Ross Avant
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The Official X Account for the composer Ross Avant (阿旺特·羅斯) | La cuenta oficial X de Ross Avant | Instagram: @RossAvant | Facebook: @TheRossAvant
New York, NY | Madrid, España
Joined May 2018
Farewell to French composer Éliane Radigue (1932-2026) who taught us the radical power of slowness, of patience, and attention stretched to the threshold of perception. Her work will continue to resonate—slowly, endlessly—like a tone that never quite fades.
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The pleasure of seeing the cerebral @MarcAndreHam . The Ives is a difficult listen, very complex piece. I savored the Schumann and Scriabin. He graced us with two encores: Ravel’s sublime Jeux d’eau and a Rachmaninoff piece I didn’t recognize.
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Just saw a piece about an old lady living alone with an AI robot and it reminded me so much of Punch the monkey and his stuffed companion. I didn’t find either of those situations comforting or cute. I find them very sad. I understand a stuffed animal is better than no mother at
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¡Bienvenidos a España! ❤️ El embajador Benjamín León Jr. y su esposa, Mavi, comienzan esta nueva etapa al frente de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en España y Andorra, un destino muy especial para ellos por sus raíces canarias. Arrancan esta etapa con ilusión y compromiso. 🇺🇸🤝🇪🇸
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A recital I'm giving at City St George's on Tuesday 28 April - featuring four new works by Japanese composers, all of which I premiered during my 2024 tour there, book-ended by Ravel Gaspard de la nuit and Boulez Second Sonata. https://t.co/rjfrlCgtYc
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Ian Pace presents four recent piano works from Japan, alongside Boulez' second piano sonata and Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit.
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I feel more people would like Art Song if they knew it existed.
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WISH TREE FOR YOKO ONO For Yoko from Sean with love. Happy Birthday Yoko! Make a wish and let it come true for you. https://t.co/TOMHbXb8Fv
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Voces Suaves dedicates its sixth album for Arcana to one of the most influential composers of the 17th century, the great #GiacomoCarissimi. ➜ Pre-order 'Carissimi: Historia di Jephte. Motets' (out 06/03) & listen to the single: https://t.co/ClHiz1lX1A
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🐎 Happy Year of the Horse! Enjoy a burst of fire and speed from pianist Lang Lang, solo violist Diyang Mei and principal horn Yun Zeng as they perform Huang Haihuai’s “Sai Ma”. Can you hear the galloping rhythm of the horses? Wishing all of you a successful and joyful year
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🎼 El Festival Internacional de Arte Sacro de la @ComunidadMadrid estrena etapa con la presencia del reconocido director de orquesta William Christie. 📆 17 conciertos, del 29 de marzo al 20 de abril con entrada previa. +Info: https://t.co/6Xa3YwsX0I
#ArteSacro2026
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Nearly 40 years ago we started building @jazzdotorg with a belief in the power of this music and the people who carry it forward. This morning on @CBSMornings I spoke about the transition ahead and what comes next. Here’s a moment from that conversation.
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Today we remember Dame Patricia Routledge, who for many years served as Patron of The Beatrix Potter Society, with affection and gratitude on her birthday. https://t.co/DcXLwbQrmR
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In the week of György Kurtág's 100th birthday, Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks to Tim Rutherford-Johnson about his long relationship with the composer, on his unique playfulness and gift-giving:
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As the idiosyncratic, laconic Hungarian composer approaches his 100th birthday, we talk to Pierre-Laurent Aimard about his decades-long relationship with György Kurtág, on his unique playfulness and...
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Robert Duvall, who as an actor transformed himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer in "The Godfather," a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander in "Apocalypse Now" and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Sunday. He was 95.
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An Oscar winner, he was known for disappearing into wide-ranging roles in movies like “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather” and in the television series “Lonesome Dove.”
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Composer of the Week - @DonaldMacleod01 explores #Rachmaninov’s life in exile from Russia and attachment to the country estate he left behind: Ivanovka. 4pm each weekday @BBCRadio3 or @BBCSounds Producer Megan Jones https://t.co/ywFBZLcXTr
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Ethel Smyth ¿en la Superbowl? Lo visualizamos en “Llegó la hora”, guiado por Roberto López , junto a José Miguel Fernández Ramos y Roy del Postigo @101tvandalucia
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Canada's "radio legend", David Cavlovic, will present my piano work "après - avant" from the CD "Martin Tchiba, piano - Live in Budapest" on his nationwide program "Classical Muse" this week! The show will be broadcast on numerous radio stations across Canada at various times.
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