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CEC awards 72nd Edition – Nominees

Last Wednesday, nominees for the 72nd edition of the CEC awards, also known as CEC medals, were presented by the CEC (Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos – Circle of Cinematographic Writers), a Spanish association that brings together journalists, writers and film critics, with the objective of creating, supporting and disseminating cultural activities linked to the various […]

‘Los Ángeles Film Conducting Intensive’ workshop

Today, Thursday January 12th, a composition workshop organized by Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive (LAFCI) begins, mainly focused on young composers, and which will involve a total of 20 people, taking place over 4 days in Los Angeles (California).   Conrad Pope, William Ross and Angel Velez will be mentors and teachers of the composition […]

Jóhann Jóhannsson – Concert in Berlin

On Thursday, December 1st 2016, Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), new Deutsche Gramophon artist, gave a concert in Berlin as part the European tour of his new album “Orphée“..   The concert was attended by the composer Hector Marroquin, as a spectator, who has collaborated with SoundTrackFest preparing a brief summary of the evening, which […]

‘Soundtracks Live’ concert conducted by Ryan Shore

On January 20th, 21st and 22nd (Friday through Sunday), composer Ryan Shore will conduct the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg (Manitoba – Canada) in a concert named Soundtracks Live, produced by Mikael Carlsson within his wonderful initiative Soundtracks Live! (follow link). As the composer commented, this is the first time he will return to his country, Canada, to lead an orchestra and give a […]

BAFTA 70th edition – Nominees

Today Tuesday morning the BAFTA Awards nominees have been announced, with the film La La Land present in 11 categories, and the films The Arrival and Nocturnal Animals following closely with 9 nominations.   BAFTA Awards are given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts which brings together personalities from the film, television and video games industries […]

‘Moonlight’ in concert with Nicholas Britell

Today, January 10th, the movie Moonlight (winner last Sunday of the Golden Globe for best drama) will be screened in a world premiere at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles (California), 8 p.m., while its music, composed by Nicholas Britell, is performed live.   The performance will be in charge of the Wordless Music Orchestra […]

Joe Hisaishi in Film Music Prague 2017 Festival

Film Music Prague festival, of which we already talked and advanced provisional program in the following news (follow link), just announced this afternoon the incorporation of Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi as a new guest. This festival, to be held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic from April 21st to 23rd, will be the second […]

Golden Globes Awards 74th edition – Winners

Yesterday, January 8th, the 74th Golden Globes Awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles (California), many times considered a preview for the Oscars.   These awards are bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in recognition of the excellence of film and television professionals both […]

Fans of Music From the Movies – 2nd Edition

Fans of Music From the Movies gathering, which last September celebrated its first edition in London, is already organizing a new edition for 2017, to be held on September 9th, 2017 at Angel Studios in Islington (London).   As it was announced a few months ago in this news (see link), Fans of Music From the […]

Star Wars special concert in Teluada (Alicante)

Today Saturday, January 7th at 7:00 p.m., a special monographic concert on music from Star Wars will be held in the Auditorium Teluada Moraira in Teluada (Alicante – Spain) named Star Wars – Feel the Force and in charge of the Symphony Orchestra of UCAM (Catholic University of Murcia) under the baton of Borja Quintas.   […]

Tribute to John Williams on the TCM channel – Detailed Programming

Tomorrow, Saturday, January 7, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) channel will have a special program to pay homage to composer John Williams, which will be repeated three weeks later, on Saturday, January 21   The tribute will consist of the broadcast of several films that have music of this great composer, and will feature as main […]

Alexandre Desplat’s concerts in Barcelona – Review

Composer Alexandre Desplat was in Barcelona at the end of December, on the occasion of two concerts that he was going to conduct in person with the OBC (Symphonic Orchestra of Barcelona and National of Catalonia) at L’Auditori.   These two concerts were preceded the previous days by a press conference and a master-class in […]