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BOULEZ
80th Birthday
approaching …
It will be a special birthday indeed:
his 80th, on 26 March 2005. One
easily gets the impression that the
entire musical world is hastening
to prepare. After all, this is the
birthday of a personality who, for
decades, has made his mark on the
musical scene like none other - perhaps
even becoming its very symbol.
It is about a composer who,
with his compositions, writings, teaching
and interpretations, as well
as with the foundation of IRCAM
and Ensemble Intercontemporain,
has had an epochal influence. It is
about a man who, even today, pursues
an utterly astounding array of
activities with unbelievable
strength and energy, providing us
all with an example of how one can
continue treading one's chosen
path at an advanced age. In everything
Pierre Boulez does, he serves
the music of today and of tomorrow.
Over the next few months, he will
be conducting several works in
Paris (cummings ist der dichter, Dérive
2, Notations I-IV, VII), New York
(Dérive 2), Munich, Cologne and
Amsterdam (Domaines). Notations
I-IV will also be performed by Barenboim
in Berlin, David Robertson
and Ensemble Intercontemporain
will perform …explosante-fixe…,
Zsolt Nagy will conduct the RAI-Orchestra
in Figures-Doubles-Prismes
in Turin, Ensemble Alternance
under Robert HP Platz will play a
birthday concert in Düsseldorf (Dérive
1, Dialogue de l'ombre double
et al), and Vienna's Konzerthaus
will stage a Boulez marathon with
works for piano.
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