD, The Blue Voice of the Water, produced by Odradek Records, will be aired on radio Bartók. The programme will consequently feature the works O Sotaque Azul das Águas, Gordonkaverseny and Before Spring - a Tribute to "the Rite”.
15 May 2018

HARRISON COMMISSION FROM THE ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S WITH POET SHUKRIA REZAEI

We are pleased to announce that Sadie Harrison has received a prestigious commission from The Orchestra of St. John’s to set a text by Shukria Rezaei, a young Afghan poet. My Hazara People will be performed a number of times in 2018 in various forms. The premiere (Charlotte Tetley (mezzo) and Graeme Bailey (piano) will take place as part of a panel discussion on Women Refugees at Somerville College, Oxford on 20 June with subsequent performances at the Tandem Festival (June 2018) with a setting for voice and string quintet, and another in Oxford by the Orchestra of St. John’s conducted by Cayenna Ponchione.
9 May 2018

Viner’s prize-winning ‘Herz an Herz’ and Saxton’s ‘For Teresa’ on Orchid Classics

The launch of William Howard’s new Orchid Classics CD, ‘Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs’, took place on May 8th at Leighton House Museum in London. The event was a great success and featured Frederick Viner’s Herz an Herz, which was awarded first prize in the ‘Under 25’ category of the William Howard Love Song Competition in 2016, as well as Robert Saxton’s solo piano work For Teresa.
8 May 2018

Simaku gives Lectures and Masterclasses in Vienna and Prague

Thomas Simaku visited the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where he gave a lecture for the composition class of Professor Michael Jarrell on 25th April 2018. In this lecture, entitled from ‘1 to 100 (…and a few in between)’, Simaku focused on his Soliloquy Cycle - a series of highly virtuosic solo works for various instruments on which he has been working for a number of years. He also presented his award-winning work Concerto for Orchestra.
7 May 2018

Release date for Luís Tinoco’s latest CD, ‘The Blue Voice of the Water’

On June 15th 2018, Luís Tinoco’s new CD, produced by Odradek Records, ‘The Blue Voice of the Water’ will be released.
3 May 2018

TREVOR WISHART PAST AND FUTURE PERFORMANCES

Throughout 2018, many of Trevor Wishart’s works have already received celebrated performances and here at UYMP, we are looking forward to many more.
30 Apr 2018

PRSF COMPOSER’S FUND SUPPORTS SADIE HARRISON’S BEI WU RESIDENCY

Sadie Harrison’s orchestral work Mimih’s First Song was commissioned as part of her Residency with Künstler Bei Wu and will be premiered on 30 June 2018 by Concerto Brandenburg, conducted by Christian Dallmann. Harrison’s Residency is supported by an Arts Council England/British Council International Development Grant and a Performing Rights Society Foundation Composers Fund Award.
25 Apr 2018

Nicholson and Wishart at CeNM@S launch

Eminent UYMP composers Trevor Wishart and George Nicholson have performances in Sheffield this month, to launch the Centre for New Music at Sheffield. CeNM@S aims to connect composers, performers and audiences. The celebrations for this ‘Sound Lab Week' began with a performance of Trevor Wishart’s Encounters in the Republic of Heaven on Friday 20th April, accompanied by a pre-concert talk given by the composer.
23 Apr 2018

Launch of William Howard’s new album ‘Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs’, featuring Robert Saxton’s work, ‘For Teresa’

On May 8th, at the Leighton House Museum in London, a recital by William Howard will be held to launch his new Orchid Classics album ‘Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs’, which features Robert Saxton’s work for solo piano For Teresa. This CD will be officially released on June 1st.
20 Apr 2018

Happy Birthday to multi award-winning composer Thomas Simaku!

UYMP wishes a very Happy Birthday to multi award-winning composer Thomas Simaku! Simaku turned 60 on 18th April, with a host of compositions, large and small, under his belt, including works such as Concerto for Orchestra, the Soliloquy Cycle, five string quartets, The Scream for String Orchestra, and a lot more!

Upcoming works include a piece for chamber ensemble, which Simaku is writing especially for the prestigious ensemble Klangforum Wien and which will receive its premiere later in the year.
12 Apr 2018

Robert Saxton – Piano Music Toccata CD Released

On March 1st, Robert Saxton’s new Toccata Classics CD of Piano Music, performed by Clare Hammond, was released, and is already receiving fantastic reviews.
9 Apr 2018

Jeremy Dale Roberts – A Celebration

At 4pm on April 22nd in the Royal Academy of Music’s Dukes Hall, a concert to celebrate the life and work of Jeremy Dale Roberts, who died last year aged 83, will be held.