News
Find out what's been happening in the Music department.
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University Partners with English National Opera
21 Nov 2024
The University of Manchester is delighted to announce a new collaboration with English National Opera, as they announce the first wave of plans for a...
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New musical piece inspired by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine explores tyranny, tragedy, despair and protest
15 Nov 2024
The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama welcomes a world premiere on Friday,13 December as De Profundis, a newly crafted musical piece from ...
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Keep it Human: How video games can help us learn about our impact on our planet
11 Nov 2024
The 2024 Manchester Science Festival took place between Friday, 18 and Sunday, 28 October. This year was themed around tackling the extremes of our...
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UK’s first centre of excellence for music and dementia hosted by Manchester Camerata
8 May 2024
Over £1million of funding has been committed by Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester), Sir Richard Leese (Chair of the NHS Greater Manchester) ...
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Jazz artist leads ‘Music and Migration’ workshops in Manchester schools
24 Apr 2024
Grammy award-winning jazz percussionist and Simon Industrial Fellow Carlos Maldonado recently ran workshops for year 6 classes in two local primary ...
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Dialogues in Music - an Ad Solem celebratory concert in Hong Kong
10 Jan 2024
The University of Manchester's elite chamber choir, Ad Solem, conducted by Robert Guy, have been invited to perform at a celebratory concert this ...
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Dr Hongshuo Fan appointed Honorary Research Fellow at NOVARS (academic year 2023-24)
8 Jan 2024
The Music Department is delighted to appoint Dr Honghsuo Fan as Honorary Research Fellow in Music. Dr Fan is a PhD graduate at the NOVARS Research ...
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Requiem commission to memorialise enslaved Africans: Composer Dr David Onac commissioned by Lloyd's / Culture&.
8 Jan 2024
Dr David Onac Composer and Lecturer in Harmony and Contemporary Music Studies at the University of Manchester has been awarded a substantial ...
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Greek beatboxer champion G. Gargalas completes British Council - Greek funded residency
29 Nov 2023
Composer, performer and Greek beatboxer champion Giorgos Gargalas has just completed his one-month residency at the NOVARS Research Centre (Music, ...
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Black Fell: Combining gaming and opera for a compelling effect
3 Nov 2023
Inspired by visits to the Kielder Observatory in Northumberland, Black Fell is a game-for-music, a story in song where a psychological landscape of ...
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Dr. David A T Önaç's 'Five Études for solo piano' selected as the set work for the 2023 Scottish International Piano Competition semifinals
19 Sep 2023
David travelled to Scotland to adjudicate performances of his pieces as part of the wider jury. Dr. Önaç's said: "I am excited that my piano ...
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PhD student Dimitra Ananiadou receives the Silver Prize (professional category) at the ‘Virtuoso International Music Awards 2023’
22 Jun 2023
The 'Virtuoso International Music Awards 2023' is an international classical music competition based in London. Dimitra said: “I am very glad I ...
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PhD Student Murrough Connolly to feature as a winning composer at this year’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival (WCCMF)
9 May 2023
Third-Year PhD student, Murrough Connolly, was one of three composers to win this year’s WCCMF String Quartet Composition Competition with his ...
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Dr. Anne Hyland publishes new book on Schubert’s String Quartets with Cambridge University Press
4 May 2023
Senior Lecturer in Music Analysis, Dr. Anne Hyland, announces the publication of her monograph: Schubert’s String Quartets: the Teleology of Lyric ...
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Artur Pereira's piano recording of 'Poemas do Monte' by the Portuguese composer Luiz Costa, receives excellent reviews
27 Jan 2023
Klassik-Heute, Orchestergraben and Global Music Award have recently praised Pereira's latest piano recording. This is the first recording of the ...
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