Entries by STF

Joe Hisaishi in the UK in 2020

26 February 2020 in , /by

UPDATE (4/3/20): After selling out tickets for the concert on 19/9/20, a second concert has been added on 18/9/20 UPDATE (11/6/20): Concerts on 18 and 19/9/2020 postponed by COVID to 6 and 7/8/2021 (read more) UPDATE (24/6/21): Concerts on 6 and 7/8/2021 postponed by COVID to 5 and 6/8/2022 (read more) UPDATE (3/8/22 & 8/9/23): […]

Nordic Film Music Days – HARPA Award 2020 Winner

25 February 2020 in , , /by

On Monday, February 24th, the HARPA Nordic Film Composer Award was handed out at an award ceremony at Nordische Botschaften in Berlin (Germany), as part of the Nordic Film Music Days event.   The winner of this edition was the Norwegian composer Gaute Storaas for his soundtrack for Colin Nutley‘s TV-series ‘Bröllup, begravning och dop’. […]

John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter – Across the Stars – Hollywood Bowl 2020

22 February 2020 in , /by

UPADTE (25/5/2020): Hollywood Bowl Summer season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic (read more)   The Hollywood Bowl has announced a special summer concert named ‘John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter: Across the Stars’ to be celebrated on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 20:00h, where iconic composer John Williams will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic and […]

SoundTrackFest & Nordic Film Music Days 2020 – Partnership and coverage

21 February 2020 in , /by

This Sunday opens the Nordic Film Music Days 2020 event in Berlin (Germany), offering two days of screenings, conferences, and gatherings with composers from northern European countries such as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Nordic Film Music Days 2020, which shares dates with the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale, will host the […]

IFMCA Awards 16th edition – Winners

20 February 2020 in , /by

Today, Thursday, February 20th, the winners of the 16th edition of the IFMCA Awards (International Film Music Critics Association) have been presented in a very original way, using for the first time ever a YouTube Live video, that you can watch completely here:   Bear McCreary gets the award for Film Composer of the Year, and […]

Fans of Film Music 2020 – 10th anniversary – John Powell

20 February 2020 in , , /by

UPDATE (1/4/2020): The event has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic (read more)   The Fans of Film Music Society celebrates in 2020 its 10th anniversary, and together with the Academy of Scoring Arts, have organized a special event on Saturday, April 11, where Oscar-nominated composer John Powell will be the guest of […]

John Williams – Maestro of the Movies – Hollywood Bowl 2020

19 February 2020 in , /by

UPADTE (25/5/2020): Hollywood Bowl Summer season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic (read more)   The traditional annual ‘Maestro of the Movies’ concerts have been announced, to be celebrated on the first weekend of September:  from Friday 4 till Sunday 6, September 2020, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.   In these concerts, John […]

Don Quixote – Concert Summary

16 February 2020 in , /by

On Friday, February 14, a special concert was held in Malaga (Spain), where composer and conductor Arturo Díez Boscovich, led the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (Philharmonic Orchestra of Malaga), to premiere two works of his creation: the first one dedicated to the Soho Theater in Malaga and the second one dedicated to Don Quixote.   […]

Concerts ‘The Fantastic Worlds of Elmer Bernstein’ with the Orchestre symphonique Bande-Son

14 February 2020 in , /by

The Orchestre symphonique Bande-Son orchestra has decided to pay homage for its 2020 season to American film music giant Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004), by resurrecting many of his forgotten scores and highlighting his most exhilarating period: the one dedicated to fantastic films.   His career, spanning almost 50 years, was marked by incredible successes such as […]

Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure – Madrid 2020 – Concert Summary

13 February 2020 in , , , /by

The Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure tour returned to Spain on Saturday, January 18, 2020, specifically to the WiZink Center in Madrid, organized by Oroneta Events. The concert, performed by the Universal Symphony Orchestra, featured a guest artist of honor: Hiroki Takahashi, original singer of the TV series (read more).   Tony Alicante Spain went to […]

Harpa Award 2020 Nominees – Panu Aaltio – Finland

13 February 2020 in , , /by

SoundTrackFest, in collaboration with Nordic Film Music Days, brings you a series of exclusive articles with videos of the nominees for the HARPA Award 2020. The fifth and final video is about the Finnish composer Panu Aaltio, nominated for his soundtrack for ‘Nature Symphony – Luontosinfonia’ directed by Marko Röhr.   In Panu Aaltio’s words: […]