@ianpace.bsky.social
Managed to hear some of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez on Times Radio, unfortunately. I had shut this pet hate out of my mind - I used to use this as an exemplar of the music of post-Civil War Spain in my Music, Fascism, Communism module. Total ‘Viva España’ kitsch. Tagging @evamoreda.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Managed to hear some of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez on Times Radio, unfortunately. I had shut this pet hate out of my mind - I used to use this as an exemplar of the music of post-Civil War Spain in my Music, Fascism, Communism module. Total ‘Viva España’ kitsch. Tagging @evamoreda.bsky.social
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Really enjoyed the celebration of Christopher Fox’s 70th @fantasticdrfox.bsky.social with terrific performances by @ianpace.bsky.social Also trying to remember the last time I heard Schoenberg’s Drei Klavierstücke in concert…
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Really enjoyed the celebration of Christopher Fox’s 70th @fantasticdrfox.bsky.social with terrific performances by @ianpace.bsky.social Also trying to remember the last time I heard Schoenberg’s Drei Klavierstücke in concert…
Tonight at 19:00 at @CityStGeorges - my concert for the 70th birthday of @fantasticdrfox.bsky.social . With music of Schoenberg, Feldman, Walter Zimmermann and Jobina Tinnemans.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Ian Pace (Piano): Christopher Fox at 70 | City St George's, University of London
Pianist Ian Pace celebrates the composer Christopher Fox, in a programme juxtaposing significant works by Fox with music that has inspired him by Schoenberg, Feldman and more.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Tonight at 19:00 at @CityStGeorges - my concert for the 70th birthday of @fantasticdrfox.bsky.social . With music of Schoenberg, Feldman, Walter Zimmermann and Jobina Tinnemans.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Tues 27 Jan 7-9pm Riverhouse Barn Arts #Walton-on-Thames #Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps with @ianpace.bsky.social @anthonyfriend.bsky.social & Joseph Spooner, preceded by the companion play by @jessicaduchen.bsky.social Tx www.riverhousebarn.co.uk/events/13968... #LondonChamberEnsemble
January 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Tues 27 Jan 7-9pm Riverhouse Barn Arts #Walton-on-Thames #Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps with @ianpace.bsky.social @anthonyfriend.bsky.social & Joseph Spooner, preceded by the companion play by @jessicaduchen.bsky.social Tx www.riverhousebarn.co.uk/events/13968... #LondonChamberEnsemble
A personal favourite of my relatively recent writings - two part historiographical article on minimal music, written for a book on the work of Louis Andriessen. Hope some others will find it interesting - available open-access (see thread for part 2). (1)
openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
City Research Online - The Historiography of Minimal Music and the Challenge of Andriessen to Narratives of American Exceptionalism (1)
openaccess.city.ac.uk
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A personal favourite of my relatively recent writings - two part historiographical article on minimal music, written for a book on the work of Louis Andriessen. Hope some others will find it interesting - available open-access (see thread for part 2). (1)
openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
Not until 20 January, but I thought I would do my first post about it now - my 70th birthday tribute concert to Christopher Fox - my first CD released, back in 1998, was of his music.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Ian Pace (Piano): Christopher Fox at 70 | City St George's, University of London
Pianist Ian Pace celebrates the composer Christopher Fox, in a programme juxtaposing significant works by Fox with music that has inspired him by Schoenberg, Feldman and more.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Not until 20 January, but I thought I would do my first post about it now - my 70th birthday tribute concert to Christopher Fox - my first CD released, back in 1998, was of his music.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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London-based lecturer Michael Ben-Gad tells free speech conference: 'They put me in what they think is an IDF uniform, but it was an Air Force major’s uniform'
Israeli professor turns harassment into a lesson in wit and resilience
London-based lecturer Michael Ben-Gad tells free speech conference: 'They put me in what they think is an IDF uniform, but it was an Air Force major’s uniform'
www.jewishnews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
London-based lecturer Michael Ben-Gad tells free speech conference: 'They put me in what they think is an IDF uniform, but it was an Air Force major’s uniform'
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The Gaza genocide libel: the Big Lie to delegitimise Israel
The Gaza genocide libel: the Big Lie to delegitimise Israel - The Jewish Chronicle
The falsehood thrives because Western voices keep feeding it. It fits their warped world view and perverted agenda. They repeat it, amplify it, and pass it off as fact
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Gaza genocide libel: the Big Lie to delegitimise Israel
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The targeting of Israeli Professor Michael Ben-Gad: Britain’s academic freedom crisis
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
The targeting of Israeli Professor Michael Ben-Gad: Britain’s academic freedom crisis - The Jewish Chronicle
This hate campaign exposes a deeper rot in UK universities – beyond antisemitism – where rational inquiry yields to dogma and progressive orthodoxies must not be challenged
www.thejc.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The targeting of Israeli Professor Michael Ben-Gad: Britain’s academic freedom crisis
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
My article for The Jewish Chronicle on the Michael Ben-Gad affair, how it emerged and how the response was coordinated, and how it is indicative of wider issues: academic freedom, attempts by far-left activists to censor anyone who disagrees with them, and so on. www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
The targeting of Israeli Professor Michael Ben-Gad: Britain’s academic freedom crisis - The Jewish Chronicle
This hate campaign exposes a deeper rot in UK universities – beyond antisemitism – where rational inquiry yields to dogma and progressive orthodoxies must not be challenged
www.thejc.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My article for The Jewish Chronicle on the Michael Ben-Gad affair, how it emerged and how the response was coordinated, and how it is indicative of wider issues: academic freedom, attempts by far-left activists to censor anyone who disagrees with them, and so on. www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...
Also a great paper from Eddy Campbell on the influence of piobaireachd on Boulez, which was explicit, especially relating to the idea of subsuming a line in grace notes.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also a great paper from Eddy Campbell on the influence of piobaireachd on Boulez, which was explicit, especially relating to the idea of subsuming a line in grace notes.
During Boulez’s tenure at the New York Philharmonic, one disgruntled letter and Boulez’s response. From a great paper in Edinburgh by Gabryel Smith.
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
During Boulez’s tenure at the New York Philharmonic, one disgruntled letter and Boulez’s response. From a great paper in Edinburgh by Gabryel Smith.
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At the impressive Institut Français d’Ecosse for #Boulez symposium, introduced by Eddie Campbell. Great to participate in panel on Pli selon pli with Larson Powell, @ianpace.bsky.social & Michael Spitzer
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
At the impressive Institut Français d’Ecosse for #Boulez symposium, introduced by Eddie Campbell. Great to participate in panel on Pli selon pli with Larson Powell, @ianpace.bsky.social & Michael Spitzer
A new and extremely positive review of my latest Finnissy piano music set.
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/10/mich...
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/10/mich...
MICHAEL FINNISSY: Piano Music - British Music Society
Although this handsomely-presented set of four discs cannot possibly encompass all his output for the piano, it is a happy celebration for the composer’s 80th year...
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A new and extremely positive review of my latest Finnissy piano music set.
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/10/mich...
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/10/mich...
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This week's appalling attacks on Professors Alice Sullivan
and Michael Ben-Gad are the tip of the iceberg.
They emerge from a culture of impunity on the progressive left - which believes itself above the law, and has too often been permitted to act accordingly.
www.edrith.co.uk/p/the-progre...
and Michael Ben-Gad are the tip of the iceberg.
They emerge from a culture of impunity on the progressive left - which believes itself above the law, and has too often been permitted to act accordingly.
www.edrith.co.uk/p/the-progre...
October 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This week's appalling attacks on Professors Alice Sullivan
and Michael Ben-Gad are the tip of the iceberg.
They emerge from a culture of impunity on the progressive left - which believes itself above the law, and has too often been permitted to act accordingly.
www.edrith.co.uk/p/the-progre...
and Michael Ben-Gad are the tip of the iceberg.
They emerge from a culture of impunity on the progressive left - which believes itself above the law, and has too often been permitted to act accordingly.
www.edrith.co.uk/p/the-progre...
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Universities have obligation to ensure staff can express their views freely
Universities have obligation to protect safety of staff
What is happening is bullying & harassment of Prof Ben-Gad
This is true whether or not one agrees with his views
www.standard.co.uk/news/educati...
Universities have obligation to protect safety of staff
What is happening is bullying & harassment of Prof Ben-Gad
This is true whether or not one agrees with his views
www.standard.co.uk/news/educati...
Masked thugs 'threaten to behead Israeli professor' at City University
Michael Ben-Gad, a lecturer at City St George’s, has faced calls to resign because he served in the IDF
www.standard.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Universities have obligation to ensure staff can express their views freely
Universities have obligation to protect safety of staff
What is happening is bullying & harassment of Prof Ben-Gad
This is true whether or not one agrees with his views
www.standard.co.uk/news/educati...
Universities have obligation to protect safety of staff
What is happening is bullying & harassment of Prof Ben-Gad
This is true whether or not one agrees with his views
www.standard.co.uk/news/educati...
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The Royal Economic Society is deeply concerned by reports that an academic economist has been publicly harassed at a London university because they are Israeli.
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4oAEUaf
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4oAEUaf
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Royal Economic Society is deeply concerned by reports that an academic economist has been publicly harassed at a London university because they are Israeli.
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4oAEUaf
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4oAEUaf
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I was pleased to speak to Times Radio on the antisemitic campaign against Professor Michael Ben-Gad, listen from 1.25.
@sriucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
@sriucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
Times Radio Breakfast with Kate McCann and Calum Macdonald | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times
Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.
www.thetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I was pleased to speak to Times Radio on the antisemitic campaign against Professor Michael Ben-Gad, listen from 1.25.
@sriucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
@sriucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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The situation has escalated since the letter was written, with activists disrupting Michael's lecture earlier this week and making murderous threats.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli professor says activists 'threatened to chop off his head'
Michael Ben-Gad, an economics lecturer at City University in London , has been branded a 'terrorist' and has faced calls to be sacked because he served in the Israel Defence Forces from 1982 to 1985.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The situation has escalated since the letter was written, with activists disrupting Michael's lecture earlier this week and making murderous threats.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Today is the last day for signing: we will close it at 17:00 UK time. Please do sign if you haven’t already done so.
Academics: please consider signing the open letter to support Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City University.
Students are demanding his sacking simply because he is an Israeli Jew who did mandatory military service in the 1980s.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Students are demanding his sacking simply because he is an Israeli Jew who did mandatory military service in the 1980s.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Standing against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad
21 October 2025
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca...
docs.google.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today is the last day for signing: we will close it at 17:00 UK time. Please do sign if you haven’t already done so.
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The Head of the Department of Economics, Professor Emmanouil Mentzakis, has issued a statement condemning the recent harassment directed at Professor Michael Ben-Gad and reaffirming the values of mutual respect, open debate, and academic freedom.
Full statement: www.linkedin.com/posts/emmano...
Full statement: www.linkedin.com/posts/emmano...
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Head of the Department of Economics, Professor Emmanouil Mentzakis, has issued a statement condemning the recent harassment directed at Professor Michael Ben-Gad and reaffirming the values of mutual respect, open debate, and academic freedom.
Full statement: www.linkedin.com/posts/emmano...
Full statement: www.linkedin.com/posts/emmano...
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Solidarity with Michael Ben-Gad.
Standing against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad
21 October 2025
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca...
docs.google.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Solidarity with Michael Ben-Gad.
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Das MullahPropagandamedium PressTV auf X beim anmoderieren der IntifadaHassAktion. Keine Lust das live hier zu verbreiten. Geht auf den Link oder sucht es woanders.
Zu PressTV
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Zu PressTV
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x.com/PressTV/stat...
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Das MullahPropagandamedium PressTV auf X beim anmoderieren der IntifadaHassAktion. Keine Lust das live hier zu verbreiten. Geht auf den Link oder sucht es woanders.
Zu PressTV
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_TV
/4
x.com/PressTV/stat...
Zu PressTV
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_TV
/4
x.com/PressTV/stat...
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Der Text des SoliBriefes legt nahe, dass die Kampagne schon länger dauert.
Ein iranisch staatsunterstützendes Medium überträgt die Aktion. Iran hat ähnlich wie Russland ein großes Interesse Demokratien zu destabilisieren, auch durch MitOrchestrierung dieser Kampagnen/3
bsky.app/profile/ianp...
Ein iranisch staatsunterstützendes Medium überträgt die Aktion. Iran hat ähnlich wie Russland ein großes Interesse Demokratien zu destabilisieren, auch durch MitOrchestrierung dieser Kampagnen/3
bsky.app/profile/ianp...
Professor Michael Ben-Gad at City St George’s, University of London, has been subject to a vicious harassment campaign because he, an Israeli citizen, studied, taught and worked in Israel, and served in the IDF (as all Jewish Israelis must). Please read and sign this.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Standing against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad
21 October 2025
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca...
docs.google.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Der Text des SoliBriefes legt nahe, dass die Kampagne schon länger dauert.
Ein iranisch staatsunterstützendes Medium überträgt die Aktion. Iran hat ähnlich wie Russland ein großes Interesse Demokratien zu destabilisieren, auch durch MitOrchestrierung dieser Kampagnen/3
bsky.app/profile/ianp...
Ein iranisch staatsunterstützendes Medium überträgt die Aktion. Iran hat ähnlich wie Russland ein großes Interesse Demokratien zu destabilisieren, auch durch MitOrchestrierung dieser Kampagnen/3
bsky.app/profile/ianp...