Chester Music composer Helen Grime named as ‘Associate Composer’ for the Hallé

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho opera recording L’amour de loin, produced by Martin Sauer, has won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Performance.

On Sunday 13 February, composer Alberto Iglesias won the Goya Award 2011 for Best Original Score.

John Barry, the composer of some of cinema’s most memorable scores, from James Bond to Born Free and Dances With Wolves, has died aged 77.