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Matthew Kaner
@mattkaner.bsky.social
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Love it when the BBC’s
In the news and the BBC has to report on it.
“The BBC asked the BBC for a comment, but nobody from the BBC was available to speak to the BBC.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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RIP Jack DeJonette #jackDeJonette
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Earlier this year we launched a new funding opportunity for PhD and Masters Students of Composition.

Scholarships of up to £8K will be offered to talented PhD and Masters students of composition at British universities or conservatoires.

💻 Applications open in December.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Happy Birthday Steve Reich
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October 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Niche post, but would anyone with a nice venue within a few hours of London (*hello vicars*) be interested in hosting an afternoon concert by Imperial College Chamber Choir on Saturday November 8th? 45 minutes, a cappella sacred music, retiring collection, that sort of thing.
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The LSO is seeking a new Managing Director.

With LSO St Luke’s reopening and global partnerships growing, we’re ready for a visionary leader to guide our next chapter.

📅 Apply by Monday 13 October, 9am BST
🔗 https://bit.ly/3I2MVoP
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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A place to rest
September 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Delighted to see my @guildhallschool.bsky.social Composition colleague (and former supervisee!) @mattkaner.bsky.social on REF Sub-panel 33. Can think of nobody better for this gig.
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Main Panel D – Arts and Humanities – REF 2029
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September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Are you a composer?✍️ Would you like to collaborate and explore musical ideas with LSO Musicians?🎶 Then this is the opportunity for you!

We are currently recruiting for our new Soundhub Members and Associates.

Head to lso.co.uk/soundhub for more info and share with someone who should apply!❤️
September 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Escape to another world
August 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Premiered #OTD, in 1984, the final version of Oliver Knussen’s 1st Sendak opera, Where the Wild Things Are. Originally premiered in Brussels (1980) before major reworking & the 1984 staging by Glyndebourne Touring Opera in London’s National Theatre. open.spotify.com/track/2j5S5i... #britsymphyear
Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes: Overture
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January 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Not had the best year but I’m delighted to share this little clip of something I’m working on with the absolutely amazing pianist Daniel Lebhardt. Here’s to a creative and productive 2025!
December 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Very pleased to share this new article exploring my creative journey with my piece Pearl, out today in the Journal for Artistic Research. Contains lots of audio clips and the scores for reference. Free to view here: www.jar-online.net/en/expositio...
December 28, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Very pleased to share this new article exploring my creative journey with my piece Pearl, out today in the Journal for Artistic Research. Contains lots of audio clips and the scores for reference. Free to view here: www.jar-online.net/en/expositio...
December 28, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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Every year the London Symphony offers six composers the chance to write for them, with tailored support, via the Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers' Scheme.

Applications for this wonderful scheme close on January 6, 2025.

🎼 Find details here: https://buff.ly/4gLlhIF
December 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Not had the best year but I’m delighted to share this little clip of something I’m working on with the absolutely amazing pianist Daniel Lebhardt. Here’s to a creative and productive 2025!
December 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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My wonderful @guildhallschool.bsky.social colleague Hollie Harding is leading this short course for composers over 21. Come write for brilliant pianist Ben Smith and the queen of clarinet multiphonics, Heather Roche. Oh, and you get to talk to me too. Priority Booking opens today!
Composition Summer Course for Ages 21+
This new five-day composition course is a unique opportunity for composers to develop their composition skills and write a contemporary solo piece for specific instrumentalists.
www.gsmd.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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Delighted to see QUARTET on Presto Music's recommended books for Christmas! If you're buying for book-lovers into feminism, music, women's history, or just being a bit outraged at injustice then this will be a good pressie for them 😂 #booksky 💙📚 www.prestomusic.com/books/articl...
Christmas Gift Ideas for Readers
Not sure what to get the music-loving reader in your life as a Christmas present? Here are our gift suggestions from books published within the past twelve months, including composer biographies, publ...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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I'm James & I like making small, nostalgic worlds to get lost in ✨
November 20, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Far from home
November 16, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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Bluesky awaits
November 15, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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I see the early music crowd hasn’t arrived yet. They’ll probably join in a couple of hundred years but still claim to know how things were done at the beginning.
November 15, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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Night on the water
November 14, 2024 at 6:40 PM