The details of BBC Proms 2026 will be announced on Tuesday April 21, the season running from Friday July 17 until Saturday September 12.

Mar 22, 2026 | BBC Proms 2026, György Kurtág - 100 on February 19, 2026, Hans Werner Henze centenary - born July 1, 1926, Morton Feldman centenary composer - born January 12, 1926, News | 0 comments

There are at least three centenary composers whom hopefully will be represented:

Morton Feldman

Hans Werner Henze

György Kurtág

and not forgetting the United States Semiquincentennial.

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Today marks the centenary of New York state-born composer Morton Feldman: January 12, 1926-September 3, 1987. Coptic Light conducted by Michael Gielen.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Daniel Harding conducts the Overture to Tannhäuser, Hans Werner Henze’s Barcarola, and – with Ludwig Quandt (cello) & Diyang Mei (viola) – Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – Sir Simon Rattle conducts the premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Zones of Blue (with clarinettist Jörg Widmann) and Hans Werner Henze’s Das Floß der Medusa. Live on BR-Klassik.

Many Happy Returns & congratulations to centenary composer-pianist György Kurtág, ***100 today***.
“Kurtág 100 – Víkingur Ólafsson leads the birthday celebrations.” Live on STAGE+.

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