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Sundance Institute Composers Lab 2018 deadline

Next Wednesday, April 4th is the deadline to apply for the Composers Lab organized by the Sundance Institute – Film Music Program, held this summer in July at the famous Skywalker Sound studio in Marin County, (California), and that will have prestigious composers and professionals of the sector as mentors.   The workshop, named “Sundance […]

‘Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time’ documentary premieres this summer

This summer, a feature-length documentary film called ‘Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time’ will be premiered, centered on the life and extraordinary career of composer, pianist, arranger, and producer Dave Grusin, who will turn 84-years on June 2018.   Dave Grusin has been nominated for thirty-eight Grammy Awards, eight Academy Awards and four Golden Globes Awards during his long and productive career, […]

Fans of Film Music 2018 – Date and first guests

The event Fans of Film Music, organized by its founder and president Peter Hackman and held annually at The Bridge Recording Studio in Glendale (Los Angeles), has already set a date for its 9th edition: Saturday, August 25th, 2018.   The event consists of a conference/meeting, where famous composers interact with fans of film music, […]

Final Symphony concert in Vienna

On Saturday, March 17th, 2018, the Final Symphony concert series (read news) which toured Germany and Austria during the month of March with Final Fantasy’s music, ended with a special show performed by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra at the Wiener Konzerthaus (read news).   Gorka Oteiza (SoundTrackFest) was invited to the rehearsals and to the […]

Sign up for ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop 2018 with Richard Bellis

This Sunday, April 1st is the registration deadline for the annual ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop, which is going to celebrate its 30th edition!   As usual, the workshop will be held in Los Angeles for 4 weeks, from the end of July until mid-August, and will have Emmy winner Richard Bellis as a mentor, who’s […]

Film music and Fernando Velázquez in the 21st edition of the Malaga Festival

The 21st edition of the Malaga Festival, which takes place from April 13 to 22, 2018, will give special prominence to film music through daily small-format concerts, which will culminate with a special festival closing concert on Sunday 22nd of April, performed by the Provincial Symphony Orchestra of Malaga conducted Fernando Velázquez.   These small-format […]

Concert ‘Music, Cinema and Science’ with the Film Symphony Orchestra

UPDATED 4/6/2018: Concert program added The 45th edition of the Cycle of Great Music Authors and Performers of the Autonomous University of Madrid will offer next Saturday, April 7th, a new and exclusive concert, which will contain a program prepared at the request of the CSIPM – UAM (Center for Research and Promotion of Music), […]

Christopher Young Film Scoring Program – Madrid (Spain) – Summer 2018

As we told you a few weeks ago, Christopher Young will return this summer to Madrid (Spain) to teach a composition course for the image called “Christopher Young Film Scoring & Orchestral Recording Program Spain”, organized by GEMS (Global Entertainment Music Mentors) and leaded by its director Nigel Ashley Lees. This program, which already had […]

Joe Hisaishi in concert in California – May 2018

UPDATE: 5/3/2018 – New concert added on Sunday 5/27/18 Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi will conduct the Symphony Silicon Valley orchestra in San Jose, California (United States) next month of May, offering the North American premiere of the concert ‘Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki’.   The concert will […]

Ennio Morricone retires in 2018

UPDATE: 27/12/2018 – Ennio Morricone will conduct his final concerts in June 2019 in Rome (read news).   Maestro Ennio Morricone has just added a new concert to his tour ‘The 60 Years of Music Tour’ in London (United Kingdom), which will be held on Monday, November 26th, 2018 at The O2, a couple of […]

Tribute concert to Antón García Abril for his 85th birthday

The veteran Spanish composer Antón García Abril, creator of the music of almost 200 Spanish films and TV series, including some as well-known as Los santos inocentes (1984), Monsignor Quixote (1987), Fortunata y Jacinta (TV, 1980), Anillos de Oro (TV, 1983), La ciudad no es para mí (1966), Sor Citroën (1967), Los camioneros (TV, 1973) […]

Hollywood in Vienna 2018 has official dates

With some delay compared to the announcement made last year, the official dates of the Hollywood in Vienna 2018 have just been made public today: Thursday 18th and Friday 19th of October. This way the event returns to the month of October, after being celebrated last year at the end of September, coinciding with Fimucité. […]