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Postscript: female composers

A few further notes relating to a previous post about female composers : music website Sinfini Music has a summary article of recommended contemporary female composers  providing an insightful introduction to a vast (and sadly often overlooked) sector of classical music.

Springtime musings: 'dreamyism' and living in the present

Sifting through a bunch of emails and blog posts, I came across an interesting article on Sinfini Music earlier today. The title caught my eye by referencing Ólafur Arnalds - but the term 'dreamyism' intrigued me. Reading on, the article by Anna Britten describes a genre of music I very much enjoy, but sometimes struggled to describe. It's definitely worth a read for any fans Arnalds/Sigur Rós/Einaudi et al - not forgetting the somewhat 'dreamyesque' works of John Luther Adams ; The Light That Fills The World is a recurring favourite on my stereo. Moving on from 'minimalism with a heartbeat' to living in the present and today's blog post from Piano-Yoga founder GéNIA. Reading through the post, GéNIA's comments about performing 'in the moment' as a pianist immediately struck me as reminiscent of Barry Green's The Inner Game of Music . Green uses very different language from GéNIA but his book provides fascinating (and very very f...

Sinfini Music

Today's website discovery is a fresher take on 'classical' music. Sinfini Music is a new online portal whose motto is 'cutting through classical' - lots of news, views, videos and more from the world of classical music but without a lot of the jargon. Plus Paul Morley . As a music lover it is sometimes irksome the way that classical music content can be a little opaque. I've just enjoyed reading 'Opera Strip - The Ring Part 1' .