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composer

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /


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Then in the evening, in a separately ticketed event, Disney Hall welcomes film composer extraordinaire Michael Giacchino for a double feature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In addition to Mosaku’s Academy Award nomination for supporting actress, “Sinners’” Oscars haul included wins for filmmaker Ryan Coogler, star Michael B. Jordan, cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw and composer Ludwig Göransson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

US composer Sondheim and playwright James Lapine created the original musical, which debuted on Broadway in 1984.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

But with Mr. Dudamel embracing it anew on the quarter-century anniversary of the events that prompted its creation, the composer is once more pondering this harrowing work and its painful genesis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Everyone in the Annex except Mr. van Daan and Peter has read the Hungarian Rhapsody trilogy, a biography of the composer, piano virtuoso and child prodigy Franz Liszt.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Through constant touring and “tireless promotion of composers we assume were always famous,” Ms. Fritz writes, Clara shaped the musical canon according to her own exquisite ear and sophisticated taste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“The Score” benefits from the comic-bordering-on-caricaturish portrayals of some of its characters, including not just Frederick but also three court composers in cahoots with him to humiliate Bach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The bill, AB 2319, is aimed at supporting the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

A bill, known as AB 2319 and aimed at supporting the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists, passed the Senate on Sunday, marking the state’s first-ever stand-alone postproduction tax incentive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

This intelligence enables us to recognize, create, reproduce, and reflect on music, as demonstrated by composers, conductors, musicians, vocalists, and sensitive listeners.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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