The University of Chicago’s concert series has distinguished itself with a season-long celebration of Hungarian composer György Ligeti, one of the most formidable voices of 20th-century music. That series concludes […]
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Great French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Messiaen’s monumental study of birdsong, Catalogue D’oiseaux
Composers of classical music have been inspired by birdsong for centuries—from Daquin to Beethoven through a bevy of contemporary figures such as Jonathan Harvey and Per Nørgård—but none has devoted […]
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Conlon Nancarrow’s blues for machines
Pierre-Laurent Aimard presents works by the great player-piano composer Conlon Nancarrow this Sunday.