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The Salzburg Festival opens in search of elusive peace
An employee sorts fabrics in the sewing room of the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg on June 23, 2021. Many of opera s most celebrated voices have soared and resonated in its highly acclaimed acoustics, yet the creation of the historic auditorium at the Salzburg Festival was a tall order 60 years ago. ALEX HALADA / AFP
by Joshua Barone
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- What is peace? a singer asks in Latin at the start of Klaus Hubers Quod Est Pax? The orchestra responds with a wandering, spectral sound that underscores the question, as it is asked again and considered from different angles, until the instruments erupt in a disorderly mass as if to answer: Peace is not a pleasant tune.
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Korean composer Chin Un-suk became the first Asian to receive Denmark s prestigious Leonie Sonning Music Prize.
The organizer of the prize, which has recognized international composers and musicians since 1959, announced the award ceremony was held at the DR Concert Hall in Denmark, June 5. The award has been given out since 1959 to honor internationally recognized musicians, including composers and conductors. Past winners include iconic composers Igor Stravinsky (1959), Leonard Bernstein (1965) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1973). I am deeply humbled and grateful to win the Leonie Sonning Music Prize 2021. It is an honor as well as a great challenge, all the more given my great admiration for the previous awardees, most of whom have served as personal heroes and role models during my musical life. I am enormously touched by the jury s accolade and feel a great affinity for the high artistic values represented by the Leonie Sonning Foundation. I look greatly forward t
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The DMA welcomes the works of Juan Gris, the unsung pioneer of cubism, for the first exhibition dedicated to him in the United States in 35 years. “Cubism in Color” highlights Gris’ attention to everyday life, showcasing his evolution as an artist through 40-plus paintings and collages. Born in Madrid in 1887, the artist is often overshadowed by better-known players like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, despite his revolutionary contributions to cubism in the early 20th century. Still, thanks to his radical technique, Gris’ works are known as some of cubism’s most innovative and distinctive pieces.