Phil Lesh and Elliott Carter. Photo by Jeffrey Herman, courtesy of NewMusicBox.
Phil Lesh, 1940-2024
The Amphion Foundation is sad to learn of Phil Lesh’s passing. Lesh may have been best known as the bassist for the Grateful Dead, but he was also a friend and admirer of Elliott Carter’s music. Conversation was always lively and full of laughter between the two, as evidenced by their …
Amphion Foundation Relaunches Carter Special Grant Program
First launched in 2019, the Amphion Foundation’s Elliott Carter Special Grant Program is open for applications for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, which will now accept applications on an ongoing basis with two annual review periods, provides support for special projects …
New Ballet Recordings on BMOP/sound
Elliott Carter only ever wrote two ballets: Pocahontas in 1939, and The Minotaur in 1947. Neither enjoyed particular lasting success, and the former was never recorded–until now. Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s latest offering on their in-house label, BMOP/sound, features …
Journée Elliott Carter
The Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon presents Journée Elliott Carter, a day of concerts and events celebrating the American composer on December 11, 2018, the 110th anniversary of his birth.