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Featured article Pierre Boulez (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer and conductor. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. As a composer, he played a leading role in the development of integral serialism in the 1950s, and the electronic transformation of instrumental music in real time from the 1970s. Boulez conducted many of the world's great orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra. In the 1970s, he was the music director of the New York Philharmonic and the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was particularly known for his performances of 20th-century music, including Debussy, Stravinsky and Schoenberg. Boulez's work in opera included the Jahrhundertring, a production of Wagner's Ring cycle for the centenary of the Bayreuth Festival. He also established several musical institutions, including the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique / Musique and the Ensemble intercontemporain. (Full article...) Recently featured: Flotilla (video game) Gertie the Dinosaur Michael Tritter	In the news Decorative strap junction from the Melsonby Hoard Archaeologists announce the discovery of the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artefacts (example pictured), in a field in North Yorkshire, England. Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry is elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee and the first from an African country. Anti-government protests break out across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu by the national police. Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud survives an attack on his convoy by al-Shabaab that kills at least 10 people. Ongoing: Gaza war M23 campaign Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Mia Love Kitty Dukakis Eddie James Munir Shakir Dik Wolfson Eddie Jordan
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