Tom Service shortlisted for the rps music awards

Posted by Johannes Feigl on 25 April 2014

Tom Service and Wolfgang Rihm (c) Tom ServiceGreat news for The Guardian’s Tom Service: His guide to contemporary music is shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society awards. Congratulations, we are crossing our fingers!

Service started his guide on 23 April 2012 and closed it with a roundup on 20 May 2013, introducing one composer a week to his audience. As the comments show, Tom Service’s blog has struck a chord with listeners of contemporary music, and it is safe to say that each one of his articles is worth your time. Whether this is because of his witty style, his smart observations or the abundance of audio and video links he recommends – the articles always left me craving for one more video, one more recording.

Out of the 51 composers he picked for this year-long series, 13 are UE-composers. It goes without saying that this fills us with great pride. And here they are, in all their glory, from Sir Richard Rodney Bennett to Karlheinz Stockhausen:

(c) Chester Novello
Sir Richard Rodney
Bennett
(c) Eric Marinitsch, Universal Edition
Luciano Berio
(c) Eric Marinitsch, Universal Edition
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
(c) Universal Edition, Eric Marinitsch
Pierre Boulez
(c) Barbara Monk-Feldman
Morton Feldman
(c) Katie Vandyck
Michael Finnissy
(c) Biennale di Venezia
György Kurtág
(c) Schott Music
György Ligeti
(c) Universal Edition, Eric Marinitsch
Arvo Pärt
(c) Universal Edition, Eric Marinitsch
Steve Reich
(c) Universal Edition, Eric Marinitsch
Wolfgang Rihm
(c) Universal Edition, Eric Marinitsch
Alfred Schnittke
(c) Kathinka Pasveer
Karlheinz Stockhausen

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