50th anniversary of Stephan Marc Schneider
Following studies in theory and jazz improvisation as well as classical guitar (with Andreas Grün amongst others), Stephan Marc Schneider completed studies in composition at the...
Eino Tamberg on his 90th birthday
"Eino Tamberg's trumpet concerto has not let go of me since I got to know it," says Hamburg trumpet soloist and university professor Matthias Höfs, "and I like his very...
Xiaoyong Chen turns 65
Xiaoyong Chen was born on 13 May 1955 in Beijing, where he first studied violin and from 1980 to 1985 composition at the Central Conservatory. Immediately thereafter he completed postgraduate...
Alfred Schnittke‘s son Andrej Schnittke is dead
Andrej Schnittke, the son of pianist Irina Schnittke and composer Alfred Schnittke, who died in 1998, died of heart failure on May 23, 2020.