Mahler once quipped that “tradition” often represents nothing more than lazy, outdated habits of mind. In the postwar years, the composer, conductor, and avant-garde firebrand Pierre Boulez weaponized ...

Diminutive in stature he may have been but Pierre Boulez was a titan of the musical world of the second half of the 20th century. Despite the relative paucity of his own compositions — at least ...

The French composer and conductor despised the staid and conservative and desired no less than a classical music revolution. He irrevocably shaped Europe's music and culture scene throughout the 20th ...

As well as their musical legacies, some composers have left behind highly quotable aphorisms. Bartók is as famed for his string quarters as he is for his observation that competitions are “for horses, ...

All the new pieces were refined offerings worthy of their role in honouring the maître. Olga Neuwirth gave us Tombeau II. Hommage à Pierre Boulez. It is a daring commentary on Notations IX where the ...

If Rattle’s programme choices made it a decidedly muted affair, are we to draw the conclusion he doesn’t find reaching the biblical threescore years and ten milestone a cause for merriment? Boulez may ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The program features two works by Boulez: 12 Notations and Dialogue de l'ombre ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some composers can be relied on for a pithy quote. Ask Pierre Boulez his thoughts about the music of Dmitri ...

French composer Pierre Boulez was once one of the iconoclasts of 20th-century classical music. Inspired by the groundbreaking Olivier Messaien whose music he championed, he spend a significant portion ...

Five months before he takes over as Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director, Daniel Barenboim is already making good on his promise to bring more important contemporary music into the subscription ...

Marking the iconoclast’s 90th birthday year, Boulez’s explorations of serialist, aleatoric and electronic music are reflected over the course of the 2015 Proms with two dedicated Proms Saturday ...