LISTENING TO TCHAIKOVSKY: Béla Hartmann uses his knowledge of Eastern Europe to argue against the banning of all Russian culture following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Composers, individuals or collective?, including contributions from David Arditti, Halida Dinova, Robert McCarney and Jane Stanley.
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Spanish broadcaster, composer, critic, editor, teacher and writer Tomás Marco Aragón was born on 12 September 1942 in Madrid, where he later studied law, and also violin and composition. At Darmstadt he studied with Theodor W Adorno, Pierre Boulez, Gottfried Michael Koenig, György Ligeti, Bruno Maderna and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and his style is heavily influenced by the Darmstadt school.
He has had a strong influence on Spanish musical life through the various strands of his work.
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Turn that racket down!