gcreptile 11,056 Posted August 8 Philipp Glass is spending the summer in Nova Scotia, still looking robust: https://slippedisc.com/2024/08/composers-in-summer-1-philip-glass/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,056 Posted August 27 British composer and longtime music teacher at Cambridge Alexander Goehr, dead at 92: https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/27/alexander-goehr-death-composer-whose-influence-on-20th-century-british-music-cannot-be-underestimated 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I.R.Baboon 223 Posted September 10 On 01/12/2023 at 09:50, gcreptile said: Blomstedt has had to cancel a concert for health reasons: https://theviolinchannel.com/herbert-blomstedt-withdraws-from-bamberger-symphoniker-appearances-citing-ill-health/ Just looked up how he was doing, but he has concerts planned until june next year. Here you can see him enjoying an aubade for his 97th birthday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 886 Posted September 10 On 23/01/2023 at 06:38, I.R.Baboon said: Surprised nobody has mentioned Herbert Blomstedt (95) before here, the oldest (professional) conductor still performing. That title actually belongs to Cao Peng (1925). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted September 29 Great composer of Kazakhstan: Adil Bestybayev died at the age of 65 Particularly famous works include Voice of Asia, the symphony Idee Fixe, the symphony Sopcert on the monogram B.Es.T, Great Moghul, and the symphony Idee Fixe. His latest major works are the ballet "Baiterek" (premiere - December 2010, Astana), symphony "Sacrifice of Tengri" (Almaty, Astana, 2009). almaty.tv, orda.kz https://youtu.be/Pz89uyNhc9s?si=Fq5_sRyMGtDaGeiT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 244 Posted October 3 Adam Abeshouse, 3 time Grammy Winner, enjoys a final concert in his honor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,056 Posted October 7 Michael Tilson Thomas receives a lifetime achievement award and doesn't even look all that bad as he turns 80, well, in two months: https://www.instagram.com/p/DApBRY5o2Hj/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Planetist 131 Posted October 9 On 03/03/2024 at 20:18, arghton said: The great Leif Segerstam says he has been wheelchairbound since a bad bout of covid last year: https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000010267597.html Segerstam says that music is his nourishment. Otherwise, not much happens during the day, everyday life mostly consists of watching TV. In the interview, Segerstam was asked what he does. - I breathe and sleep and eat and piss and shit. And if I take SPAM, then something else, Segerstam tells HS. Edit: Spam meaning the sexual dysfunction medicine. He was one of the three Finnish maestros I mentioned almost three years ago - the others, Kaj Chydenius and Jorma Panula are still alive too. Panula is still working at 93, Chydenius has unfortunately been very quiet in recent years and if he died tomorrow it would not suprise me at all. Leif Segerstam dead at 80. "After a short illness". 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,056 Posted October 9 Ah sad, I wanted to get a hit with him.... a somewhat big character. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 288 Posted October 9 He composed a high number of symphonies - over 370 at the last count - of which only around a dozen have been recorded so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,056 Posted October 10 On 03/10/2024 at 05:30, HDS said: Adam Abeshouse, 3 time Grammy Winner, enjoys a final concert in his honor. Abeshouse is dead now: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/10/nx-s1-5140160/adam-abeshouse-dead 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted October 18 Avro Part's 2024 includes receiving another major honour - Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society. He showed up in September - a few days after turning 89 - to receive it. The man is as quiet and devout as his music, but he's also obitable as fuck! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,462 Posted October 18 American boogie woogie pianist Bob Seeley (Wiki) reported dead at 96 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,470 Posted November 9 American composer George Wilkins has died aged 90. Surprised the guy was not a recognised Disney Legend - if you have ever been to Disney World, particularly Epcot, his work is everywhere. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,843 Posted November 19 Karl Kohn (wiki) Austrian-born American composer and teacher, reportedly dead at 98. FB tribute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,462 Posted November 22 On 19/11/2024 at 17:28, Ulitzer95 said: Karl Kohn (wiki) Austrian-born American composer and teacher, reportedly dead at 98. FB tribute. https://www.pomona.edu/news/2024/11/21-memoriam-karl-kohn-emeritus-professor-and-composer-residence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,843 Posted November 22 19 minutes ago, Gisooo said: https://www.pomona.edu/news/2024/11/21-memoriam-karl-kohn-emeritus-professor-and-composer-residence Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted November 29 Philip Glass and Godfrey Reggio a few weeks back - well, either that or Simon and Garfunkel's homeless twin brothers! 2 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,754 Posted November 29 5 hours ago, maryportfuncity said: Philip Glass and Godfrey Reggio Jointly responsible for this. Absolute class in my view. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted November 29 4 hours ago, En Passant said: Jointly responsible for this. Absolute class in my view. Aye, a timely reminder that the film director turns 85 next year, looks like shit and remains a shoo-in for liberal leaning broadsheet obits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 361 Posted December 10 On 07/10/2024 at 21:04, gcreptile said: Michael Tilson Thomas receives a lifetime achievement award and doesn't even look all that bad as he turns 80, well, in two months: https://www.instagram.com/p/DApBRY5o2Hj/ Lifetime achievement award on the cover of ‘Gramophone Awards 2024’ with a four page article covering his career. I found a copy of the magazine. No useful information. States his diagnosis in July 2021 and how he’s here three years later ‘in defiance of medical expectations’. It mentions his January 2024 San Francisco dates and at the time the article was written, his expected September New York opening season concerts. He did make this engagement (New York Classical Review) and gave this picture. The bloated abdomen suggests ascites, fluid build up, which can be caused by cancer or heart failure (unlikely as he’s well spoken with no shortness of breath in the quoted link, but can’t see his torso). He’s had this bigger frame since at least his San Francisco dates in January. Only other worthy information was his 'bout of confusion' during the May 2024 performance with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican. He was in Houston in November and he has 2025 dates planned – Los Angeles in February and Miami in March. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
