Entries by STF

Alexandre Desplat in Barcelona – Press conference and masterclass

Alexandre Desplat is already in Barcelona, on the occasion of the two concerts he will be conducting this Thursday 22 and Friday 23 of December with the Symphonic Orchestra of Barcelona and National of Catalonia (OBC) in the Auditorium of Barcelona (L’Auditori), as already informed in the following news (see news).     For this reason, […]

Hollywood Christmas with Excelentia Foundation

With the name Hollywood Christmas: Cinema Concert, next Sunday December 25th at 8 pm, the Classical Santa Cecilia Orchestra and the Excelentia Choir Society of Madrid, will give a special Christmas concert in the Royal Theater of Madrid with a symphonic orchestra and an impressive 150-voice choir, conducted by Kynan Johns.   The planned program, […]

Harold Lloyd’s ‘Safety Last!’ in concert in Bilbao

Harold Lloyd’s famous silent movie, Safety Last! (1923), to which veteran composer Carl Davis composed music in the 80s, will be performed at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao on Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 8pm by the Euskal Herriko Gazte Orkestra – EGO (Youth Orchestra of Euskal Herria), under the baton of conductor Juan José Ocón. […]

E.T. 35th anniversary concert in Madrid

At the end of this month of December, the BSO (Barbieri Symphony Orchestra) will perform John Williams‘ wonderful and Oscar-winning music for E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982), while projecting the film on a large screen in high definition (in original version with Spanish subtitles), in a concert called: Concert 35th Anniversary of “E.T., The Extraterrestrial”.   […]

Golden Globe Awards 74th edition – Nominees

And here we have more nominations, in this case talking about the famous Golden Globes, which are already on their 74th edition, and that many times have been 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 […]

FIMUCITÉ 11 with Trevor Jones announced – September 2017

Today Thrusday, the 11th edition of FIMUCITÉ (Tenerife International Film Music Festival) has been officially announced, to be held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife from Friday 22dn to Saturday 30th of September 2017, keeping the month of September as the official date after the change that occurred in this year’s edition, as it was confirmed […]

Goya Awards 31st edition – Nominees

As usual in December, we continue with news about nominations to various awards, and in this case it is going to be nearby, the Spanish Goya Awards, that celebrate their 31st edition.   Organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain, they have the purpose of rewarding the best professionals in each of […]

James Newton Howard in Bilbao

On Wednesday, December 7th, and in a middle of two national holidays in Spain, James Newton Howard was in Bilbao conducting a monographic concert of his music with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra – Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa (BOS) and The Chorus Society of Bilbao.   Fernando Velázquez shared stage with him, and in the first part […]

Critics’ Choice Awards 22nd edition – Winners

Yesterday, Sunday December 11th 2016 at 20h, the ceremony of the 22nd edition of the Critics’ Choice Awards was held at Barker Hangar of Santa Monica (California), as it had previously been noted in this article (follow link).   The soundtrack to the film La La Land composed by Justin Hurwitz was the absolute winner in the musical part, […]

Actual FSO tour won’t be stopping in Oviedo finally

The Film Symphony Orchestra – FSO, which is currently touring within its Tour 2016 under the baton of its director Constantino Martinez-Orts, won’t be finally performing in Oviedo, as announced for next January 14, 2017.   It’s a pity, as the FSO is getting sold-outs in the venues that is performing their concert, and would surely […]

FSO announces new tour for 2017 – The Music of the Galaxies

After a successful “Tour 2016” which focuses on film music and is filling concert halls (follow link), the FSO – Film Symphony Orchestra has recently announced that will begin a new tour in 2017 called “The Music of the Galaxies“.   This tour will be dedicated exclusively to the music of the Star Wars saga, […]

Filarmonia Orchestra – Star Wars in concert – Sold Out!

Within their program of classical music for the 2016-2017 season, the Filarmonia Orchestra, under the baton of Pascual Osa and together with the Philharmonia Choir, will conduct a monographic concert of Star Wars next Tuesday, December 27th at 7:30 pm in the National Auditorium of Music of Madrid.   With a program that has not been detailed […]