VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on 24 February 2022, the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. A fifty minute video which also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
Hungarian minimalist composer and violinist László Melis was born in Budapest on 14 August 1953.
He was a member of the Hungarian new music group Group 180 (1978-1990), which performed and recorded five of his works.
He wrote extensively for film (including animations) and theatre, and his music has been recorded on Hungaroton and BMC.
Melis died in Budapest on 12 February 2018, aged sixty-four.