Pēteris Vasks is one of the finest composers to ever come out of Latvia.
We covered a Renaissance composer with the same name in the previous post. This one was a 20th Century avant-garde composer who died at the age of 47 in 1997, which was a pity, as he was beginning to look like one of the leading lights in contemporary classical music. Here is a sample of his work:
Dr. Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah provides a bit of levity after hearing the crap news about Alex Chilton. This is one of Egypt’s most interesting modern composers.
Yann Paranthoën celebrates the centenary of Pierre Schaeffer’s birth year. More from Le Monde, who can thank WordPress for their magnificent redesign.
Alex Ross discusses the tenuous connection between the Fab Four and avant-garde composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis.
As time marches on, we will continue to lose wonderful musicians whose work touches our lives in some form or other. NPR gathers a list of notable performers and composers who met their end in 2009.
Pierre Henry – Dracula @ Club Transmediale 2008 from mediateletipos on Vimeo.
AMOTM wishes to extend a hearty “Happy Birthday” to one of the fathers of modern experimental music, Pierre Henry, who turns 82 today.