(Photo Courtesy of Factory International) Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s Pulitzer Prize-winning contemporary opera “Angel’s Bone” is set to make its UK premiere. Together the English National Opera (ENO) and Factory International present the new production directed by Kip Williams. Kantos Chamber Choir and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra are among performers. Vavrek’s libretto explores the dark forces that drive people {…}
(credit: © Xiao Nan) Composer Du Yun has signed a long-term contract to make G. Schirmer, part of Wise Music Group, the exclusive publisher for her concert works and operas. Du Yun is the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for hr opera “Angel’s Bone” and serves as Professor of Composition at the Peabody Institute and Distinguished Visiting Professor at {…}
(Photo credit: The Wilma Theater) The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced the 23 artists and collectives who will receive its $45,000 Grants to Artists awards. Launched in 1993, the Grants to Artists awards are unrestricted, by-nomination grants that provide recipient artists working in Dance, Music/Sound, Performance Art/Theater, Poetry, and Visual Arts. Winners exemplify contemporary, experimental work being made today. The {…}
The Munich Biennale has announced the lineup for its 2024 edition. The Bienniale runs from May 31-Jun. 10, and will feature eleven premiers, as well as co-productions with Theater Basel, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatstheater Kassel, and Deutsche Oper Berlin. The Biennale kicks off with “Searching for Zenobia,” in which a narrative of two prominent Syrian women converges: modern archaeologist Zeina, and {…}
“Angel’s Bone” is set to make its Canadian premiere on Nov. 25-27, 2022, at The Annex Theatre in Vancouver as part of IndieFest. The work by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek will be presented by re:Naissance Opera, Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre, Turning Point Ensemble, Arraymusic, and Loose Tea Music Theatre. The work follows two youths who are lured into relationships with {…}
(Credit: Zhen Qin) Opening its 20th season, the International Contemporary Ensemble will perform two new stagings of Pulitzer Prize-winner Du Yun’s “A Cockroach’s Tarantella” and “Zolle” at NYU Skirball on April 29 and 30. Du Yun along with director Roscha A. Säidow, Satomi Matsuzaki, and the International Contemporary Ensemble curated these new versions of the pieces to be staged and {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver) Beth Morrison Projects is set to present the West Coast Premiere of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s “Angel’s Bone” on May 1 and 3 at the Broad Stage as part of the LA Opera’s “Off Grand” programming. The opera, for which Du Yun won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, will feature musical direction by Julian Wachner with Michael {…}
(Source: Provided by G. Schirmer) G. Schirmer Inc. has announced that it has reached a publishing administration agreement with Du Yun, a composer, performer, activist, and curator, who has created the opera “Angel’s Bone.” “Angel’s Bone” was the piece for which Du Yun won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Du Yun’s “Sweetland” is set to world premiere in 2020 with The {…}
Opera America has announced the recipients for the grants given to female composers. The recipients include Du Yun, for her opera “Sweet Land;” this work is set to be presented by The Industry in Los Angeles, California. The work was written by Douglas Kearny and Aja Couchois and will also be co-composed by Raven Chacon. Next up is Caroline Shaw {…}