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Operettas by Palazzetto Bru Zane in Paris and Reims

For the opening of the Offenbach Year 2019, the Palazzetto Bru Zane extended an invitation in January to Parisian Théâtre Marigny and to “Les P'tites Michu” in Reims as well. A very comical production of two one-act plays by Offenbach and Hervé had the audience in stitches.

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Applications for the 2019 Queen Sonja International Music Competition will open 15 February 2019

In 2019 the Queen Sonja International Music Competition will take place in Oslo 13–23 August. The next round of applications will begin 15 February 2019, with a deadline of 1 April 2019. The competition is open for young singers (upper age limit is 32 years) from all over the world.

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Sir George Benjamin undertakes a concert tour with Ensemble Modern from March 3 to 11, performing in Frankfurt, London, Cologne and Hamburg

Sir George Benjamin is not only one of the most renowned composers of our times, but also a widely esteemed conductor. In March he conducts Ensemble Modern and the full-size Ensemble Modern Orchestra in seven performances.

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British composer Rebecca Saunders receives the 2019 international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize – Ensemble Modern performs portrait concert at the Southbank Centre, 19th Jan

The 2019 international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize will be awarded to the British composer Rebecca Saunders. The award, given for lifelong service to music, is accompanied by a prize of €250,000. The presentation ceremony will be held on 7 June 2019 at the Prinzregententheater in Munich.

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“Lullaby Experience” – Ensemble Modern invites you to share your childhood melodies!

Be a part of the collective experience Lullaby, imagined by the composer Pascal Dusapin: share your childhood melodies online. It’s the memory of a nursery rhyme, even changed with the passing of time, that we invite you to sing, to whisper...

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The French Ensemble Variances and Thierry Pécou at the Gaudeamus Music Week in Utrecht, September 7, 2018

The French composer and pianist Thierry Pécou and the Ensemble Variances, which he founded, will be guests at the Gaudeamus Music week in Utrecht (NL) on the 7thof September performing "Transcendent or Immanent".

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